Liperi
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Liperi is a municipality of Finland
. It is located in the province
of Eastern Finland
and is part of the North Karelia
region
. Liperi is a picturesque community of with the growth rate of 83 newcomers in 11 months in 2007. The population density
is PD/km2. The municipality covers an area of km2 of which km2 is water, so it can be described as beautiful countryside.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish
.
Neighbouring municipalities of Liperi are Heinävesi
, Joensuu
, Kontiolahti
, Outokumpu
, Polvijärvi
, Pyhäselkä
, Rääkkylä
and Savonlinna
.
The municipality of Liperi has increased in population for several years, as a side effect of the attraction of the nearby city of Joensuu
. Liperi is among the fastest growing municipalities in Northern Karelia. Especially the areas of Ylämylly, Honkalampi and Jyrinkylä, situated close to each other, and with only a 10 minutes' trip to Joensuu, are very popular among families with children.
The Finnish member of the parliament
Eero Reijonen lives in Liperi.
The highest recorded natural temperature in Finland, 37.2 °C (99.0 °F), was measured at Joensuu Airport
in Liperi on July 29, 2010.
The centre of the church village was changed outwardly, when a bypassing highway connection was started in summer 2007. In the process, the place of the summer market moved to the yard of the Liperi stage for one summer.
and Ylämylly.
announced their plan to discuss a municipality join. On 13 November 2006, the municipal council of Liperi decided, with votes 24 to 11, to only discuss a municipality join with Outokumpu, not with other municipalities. The municipalities already have a common director of social and health services.
On 19 June 2007, the municipality council decided not to pursue the municipality join with the city of Outokumpu.
On 15 December 2006, the education board of Liperi decided to propose the discontinuation of the Liperi gymnasium. The number of students in the Liperi gymnasium had declined throughout the entire 2000s. In a poll conducted in autumn 2006, only two 9th class students in Liperi announced they were applying for their own municipality's gymnasium, 50 announced they were applying for gymnasia elsewhere.
On 18 December 2006, the municipal council decided that from autumn 2007 onwards, the gymnasium shall no longer accept new students. During the school year 2007-2008, there were 66 students studying in the second and third classes of the gymnasium.
of Liperi covers the whole area of the municipality after the parish of Viinijärvi was annexed to it in 1995.
Viinijärvi is the centre of the Taipale Orthodox
parish, the parish reaches to Polvijärvi and Outokumpu. The current church of Taipale was built in 1906.
The municipality also organises common shore fishing and summer theatre nights for the summer cottage inhabitants. There are about 3000 summer cottages in Liperi.
. The ferry in Käsämä was replaced with a bridge
in 1988 and the Onkisalmi ferry in 1974. Only the Arvinsalmi ferry between Liperi and Rääkkylä remains.
The Joensuu Airport
is located in Liperi. The Viinijärvi railway station has regional train connections to Joensuu and Pieksämäki. The nearest railway station in the western parts is the Vihtari railway station.
Finnish championships in June 2007.
orienteering contest in 2000.
Viinijärven Urheilijat rose to the women's Superpesis
league in 2007, when the number of teams was raised to 12. ViU got second place in Ykköspesis, the decision of series increase was made in November.
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 Eastern Finland
Eastern Finland
Eastern Finland was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2010. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Western Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered Russia.- History :...
and is part of the North Karelia
North Karelia
North Karelia is a region in eastern Finland. It borders to the regions of Kainuu, Northern Savonia, Southern Savonia, South Karelia and to Russia.The city of Joensuu is the centre of the North Karelia region.- Municipalities :...
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,...
. Liperi is a picturesque community of with the growth rate of 83 newcomers in 11 months in 2007. 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 covers an area of km2 of which km2 is water, so it can be described as beautiful countryside.
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...
.
Neighbouring municipalities of Liperi are Heinävesi
Heinävesi
Heinävesi is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...
, Joensuu
Joensuu
Joensuu is a city and municipality in North Karelia in eastern Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of North Karelia region. It was founded in 1848...
, Kontiolahti
Kontiolahti
Kontiolahti is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....
, Outokumpu
Outokumpu
Outokumpu is a group of companies headquartered in Espoo, Finland, aimed at stainless steel. The company has approx. 8 000 employees in about 30 different countries worldwide...
, Polvijärvi
Polvijärvi
Polvijärvi is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....
, Pyhäselkä
Pyhäselkä
Pyhäselkä is a former municipality of Finland, now part of Joensuu. It seat was located in Hammaslahti.Pyhäselkä is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 7,390 and covered an area of 351.58 km² of which 71.38 km² is...
, Rääkkylä
Rääkkylä
Rääkkylä is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....
and Savonlinna
Savonlinna
Savonlinna is a town and a municipality of inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region. The Finnish name of the town means "Castle of Savonia" and the Swedish name means "Newcastle".- History :...
