Hankasalmi

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Hankasalmen kunta
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Coat of arms of Hankasalmi Location of Hankasalmi in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : Central Finland
Administrative community : Jyväskylä
Geographical location 62 ° 23 '  N , 26 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 62 ° 23 '  N , 26 ° 26'  E
Surface: 687.75 km²
of which land area: 571.85 km²
of which inland waterways: 115.90 km²
Residents : 4,939 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 8.6 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 077
Language (s) : Finnish
Website : hankasalmi.fi

Hankasalmi [ ˈhɑŋkɑˌsɑlmi ] is a municipality in the Central Finland region in western Finland . It has 4939 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) and is located around 50 km east of Jyväskylä in the middle of the Finnish Lake District .

Villages

Around 1,700 of the municipality's 4,939 residents live in the eponymous church village of Hankasalmi, which also houses the municipal administration. The second settlement center, the “station village” ( Asema ) on the Jyväskylä – Pieksämäki railway line , around 6 km south of the center, is about as large . The village of Niemisjärvi has around 700 inhabitants, the remaining inhabitants of the municipality are divided between the villages of Armisvesi, Kallioaho, Kankainen, Kärkkäälä, Murtoinen, Ristimäki, Sauvamäki, Säkinmäki and Venekoski.

politics

Municipal council

As in most rural areas in Finland, the Center Party is the strongest party in Hankasalmi . In the local election on April 9, 2017, she received 45.4% of the vote. In the municipal council, the highest decision-making body in local affairs, it has 13 of 27 members. It is followed by the Social Democrats and the Left Alliance , each with four seats. The right-wing populist " True Finns " with three MPs as well as the conservative National Collection Party , the Green Bund and the Christian Democrats with one seat each are represented in the municipal council . The term of office began on January 1, 2018 and ends on December 31, 2021.

Composition of the municipal council (2018-2021)
Political party Election result 2017 Seats
Center Party 45.4% 13
Social democrats 13.4% 4th
Left alliance 13.4% 4th
True Finns 12.5% 3
Green covenant 6.1% 1
National rally party 6.1% 1
Christian Democrats 3.6% 1

Partnerships

Hankasalmi maintains the following city ​​partnerships :

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms was designed by Ahti Hammar and has been in use since 1957. It shows a silver wavy band in black, inside a red birch oarlock . The colors indicate Hankasalmi's location on the border between two historical landscapes : the black stands for the Savo landscape , the red indicates Häme .

Neo-Gothic wooden church

Attractions

Culture

The three-day skiffle festival Kihveli Soikoon! with several thousand spectators.

Sons and daughters

Web links

Commons : Hankasalmi  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2011 . (PDF; 199 kB)
  2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
  3. ↑ Finnish Ministry of Justice: Result of the 2017 local elections , accessed on May 23, 2020
  4. ↑ Website Hankasalmi - Kansainvälinen toiminta (International Activities) , accessed on May 23, 2020
  5. ↑ Website Hankasalmi - Vaakuna (coat of arms) ( Finnish ), accessed on May 23, 2020