Muurame
Muurame | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Muuramen kunta Muurame kommun | |
Muurame church, designed by Alvar Aalto | |
Location of Muurame in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°08′N 025°40.5′E / 62.133°N 25.6750°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Central Finland |
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä |
| Charter | 1921 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Ari Ranta-aho |
| Area (2018-01-01) | |
• Total | 194.05 km2 (74.92 sq mi) |
| • Land | 144.06 km2 (55.62 sq mi) |
| • Water | 49.99 km2 (19.30 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 280th largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-03-31) | |
• Total | 10,628 |
| • Rank | 91st largest in Finland |
| • Density | 73.77/km2 (191.1/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 97.5% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 2.4% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 21.5% |
| • 15 to 64 | 59.7% |
| • 65 or older | 18.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Muurame is a municipality of Finland, located 16 kilometres (10 mi) south-west of Jyväskylä, the regional capital of Central Finland. Muurame itself is located between two lakes, Lake Päijänne and Lake Muuratjärvi. These two lakes are connected to each other via River Muurame. Altogether there are 37 lakes in Muurame. The biggest lakes beside Päijänne are Muuratjärvi and Lake Kuusjärvi. River Muurame streams through the population center of Muurame, which was founded in 1921.
The Muurame church is of Alvar Aalto's design, being his first church design to be completed in 1929. It was comprehensively restored in 2016 to its original design.