.
The municipality of Liperi has increased in population for several years, as a side effect of the attraction of the nearby city of Joensuu
Joensuu
Joensuu is a city and municipality in North Karelia in eastern Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of North Karelia region. It was founded in 1848...
. Liperi is among the fastest growing municipalities in Northern Karelia. Especially the areas of Ylämylly, Honkalampi and Jyrinkylä, situated close to each other, and with only a 10 minutes' trip to Joensuu, are very popular among families with children.
The Finnish member of the parliament
Parliament of Finland
The Eduskunta , is the parliament of Finland. The unicameral parliament has 200 members and meets in the Parliament House in Helsinki. The latest election to the parliament took place on April 17, 2011.- Constitution :...
Eero Reijonen lives in Liperi.
The highest recorded natural temperature in Finland, 37.2 °C (99.0 °F), was measured at Joensuu Airport
Joensuu Airport
Joensuu Airport is an airport in Liperi, Finland, about northwest of Joensuu city centre.-Airlines and destinations:-Statistics:-Weather station:...
in Liperi on July 29, 2010.
Church village
The view of the church village of Liperi is dominated by the stout red brick church of Liperi, which was built from 1854 to 1858. The old wooden municipality house is among the oldest buildings in the region, and discussions about its protection have been ongoing since the 1990s.The centre of the church village was changed outwardly, when a bypassing highway connection was started in summer 2007. In the process, the place of the summer market moved to the yard of the Liperi stage for one summer.
Villages
Villages in Liperi include Härkinvaara, Kaatamo, Korpivaara, Mattisenlahti, Risti, Roukalahti, Salokylä, Tutjunniemi, Vaivio, ViinijärviViinijärvi
-References:* *...
and Ylämylly.
Municipality join plans
In November 2006, Liperi and OutokumpuOutokumpu
Outokumpu is a group of companies headquartered in Espoo, Finland, aimed at stainless steel. The company has approx. 8 000 employees in about 30 different countries worldwide...
announced their plan to discuss a municipality join. On 13 November 2006, the municipal council of Liperi decided, with votes 24 to 11, to only discuss a municipality join with Outokumpu, not with other municipalities. The municipalities already have a common director of social and health services.
On 19 June 2007, the municipality council decided not to pursue the municipality join with the city of Outokumpu.
Liperi gymnasium
The Liperi gymnasium operates in the Liperi municipal centre at a distance of 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) from Joensuu. The gymnasium and classes 5 to 9 of the Liperi school form an employment community for about 700 people.On 15 December 2006, the education board of Liperi decided to propose the discontinuation of the Liperi gymnasium. The number of students in the Liperi gymnasium had declined throughout the entire 2000s. In a poll conducted in autumn 2006, only two 9th class students in Liperi announced they were applying for their own municipality's gymnasium, 50 announced they were applying for gymnasia elsewhere.
On 18 December 2006, the municipal council decided that from autumn 2007 onwards, the gymnasium shall no longer accept new students. During the school year 2007-2008, there were 66 students studying in the second and third classes of the gymnasium.
Other schools
Other schools in Liperi include schools in Ylämylly, Viinijärvi, Käsämä and Mattisenlahti.Parishes
The Evangelical Lutheran parishEvangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is the national church of Finland. The church professes the Lutheran branch of Christianity, and is a member of the Porvoo Communion....
of Liperi covers the whole area of the municipality after the parish of Viinijärvi was annexed to it in 1995.
Viinijärvi is the centre of the Taipale Orthodox
Finnish Orthodox Church
The Finnish Orthodox Church is an autonomous Orthodox archdiocese of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. The Church has a legal position as a national church in the country, along with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland....
parish, the parish reaches to Polvijärvi and Outokumpu. The current church of Taipale was built in 1906.
Cottage activity
The first cottage activity society in Northern Karelia was founded in Liperi in 2004. The society is a bond between the summer cottage inhabitants, and can make initiatives and suggestions to the municipal council. Every spring, the council sends a letter to the summer cottage inhabitants, containing general information about the municipality and instructions on how to propose representatives. Later, a list of representatives and cottage-specific vote ballots are posted.The municipality also organises common shore fishing and summer theatre nights for the summer cottage inhabitants. There are about 3000 summer cottages in Liperi.
Traffic
Liperi used to have three cable ferriesCable ferry
A cable ferry is guided and in many cases propelled across a river or other larger body of water by cables connected to both shores. They are also called chain ferries, floating bridges, or punts....
. The ferry in Käsämä was replaced with a bridge
Bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle...
in 1988 and the Onkisalmi ferry in 1974. Only the Arvinsalmi ferry between Liperi and Rääkkylä remains.
