Jyväskylän maalaiskunta
Jyväskylän maalaiskunta | |
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Former municipality | |
| Jyväskylän maalaiskunta Jyväskylä landskommun | |
Vaajakoski in the winter. | |
Location of Jyväskylän mlk in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°17′20″N 025°44′30″E / 62.28889°N 25.74167°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Province | Western Finland Province |
| Region | Central Finland |
| Established | 1868 |
| Merged into Jyväskylä | 2009 |
| Seat | Taulumäki |
| Area | |
| • Land | 450.76 km2 (174.04 sq mi) |
| Population (2008-12-31) | |
• Total | 36,465 |
Jyväskylän maalaiskunta (Swedish: Jyväskylä landskommun), 'The Rural Municipality of Jyväskylä' is a former municipality of Finland. Together with Korpilahti, Jyväskylän maalaiskunta was consolidated with Jyväskylä on 1 January 2009. It was the last municipality to carry the name maalaiskunta.
Jyväskylän maalaiskunta had three population centres: Vaajakoski, Tikkakoski and Palokka. Jyväskylä Airport in Tikkakoski used to be one of the busiest in Finland. Jyväskylän maalaiskunta was the second biggest municipality without the name kaupunki (city, town) in Finland (the largest being Nurmijärvi). It was the last municipality with the name maalaiskunta, "rural municipality", one of the four types of municipality in Finland in 1865–1976.
The last municipality mayor of Jyväskylän maalaiskunta was Arto Lepistö.