• Source: Konnevesi

Konnevesi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the former province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 2,458 (31 October 2024)
and covers an area of 680.85 square kilometres (262.88 sq mi) of which 167.95 km2 (64.85 sq mi), or almost 25%, is water. Neighbouring municipalities are Hankasalmi, Laukaa, Rautalampi, Vesanto and Äänekoski. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
There are altogether exactly 100 lakes in Konnevesi. The biggest lakes are Keitele, Lake Konnevesi and Liesvesi. The population density is 4.79 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.4/sq mi).
The logging tongs appearing in Konnevesi's coat of arms refer to local forestry. The coat of arms was designed by Gustaf von Numers, and the Konnevesi municipal council approved it in its meetings on 23 April 1964. The Ministry of the Interior approved the coat of arms for use on 21 August that year.




History


The toponym Konnevesi was first mentioned in 1554 as Konnevessij äremarch. The name is derived from the lake Konnevesi, which in turn likely refers to a Sámic word meaning "deer" (reconstructed proto-Sámic *kontē).
Konnevesi was separated from Rautalampi in 1922. A municipal merger with Laukaa was planned in 2012, but was not accepted by the municipal government of Konnevesi.




Villages






Dialect


The dialect of Konnevesi is a Savonian dialect. The dialect is transitional between the Central Finnish and Northern Savonian subgroups, with the speech of the western villages having more Central Finnish features while the speech in the eastern villages (such as Mäkäräniemi) is closer to the Northern Savonian dialects.




Notable individuals


Juha Karjalainen, former soccer player
Miika Lahti, ice hockey player




Gallery



























See also


Finnish national road 69




References






External links


Media related to Konnevesi at Wikimedia Commons
Konnevesi travel guide from Wikivoyage

Municipality of Konnevesi – Official website (in Finnish)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Finlandia Tengah
• Konnevesi
• Rautalampi
• Lake Konnevesi
• Central Finland
• Tongs
• Western Finland Province
• Municipalities of Central Finland
• Vesanto
• Regions of Western Finland
• Ukko