Kyyjärvi
Sign in to saveKyyjärvi (; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region, about northwest of Jyväskylä. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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- Kyyjärvi
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- Municipality
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- Kyyjärvi church
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- Location of Kyyjärvi in Finland
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- Country
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- Central Finland
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- Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
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- Nopola
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- Raisa Kinnunen
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Kyyjärvi (; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region, about northwest of Jyväskylä. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Neighbouring municipalities are Alajärvi, Karstula, Kivijärvi, Perho and Soini. The municipality centre is located on the shores of Lake Kyyjärvi. Little villages Hokkala, Koskimäki-Huhtala, Kumpula, Noposenaho, Hokkasenaho, Nurmijoki, Oikari, Peuralinna, Pölkki, Saunakylä and Vehkaperä are living mostly from primary production (farming and forestry). Due to its location on the crossroads of two main Finnish roads (Valtatie 13 and 16) the municipality has also a remarkable number of services and little companies compared to its size.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kyyjärvi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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