Juupajoki
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Juupajoki | |
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Municipality | |
| Juupajoen kunta Juupajoki kommun | |
 Kallenaution kievari, a café museum in Juupajoki | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Juupajoki in Finland | |
 Interactive map of Juupajoki | |
| Coordinates: 61°47.8′N 024°22.2′E / 61.7967°N 24.3700°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | Upper Pirkanmaa |
| Charter | 1913 |
| Seat | Korkeakoski |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Riku Siren |
| Area (2018-01-01) | |
• Total | 274.95 km2 (106.16 sq mi) |
| • Land | 258.49 km2 (99.80 sq mi) |
| • Water | 16.47 km2 (6.36 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 242nd largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-12-31) | |
• Total | 1,663 |
| • Rank | 274th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 6.43/km2 (16.7/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 97.9% (official) |
| • Others | 2.1% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 13.6% |
| • 15 to 64 | 53.9% |
| • 65 or older | 32.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | juupajoki |
Juupajoki is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 1,663 (31 December 2025), which makes it the least populous municipality in Pirkanmaa. It covers an area of 274.95 square kilometres (106.16 sq mi) of which 16.47 km2 (6.36 sq mi) is water. The population density is 6.43 inhabitants per square kilometre (16.7/sq mi). Korkeakoski is the administrative center of the municipality.
Neighbouring municipalities are Jämsä, Mänttä-Vilppula, Orivesi and Ruovesi. The city of Tampere is located 56 kilometres (35 mi) southwest of Juupajoki.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
People
- Kauko Helovirta (1924–1997), writer
- Jaakko Syrjä (1926–2022), writer
Gallery
Borough hall of Juupajoki
Korkeakoski's old shoe factory at Juupajoki
Korkeakoski River
See also
References
- 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- 1 2 3 "Population growth slowed down in 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 1 April 2026. ISSN 2243-3627. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ↑ Juupajoen kylät (in Finnish)
- ↑ "Outsider Etelänavalla – Korkki ja Lipponen Sumulaakson sankareina". yle.fi (in Finnish). 21 September 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ↑ "Nuori Kauko Helovirta kouliintui näyttelijäksi Karhumäen tivolissa". yle.fi (in Finnish). 20 October 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ↑ Aaltio, Marja. "90-year-old writer Jaakko Syrjä would have liked to have written more". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
External links
Media related to Juupajoki at Wikimedia Commons
Juupajoki travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Municipality of Juupajoki – Official website
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