Juupajoki
Juupajoki | |
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Municipality | |
| Juupajoen kunta Juupajoki kommun | |
Kallenaution kievari, a café museum in Juupajoki | |
![]() Coat of arms | |
![]() Location of Juupajoki in Finland | |
Interactive map of Juupajoki | |
| Coordinates: 61°47.8′N 024°22.2′E / 61.7967°N 24.3700°E | |
| Country | |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | Upper Pirkanmaa |
| Charter | 1913 |
| Seat | Korkeakoski |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Riku Siren |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 274.95 km2 (106.16 sq mi) |
| • Land | 258.49 km2 (99.80 sq mi) |
| • Water | 16.47 km2 (6.36 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 242nd largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,663 |
| • Rank | 274th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 6.43/km2 (16.7/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 97.9% (official) |
| • Others | 2.1% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 13.6% |
| • 15 to 64 | 53.9% |
| • 65 or older | 32.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | juupajoki |
Juupajoki is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 1,663 (31 December 2025),[2] which makes it the least populous municipality in Pirkanmaa. It covers an area of 274.95 square kilometres (106.16 sq mi) of which 16.47 km2 (6.36 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 6.43 inhabitants per square kilometre (16.7/sq mi). Korkeakoski is the administrative center of the municipality.[4]
Neighbouring municipalities are Jämsä, Mänttä-Vilppula, Orivesi and Ruovesi. The city of Tampere is located 56 kilometres (35 mi) southwest of Juupajoki.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
People
- Kauko Helovirta (1924–1997), writer[5][6]
- Jaakko Syrjä (1926–2022), writer[7]
Gallery
Borough hall of Juupajoki- Korkeakoski's old shoe factory at Juupajoki
Korkeakoski River
See also
References
- 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- 1 2 3 "Population growth slowed down in 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 1 April 2026. ISSN 2243-3627. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ Juupajoen kylät (in Finnish)
- ↑ "Outsider Etelänavalla – Korkki ja Lipponen Sumulaakson sankareina". yle.fi (in Finnish). 21 September 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ↑ "Nuori Kauko Helovirta kouliintui näyttelijäksi Karhumäen tivolissa". yle.fi (in Finnish). 20 October 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ↑ Aaltio, Marja. "90-year-old writer Jaakko Syrjä would have liked to have written more". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
External links
Media related to Juupajoki at Wikimedia Commons
Juupajoki travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Municipality of Juupajoki – Official website

