Ilmajoki
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 Finland
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| Landscape : | South Ostrobothnia |
| Administrative community : | Seinäjoki |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 44 ′ N , 22 ° 35 ′ E |
| Surface: | 579.79 km² |
| of which land area: | 576.90 km² |
| of which inland waterways: | 2.89 km² |
| Residents : | 12,187 (Dec. 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 21.1 inhabitants / km² |
| Municipality number : | 145 |
| Language (s) : | Finnish |
| Website : | www.ilmajoki.fi |
Ilmajoki ( Swedish : Ilmola ) is a municipality in the western Finnish region of South Ostrobothnia with 12 165 inhabitants (February 28, 2017) and the area is 579.79 km² ; of which 2.89 km² are bodies of water. The population density is 20.2 inhabitants / km². The community is exclusively Finnish-speaking .
Ilmajoki has existed as a chapel congregation since 1516 and originally comprised large parts of the surrounding area, including the now independent cities and communities Alavus , Kauhajoki , Kurikka and Seinäjoki .
In terms of its landscape and nature, the former mother community of Ilmajoki is a flat region of Eastern Botswana. The Kyrönjoki, the largest river in southern Ostrobothnia, flows through Ilmajoki. Its banks are among the granaries of Finland. The Kyrönjoki was chosen to be one of the Finnish national landscapes. One fifth of Ilmajoki's residents are under 14 years of age. The population has increased by around 700 in the last ten years. The Ilmajoki municipality's tax rate of 20.25% is the lowest of the municipalities in southern Ostrobothnia (average in southern Ostrobothnia 21.23%). The production of renewable electricity in Ilmajoki is higher than the electricity consumption.
Successful athletes from Ilmajoki are the javelin thrower Tero Pitkämäki and the wrestler Marko Yli-Hannuksela . The Pesäpallo team of the Koskenkorvan Urheilijat club plays in the Superpesis, the top division of this sport. The annual Ilmajoki Music Festival attracts thousands of opera goers in June. There is a lot to see in Ilmajoki, especially for travelers interested in history.
Entrepreneurship has a long tradition in Ilmajoki, where there are almost 1000 companies. In the annual list of the Etelä-Pohjanmaan Yrittäjät employers' association, the municipality has repeatedly held top positions as a business-friendly place.
The largest industrial enterprise is the Altia Group's Koskenkorva factory , where the ethanol raw material for Koskenkorva brandy is produced. Koskenkorva has become one of the most important brands in Finland, which is also known internationally. Ilmajoki is progressive in organic and environmental economics.
In the town of Rengonkylä in Ilmajoki there is a privately operated airport on an international level. The Seinäjoki – Kaskinen line, known as the Suupohja Railway , runs through the municipality . From Ilmajoki it is 17 km to Seinäjoki , 70 km to Vaasa , 150 km to Tampere and 360 km to Helsinki .
history
Like the numerous other communities in southeastern Bothnia, Ilmajoki originally belonged to the large community of Kyrö / Kyröjoensuu / Pohjankyrö, i.e. today's mother community of Isokyrö . The chapel community of Ilmajoki was founded in 1516 as part of Isokyrö and included the present-day regions of Alavus, Jalasjärvi, Kauhajoki, Kurikka, Peräseinäjoki and Seinäjoki. As an independent mother community, this region became independent from Isokyrö in 1532 when the Ilmajoki parish was founded. In practice, the separation from Kyrö probably didn't happen until the 1550s. The first trial in Ilmajoki took place in 1554. Ilmajoki became its own administrative community in 1571 at the latest; The first mention of Ilmajoki's own police chief is from then.
Since then Alavus , Jalasjärvi , Kauhajoki , Kurikka , Peräseinäjoki and Seinäjoki have been separated from Gross-Ilmajoki . The Ilmajoki parish began its activity in 1867 when the parish administration was separated from the parish as a result of the parish ordinance of 1865 .
Jaakko Ilkka , leader of the farmers in the cudgel war in the years 1596-1597, came from Ilmajoki and standing with the war in conjunction took place at the site in February 1597 Battle of the hill Santavuori instead.
In Ilmajoki there are also numerous original one-and-a-half and two-storey houses from Eastern Europe . The Könni clocks made in Ilmajoki and the concentration of hardware forges for wagons in the village of Nopankylä also report on the long tradition of building and planning in Ilmajoki.
The parish church of the village is a wooden cruciform church with a roof turret and free-standing bell tower and was built between 1764 and 1765. The political community has existed in its current form since 1865; The center of the settlement is formed by the places Ilmajoki, Koskenkorva and Ahonkylä, which have grown together today, the municipality also includes the towns of Huissi, Jouppila, Kiikerinkylä, Könni, Luoma, Munakka, Nopankylä, Peltoniemi, Peräkylä, Peurala, Pojanluoma, Rengonikylä, Tuomrökylä, Tuomistikylä and Varpahaiskylä.
Attractions
- Ilkka field with Ilkka statue from 1924 and the statue “clearing workers in the lowlands” from 1954
- Monument to Jaakko Ilkka's childhood home in Koskenkorva
- Yli-Laurosela House Museum , a prime example of an architectural old Ostrobothnian house
- Ilmajoki Museum
- The beautiful barn and river landscapes of Alajoki, Urostbottn
- Santavuori hill and its wind turbines
- Tuoresluoma groves, according to the Western Finland Environment Institute, the grove to be protected
Tuoresluoma, Loukasmäki spring, Hassulanneva spring and Kilsukylä spring, valuable small bodies of water according to the Western Finland Environment Institute .
Sons and daughters of the church
- Matti Paasivuori (1866–1938), social democratic politician
- Arvo Haavisto (1900-1977), wrestler
- Jussi Rintamäki (* 1935), athlete
- Martti Laakso (* 1943), wrestler
- Marko Yli-Hannuksela (* 1973), wrestler
- Tero Pitkämäki (* 1982), javelin thrower
