Pihtipudas
Sign in to savePihtipudas is a municipality of Finland. Pihtipudas is known for the annual javelin carnival and for Lauri "Tahko" Pihkala, the inventor of Pesäpallo, the Finnish variant of baseball.
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- Location of Pihtipudas in Finland
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- Central Finland
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- Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
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- Ari Kinnunen
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Location and geography
- Demographics
- History
- Prehistory
- Post-prehistory
- Attractions
- Pihtipudas Javelin Carnival
- Pihtipudas Local History Museum
- Water recreation
- Rillankivi boundary stone
- Imarrekivi stone
- Notable residents
- Twin towns
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Pihtipudas is a municipality of Finland. Pihtipudas is known for the annual javelin carnival and for Lauri "Tahko" Pihkala, the inventor of Pesäpallo, the Finnish variant of baseball.
==Location and geography== Pihtipudas is the northernmost municipality of the administrative sub-region of Saarijärvi-Viitasaari in the region of Central Finland. It is located on highway 4 (E75), approximately north of Jyväskylä, south of Oulu and north of the capital Helsinki. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. The neighbouring municipalities of Pihtipudas are Haapajärvi, Keitele, Kinnula, Pielavesi, Pyhäjärvi, Reisjärvi and Viitasaari. Just under half of the residents live in the largest settlement of Pihtipudas. The main villages within the municipality are located on the lakes of Alvajärvi, Elämäjärvi, Muurasjärvi, and Saani on the Saanijärvi, and at Ilosjoki, Korppinen, Kärväskylä, Peninki, Rönnynkylä, Kojola and Seläläntaus.