Korpilahti

Korpilahti

Korpilahti is a 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 5,016 (2003). In addition to this, there are about 4,500 summer-time inhabitants visiting the 2,000 summer cottages. Korpilahti has decided to join the nearby town of Jyväskylä.

Korpilahti covers an area of 794.62 km² of which 177.44 km² is water. The population density is 6.3 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Korpilax" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Korpilahti" also in Swedish. [ [http://www.kotus.fi/index.phtml?s=461 Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus :: Kuntien nimet ] ] Politically, Centre Party is dominant. Korpilahti is one of the poorest municipalities in Finland with an unemployment rate of 14.4% (2002).

Korpilahti is relatively well-known for its beautiful nature, with mountains and about 200 lakes. Lake Päijänne is partially in the area of Korpilahti.

Vaaruvuori

A Pumped-storage hydroelectricity plant was planned on Vaaruvuori near lake Päijänne but environmentalist opposition has killed the project. [http://www.saunalahti.fi/~vaarujht/EnglishINTRO.html]

References

External links

* [http://www.korpilahti.fi|The official site of the Municipality of Korpilahti]


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