The Joensuu Airport
Joensuu Airport
Joensuu Airport is an airport in Liperi, Finland, about northwest of Joensuu city centre.-Airlines and destinations:-Statistics:-Weather station:...
is located in Liperi. The Viinijärvi railway station has regional train connections to Joensuu and Pieksämäki. The nearest railway station in the western parts is the Vihtari railway station.
Culture
Famous culture people from Liperi
- Aino von Boehm (née Zitting), painter
- Bengt Broms, professor, curator of Galleria Broms
- Bynolf Enwald, director of education, founder of the Enwald home museum
- Anders Josef Europaeus, priest, Doctor of Theology, member of the diet
- Lauri Holopainen, writer
- Kaarle Hyttinen, writer
- Albin Kaasinen, sculptor
- Anu Kaipainen, writer, worked as a Finnish language teacher in Viinijärvi
- Olli Karjalainen, national poet
- Ilmari Kivinen (Tiitus), writer (1883–1940). His memoral stone (Veikko Jalava 1962) is located in Viinijärvi.
- Jouko Lehtonen, writer, former artist of the province
- Erkki Räsänen, tango dancer
- Wimme SaariWimme SaariWimme Saari is one of the best known Sami yoikers from Finland. Wimme Saari combines traditional Sami singing with his own improvisations, usually to a techno-ambient accompaniment by members of Finnish electronic group RinneRadio...
, Sápmi artist - Marja-Leena Tiainen, writer, receiver of the Savonia award in 2007
- Hannu Virolainen, actor, director
- Minna Maaria Virtanen, actor
Summer theatres
There are three summer theatres in Liperi: the Roukalahti summer theatre at the village's cultural house, the Risti summer theatre in the village of Risti, and the Liperi summer theatre at the Liperi stage.Dance
The Liperi stage in the church village holds dance contests: it has held the humppaHumppa
Humppa is a type of music from Finland. It is related to jazz and very fast foxtrot, played two beats to a bar . Typical speed is about 220 to 260 beats per minute. Humppa is also the name of a few social dances danced to humppa music. All dances involve bounce that follows the strong bass of the...
Finnish championships in June 2007.
Sports
The sports centre in Liperi is Pärnävaara, which is the largest ski contest centre in Northern Karelia. Pärnävaara has hosted the Jukola relayJukola relay
The Jukola Relay is an orienteering relay race held annually in Finland since 1949. The race always takes place on Saturday between 13th and 19 June in different sites around Finland. The northernmost location has been 50 km north from the Arctic Circle...
orienteering contest in 2000.
Viinijärven Urheilijat rose to the women's Superpesis
Superpesis
Superpesis is the top division of the Finnish native sport pesäpallo in Finland. Both men's and women's top division is called Superpesis. Comprising 11 teams in men's league and 10 teams in women's league, one team faces relegation to Ykköspesis at the end of the season...
league in 2007, when the number of teams was raised to 12. ViU got second place in Ykköspesis, the decision of series increase was made in November.
Sports societies in Liperi
Honkalampi-Ylämylly sport club, Karjalan Kopse (riding), Karjalan Käki, Kivekkäät, Leppälahden Uskallus, Liperin Avantouimarit, Liperi Ski Club, Liperin Kelo, Liperin Kiekko (icehockey) , Liperi Women Gymnasts, Liperi Riders, Liperin Taimi, Sulkaman Kipinä, Vaivion Tarmo, Viinijärvi Women Gymnasts, Viinijärvi Sports Club, Ylämyllyn Tennis, Ylämyllyn Yllätys (football), Liperi Volley.Famous sportspeople
- Ski brothers MarttiMartti LappalainenMartti Eemil Lappalainen was a Finnish cross country skier and biathlete.He was born in Liperi and was killed in action in Mäntysova, East Karelia....
and Tauno LappalainenTauno LappalainenTauno Mikko Lappalainen was a Finnish cross country skier who competed in the late 1920s and early 1930s.He was born and died in Liperi....
. Their memorial stone (Veikko Jalava, 1967) is located in the church village. They represented Liperin Kivekkäät. - Kari Lehtola, volleyball player.
- Multiple marathonMarathonThe marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...
winner Yrjö Pesonen represented Liperin Taimi in his career. He scored 7 Finnish Championships from 1992 to 2006. - Pirjo Vihonen (née Ståhlberg), endurance runner. She represented Leppälahden Uskallus and Joensuun Kataja.
Literature
- Pekka Pakarinen: Suur-Liperistä leipäpitäjäksi: Liperin historia, 2006
- Tutju – kylä Saimaan latvavesillä, village history, 2002
External links
- Municipality of Liperi – Official website
- Liperi gymnasium