Jämsä
Encyclopedia
Jämsä is a town and municipality of Finland
.
It is located in the province
of Western Finland
and is part of the Central Finland
region
. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of km2 of which km2 is water. The population density
is PD/km2.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish
.
The municipality of Kuorevesi
was consolidated with Jämsä in 2001. The municipality of Längelmäki
was partly consolidated with Jämsä in 2007. The municipality of Jämsänkoski
was consolidated with Jämsä in the beginning of 2009.
It is the center of Finnish aeronautics industry – the aircraft factory and aeronautical engineering offices of Patria
and the Test flight center of Finnish Air Force
are located at Halli Airport
in Jämsä.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
.
It is located in the province
Provinces of Finland
The state of Finland consisted of six provinces between the years 1997 and 2009. The provincial authority was part of the central government's executive branch, not directly elected. The system was created in 1634, and its makeup was changed drastically in 1997, when the number of the provinces...
of Western Finland
Western Finland
Western Finland was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2010. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Eastern Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Bothnia towards Åland.- History :...
and is part of the Central Finland
Central Finland
Central Finland is a region in Finland. It borders to the regions Päijänne Tavastia, Pirkanmaa, Southern Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Northern Ostrobothnia, Northern Savonia and Southern Savonia....
region
Regions of Finland
Finland consists of 19 regions called in Finnish and in Swedish. The regions are governed by regional councils, which serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of a region. The main tasks of the regions are regional planning and development of enterprise and education. In addition,...
. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of km2 of which km2 is water. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
is PD/km2.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
.
The municipality of Kuorevesi
Kuorevesi
Kuorevesi is a former municipality in Finland. It was part of the Pirkanmaa region in western finland. In the year 2001 it was consolidated into the town of Jämsä in the Central Finland region. The name of the municipality came from the Lake Kuorevesi that is situated in its area....
was consolidated with Jämsä in 2001. The municipality of Längelmäki
Längelmäki
Längelmäki is a former municipality of Finland. Längelmäki was divided in 2007 between Jämsä and Orivesi.Its western parts are now part of the Pirkanmaa region and the eastern part are part of the Central Finland region. The municipality had a population of 1,734 and covered an area of...
was partly consolidated with Jämsä in 2007. The municipality of Jämsänkoski
Jämsänkoski
Jämsänkoski is a former town and municipality in central Finland located near Lake Päijänne and the Jämsänjoki river. The town had population of 7,581 . It covered an area of 448.67 km² of which 48.02 km² is water...
was consolidated with Jämsä in the beginning of 2009.
It is the center of Finnish aeronautics industry – the aircraft factory and aeronautical engineering offices of Patria
Patria (company)
Patria is a Finnish company which produces a wide range of defence, aviation and aerospace technology. It carries on the firearms tradition of Valtion Kivääritehdas and the aerospace tradition of Valtion lentokonetehdas.-Patria Aviation:* NH90* Mini-UAVs...
and the Test flight center of Finnish Air Force
Finnish Air Force
The Finnish Air Force is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. Its peacetime tasks are airspace surveillance, identification flights, and production of readiness formations for wartime conditions...
are located at Halli Airport
Halli Airport
Halli Airport is a military airport located in Kuorevesi, Jämsä, Finland, west of Jämsä town centre. The Aircraft and Weapon Systems Training Wing of the Finnish Air Force is based at the airport. The Hallinportti Aviation Museum is located near the airport....
in Jämsä.
External links
- Town of Jämsä – Official website