Juupajoki is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 1,663 (31 December 2025),[2] which makes it the least populous municipality in Pirkanmaa. It covers an area of 274.95 square kilometres (106.16 sq mi) of which 16.47 km2 (6.36 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 6.43 inhabitants per square kilometre (16.7/sq mi). Korkeakoski is the administrative center of the municipality.[4]
Neighbouring municipalities are Jämsä, Mänttä-Vilppula, Orivesi and Ruovesi. The city of Tampere is located 56 kilometres (35 mi) southwest of Juupajoki.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
People
- Kauko Helovirta (1924–1997), writer[5][6]
- Jaakko Syrjä (1926–2022), writer[7]
Gallery
- Borough hall of Juupajoki
- Korkeakoski's old shoe factory at Juupajoki
- Korkeakoski River
See also
References
- 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- 1 2 3 "Population growth slowed down in 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 1 April 2026. ISSN 2243-3627. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Juupajoen kylät (in Finnish)
- ↑ "Outsider Etelänavalla – Korkki ja Lipponen Sumulaakson sankareina". yle.fi (in Finnish). 21 September 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ↑ "Nuori Kauko Helovirta kouliintui näyttelijäksi Karhumäen tivolissa". yle.fi (in Finnish). 20 October 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ↑ Aaltio, Marja. "90-year-old writer Jaakko Syrjä would have liked to have written more". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
External links
Media related to Juupajoki at Wikimedia Commons
Juupajoki travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Municipality of Juupajoki – Official website