Joroinen
Joroinen Joroinen – Jorois | |
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Municipality | |
Joroisten kunta Jorois kommun | |
 Joroinen church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Joroinen in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°11′N 027°50′E / 62.183°N 27.833°E / 62.183; 27.833Coordinates: 62°11′N 027°50′E / 62.183°N 27.833°E / 62.183; 27.833 | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Southern Savonia |
| Sub-region | Pieksämäki sub-region |
| Charter | 1631 |
| Government | |
| • Municipality manager | Joonas Hänninen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 711.76 km2 (274.81 sq mi) |
| • Land | 575.43 km2 (222.17 sq mi) |
| • Water | 136.3 km2 (52.6 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 148th largest in Finland |
| Population (2019-01-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,793 |
| • Rank | 177th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 8.33/km2 (21.6/sq mi) |
Population by native language [3] | |
| • Finnish | 98.2% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.4% |
| • Others | 1.5% |
Population by age [4] | |
| • 0 to 14 | 15.6% |
| • 15 to 64 | 64.3% |
| • 65 or older | 20.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.25% |
| Website | www.joroinen.fi |
Joroinen (Swedish: Jorois) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 4,793 (31 January 2019)[2] and covers an area of 711.76 square kilometres (274.81 sq mi) of which 136.3 km2 (52.6 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 8.33 inhabitants per square kilometre (21.6/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Juva, Leppävirta, Pieksämäki, Rantasalmi and Varkaus.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Varkaus Airport is located in Joroinen.
Joroinen has the biggest frisbeegolf course in Finland with 36 fixed tracks.[6][7]
Joroinen is often called Paris of the Savonia because in the 1700s the people of the manor spoke mainly French.[8]
Contents
1 Some villages
2 Historic manor houses of the area [9]
3 International relations
3.1 Twin towns — sister cities
4 References
5 External links
Some villages
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Historic manor houses of the area [9]
- Frugård
- Hoviniemi
- Joroisniemi, Braseborg
- Juhanala
- Järvikylä
- Karhulahti
- Korhola
- Koskenhovi
- Kotkanhovi
- Paajala, Örnevik
- Pasala
- Puomila
- Räisälänranta
- Stendal
- Torstila
- Tuomaala
- Virrantalo
- Vättilä
International relations
Twin towns — sister cities
Joroinen is twinned with:
Ülenurme, Estonia
References
^ ab "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ ab "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Pallonen, Kalle. "Joroisiin rakenteilla Suomen suurin frisbeegolf-rata". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Yle Uutiset. Yle Uutiset.
^ "Kotkatharjun ulkoilualue - Radat - Frisbeegolfradat.fi". Frisbeegolfradat.fi (in Finnish).
^ Nykänen, Helmi. "Joroisissa on itsetunto kohdillaan: "Savon Pariisi on aika korskean komea titteli omittavaksi"". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish).
^ "Herrasväen asuinpaikat - Eteläsavon kartanot ja kartanoiksi kutsutut". kirjasto.mikkeli.fi.
External links
Media related to Joroinen at Wikimedia Commons
Municipality of Joroinen[permanent dead link] – Official website
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