Juankoski is a former town and municipality of Finland. In March 2014, the Juankoski city council decided that the town would merge with Kuopio in the beginning of 2017.[1]

Juankoski
Former municipality
Juankosken kaupunki Juankoski stad
Säyneinen Church in Juankoski
Coat of arms
Location of Juankoski in Finland
Coordinates: 63°04′N 028°20′E
Country	Finland
Region	Northern Savonia
Sub-region	Northeastern Savonia sub-region
Charter	1925
Town privileges	1998
Consolidated	2017
Government
• Municipal manager	Petri Kangasperko
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	www.juankoski.fi

Juankoski is located in the province of Eastern Finland, part of the Northern Savonia region. It covers an area of 586.26 square kilometres (226.36 sq mi) of which 120.99 km² (46.71 sq mi) is water.[2] Juankoski formally became a town in 1998.

Neighbouring municipalities of Juankoski include Juuka, Kaavi, Tuusniemi, Kuopio, Nilsiä and Rautavaara.

The former municipality is unilingually Finnish.

History

Museum Masuuni Brunou focuses on the area's iron and cardboard industry, as well as local history.

Villages

Akonvesi, Hipanlahti, Jouhteninen (Joutseninen), Muuruvesi (village), Säyneinen (village), Vehkalahti, Västinniemi and Akonpohja, which is located in address 73500

People

• Kaj Chydenius, composer
• Jaakko Kolmonen, TV chef
• Juice Leskinen, songwriter
• Anssi Neuvonen, songwriter / musician

References

External links

Media related to Juankoski at Wikimedia Commons

• Town of Juankoski – Official website

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