Juankoski is a town and municipality of Finland

Finland

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It is located in the province

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 of Eastern Finland

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 and is part of the Northern Savonia

Northern Savonia

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 region

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. The town has a population of and covers an area of km2 of which km2 is water. The population density

Population density

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 is PD/km2. Juankoski became a town in 1998.
Juan's neighboring municipalities are Juuka,Kuopio,Rautavaara and Tuusniemi.

Villages
Akonvesi, Hipanlahti, Jouhten kind (Jouhten kind), Muuruvesi (village), Säyneinen (village), Vehkalahti, Västinniemi and the road is Akonpohja,which is located in address 73500

Eija Ahvo, musician
Kaj Chydenius

Kaj Chydenius

Kaj Chydenius is a Finnish composer probably best known for his left-wing political songs interpreted by various artists. He studied at the Sibelius Academy, the University of Helsinki and the Helsinki School of Economics, starting his career with avant-garde music, happening, instrumental theatre...

, musician
Hanna-Kaisa Heikkinen, MP
Jaakko Kolmonen

Jaakko Kolmonen

Jaakko Kolmonen is a Finnish chef. He has worked since 1962 as a cooking teacher in several vocational schools was known for his many television cooking-themed programs on YLE TV2 such as Asia on pihvi and Patakakkonen .In 1991 he was awarded the Finnish Lion's Order of Merit and the National...

, TV chef
Anemone Kekäläinen, opera singer
Jori Sivonen, pop composer
Rauno Kettunen, former MP
Timi Lexikon, rap / hip-hop artist (Muuruvesi)
Joonas Hämäläinen, Finlands 1st MASTERCHEF
The municipality is unilingually Finnish

Finnish language

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Kaj Chydenius

Kaj Chydenius

Kaj Chydenius is a Finnish composer probably best known for his left-wing political songs interpreted by various artists. He studied at the Sibelius Academy, the University of Helsinki and the Helsinki School of Economics, starting his career with avant-garde music, happening, instrumental theatre...

, a Finnish composer, and Juice Leskinen

Juice Leskinen

Juhani Juice Leskinen , better known as Juice Leskinen , was one of the most prominent Finnish singer-songwriters of the late 20th century. From the early 1970s onward he released nearly 30 full-length albums, as well as writing song lyrics for dozens of Finnish artists...

, a Finnish singer–songwriter, were born in Juankoski.

External links

• Town of Juankoski – Official website