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Konnevesi
Municipality
Konneveden kunta
Konnevesi kommun
The municipal house of Konnevesi
The municipal house of Konnevesi
Coat of arms of Konnevesi
Coat of arms
Location of Konnevesi in Finland
Location of Konnevesi in Finland
Country  Finland
Region Central Finland
Sub-region Äänekoski sub-region
Charter 1922
Area
 (2018-01-01)
 • Total 680.85 km2 (262.88 sq mi)
 • Land 512.94 km2 (198.05 sq mi)
 • Water 167.95 km2 (64.85 sq mi)
Area rank 171st largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-12-31)
 • Total 2,499
 • Rank 235th largest in Finland
 • Density 4.87/km2 (12.6/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish 97.9% (official)
 • Others 2.1%
Population by age
 • 0 to 14 12.6%
 • 15 to 64 53.1%
 • 65 or older 34.2%
Time zone UTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website www.konnevesi.fi

Konnevesi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the former province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 2,499 (31 December 2023) and covers an area of 680.85 square kilometres (262.88 sq mi) of which 167.95 km2 (64.85 sq mi), or almost 25%, is water. Neighbouring municipalities are Hankasalmi, Laukaa, Rautalampi, Vesanto and Äänekoski. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

There are altogether exactly 100 lakes in Konnevesi. The biggest lakes are Keitele, Lake Konnevesi and Liesvesi. The population density is 4.87 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.6/sq mi).

The logging tongs appearing in Konnevesi's coat of arms refer to local forestry. The coat of arms was designed by Gustaf von Numers, and the Konnevesi municipal council approved it in its meetings on April 23, 1964. The Ministry of the Interior approved the coat of arms for use on August 21 of the same year.

History

The toponym Konnevesi was first mentioned in 1554 as Konnevessij äremarch. The name is derived from the lake Konnevesi, which in turn likely refers to a Sámic word meaning "deer" (reconstructed proto-Sámic *kontē).

Konnevesi was separated from Rautalampi in 1922. A municipal merger with Laukaa was planned in 2012, but was not accepted by the municipal government of Konnevesi.

Villages

  • Aholankylä
  • Alakylä
  • Alkula
  • Heikkilä
  • Hiekkalankylä
  • Hytölä
  • Hänniskylä
  • Ilomäki
  • Ilvesaho
  • Istunmäki
  • Itikkakylä
  • Itäsaari
  • Jokijärvi
  • Jouhtikylä
  • Kangasharju
  • Kangaskylä
  • Kivisalmi
  • Kyönälänkylä
  • Kärkkäiskylä (Kirkonkylä)
  • Lahdenkylä
  • Lapunmäki
  • Leskelänkylä
  • Lummukankylä
  • Mäkäräniemi
  • Pesiäissalmi
  • Pukara
  • Pukaranranta
  • Pyhälahti
  • Pyydyskylä
  • Rappaatlahti
  • Rinteenmäki
  • Rokkapohja
  • Rossinkylä
  • Ruuskankylä
  • Salmenkylä
  • Sauvoniemi
  • Siikakoski
  • Silmutjoki
  • Sirkkamäki
  • Suokylä
  • Sydänmaankylä
  • Särkisalo
  • Tankolampi
  • Toikkalankylä
  • Töhkerönmäki
  • Uurapohja
  • Varuskunta
  • Välimäki

Dialect

The dialect of Konnevesi is a Savonian dialect. The dialect is transitional between the Central Finnish and Northern Savonian subgroups, with the speech of the western villages having more Central Finnish features while the speech in the eastern villages (such as Mäkäräniemi) is closer to the Northern Savonian dialects.

Notable individuals

  • Juha Karjalainen, former soccer player
  • Miika Lahti, ice hockey player

Gallery

See also

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