| Muurame | |||
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| — Municipality — | |||
| Muuramen kunta | |||
| Muurame Church, designed by Alvar Aalto | |||
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| Location of Muurame in Finland | |||
| Coordinates: | |||
| Country | Finland | ||
| Region | Central Finland | ||
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä sub-region | ||
| Charter | 1921 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Municipal manager | Ari Ranta-aho | ||
| Area(2011-01-01)[1] | |||
| • Total | 194.05 km2 (74.9 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 144.06 km2 (55.6 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 49.99 km2 (19.3 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 305th largest in Finland | ||
| Population (2011-01-31)[2] | |||
| • Total | 9,277 | ||
| • Rank | 114th largest in Finland | ||
| • Density | 64.4/km2 (166.8/sq mi) | ||
| Population by native language[3] | |||
| • Finnish | 98.9% (official) | ||
| • Swedish | 0.1% | ||
| • Others | 1% | ||
| Population by age[4] | |||
| • 0 to 14 | 23.4% | ||
| • 15 to 64 | 65% | ||
| • 65 or older | 11.6% | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% | ||
| Website | www.muurame.fi | ||
Muurame is a municipality of Finland, located 16 kilometres (10 mi) south-west of Jyväskylä. Muurame itself is located between two lakes, Lake Päijänne and Lake Muuratjärvi. These two lakes are connected to each others via River Muurame. River Muurame streams through the population center of Muurame. Muurame was founded in 1921.
Church of Muurame is of Alvar Aalto's design.
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Muurame Muurame] at Wikimedia Commons
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