- Kyyjärvi
Kyyjärvi is a municipality of
Finland .It is located in the province of
Western Finland and is part of theCentral Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,646 (2005 ) and covers an area of 470.07 km² of which 20.42 km² is water. Thepopulation density is 3.7 inhabitants per km².The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The municipality centre is located on the shores of
lake Kyyjärvi . Little villagesHokkala ,Koskimäki-Huhtala , Kumpula,Noposenaho ,Hokkasenaho ,Nurmijoki ,Oikari ,Peuralinna ,Pölkki ,Saunakylä andVehkaperä are living mostly from primary production (farming and forestry). Due to its location on the crossroads of two main roads of Finland the municipality has also a remarkable amount of services and little companies compared to its size.Origin of the name of Kyyjärvi is unknown but there are few theories of it. The first part of the name, Kyy, is the Finnish word for adder ("
Vipera berus "), a venomous snake. Järvi is the Finnish word forlake . The snake can be found in Kyyjärvi, as it is everywhere in Finland, although it is not very common there. Other theory is that the first citizens moved to the area from the lakeKyyvesi and gave the name Kyyjärvi for their new home area and lake.External links
* [http://www.kyyjarvi.fi The Municipality of Kyyjärvi]
* [http://www.nopolanews.fi Nopola News, Web Newspaper of Kyyjärvi]
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