Multia

Multia, Finland

Multia, Finland

Municipality in Central Finland, Finland

"Multia" redirects here. For the computer workstation, see DEC Multia.

Multia is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,430 (31 December 2023)[4] and covers an area of 765.63 square kilometres (295.61 sq mi) of which 32.37 km2 (12.50 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1.95 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.1/sq mi).

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The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Muldia" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Multia" also in Swedish.[5]

Geography

Neighbouring municipalities are Keuruu, Petäjävesi, Saarijärvi, Uurainen and Ähtäri. It is 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Multia to Jyväskylä, the capital city of Central Finland.

There are all together 146 lakes in Multia. The biggest lakes in Multia are Sinervä, Tarhapäänjärvi and Sahrajärvi-Pienvesi.[6]

The highest point of the Central Finland region, Kiiskilänmäki, which reaches an altitude of 269 metres (883 ft) above sea level, is located in Multia.[7]

During the summer months (June - August), Multia is the rainiest municipality in Finland, with an average of 237.3 millimeters (9.3 inches) of rainfall.[8]

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Events

Kicksled World Championship[9]

Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
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    "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
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    "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Kuntien nimet ja niiden taivutus" (in Finnish). Research Institute for the Languages of Finland. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
  6. [6]
    "Multia". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  7. [7]
    "Jollei Haltille niin ainakin Kinttumäelle" (in Finnish). Tilastokeskus. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  8. [8]
    "Ropiseeko usein? Nämä ovat Suomen sateisimmat kunnat kesäisin". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 2015-07-11. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  9. [9]
    https://multia.fi/mmpotkut/?page_id=49 website, english

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