Finland is the second most northern country in the world. A quarter of its total area lies north of the Arctic Circle.
Area: 338,144 km² square kilometres, of which 10% is water and 69% forest
Location: neighbouring countries are Russia to the east, Norway to the north-west and Sweden to the west
Population: 5.3 million, (17 inhabitants per square kilometre)
Capital: Helsinki
Official languages: Finnish (91.5%) and Swedish (5.5%).
Religion: Lutheran 82%, Orthodox 1%
Currency: euro
Head of State: President of the Republic
and Finland has:
188,000 lakes (accounts for 10% of the total area)
1.8 million saunas (approx 500 are traditional smoke saunas)
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The city of Jyväskylä is situated in the heart of Finland and is surrounded by beautiful lakes, ridges and forests.Today it is a bustling centre for business, education, sports and culture and has over 130 000 inhabitants. A total of 170,000 people live in the entire Jyväskylä region.
Everyfourth passer-by is a school goer or a student in Jyväskylä. Jyväskylä is a school and university city with 47 000 students during the academic year, providing a diversity of educational offerings for people of all ages. Jyväskylä achieved the best grade for cooperation between companies and schools in annual municipality image survey.
Jyväskylä is known as a city of culture. For example, Jyväskylä was the home of Alva Aalto, the world-famous Finnish architect. Aalto designed thirty buildings in the Jyväskylä region between 1920 and 1970.
Thanks to the short distances and the lively urban centre, Jyväskylä is a "little big city" where all the services, shops, schools and work are close at hand. In 2012 the city celebrates its 175th birthday.
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