Sumiainen

Sumiainen is a former municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality had a population of 1,293 (2003) and covered an area of 307.93 km² of which 77.34 km² is water. The population density was 5.6 inhabitants per km².

Sumiainen consolidated to Äänekoski together with Suolahti in 2007.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Sumiais" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Sumiainen" also in Swedish.^[1]

Coordinates: 62°39′25″N 26°02′50″E / 62.65694°N 26.04722°E / 62.65694; 26.04722

People born in Sumiainen

Matti Pietinen (1859 – 1918)
Ilmari Sormunen (1896 – 1980)

References

↑ Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus :: Kuntien nimet

External links

Media related to Sumiainen at Wikimedia Commons

Municipalities of Central Finland

Municipalities	Äänekoski Hankasalmi Jämsä Joutsa Jyväskylä Kannonkoski Karstula Keuruu Kinnula Kivijärvi Konnevesi Kuhmoinen Kyyjärvi Laukaa Luhanka Multia Muurame Petäjävesi Pihtipudas Saarijärvi Toivakka Uurainen Viitasaari

Former municipalities	Jämsänkoski Jyväskylän maalaiskunta Konginkangas Korpilahti Koskenpää Leivonmäki Pihlajavesi Pylkönmäki Säynätsalo Sumiainen Suolahti

Central Finland Finland

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