Saarenmaa Explained

Official Name:Saarenmaa
Settlement Type:District of Jyväskylä
Pushpin Map:Finland Central Finland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Central Finland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Finland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Western Finland
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Central Finland
Subdivision Type3:Sub-region
Subdivision Name3:Jyväskylä sub-region
Subdivision Type4:City
Subdivision Name4:Jyväskylä
Subdivision Type5:Ward
Subdivision Name5:Palokka-Puuppola
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:December 2010
Population Total:731 (including Vertaala)
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:62.3113°N 25.6099°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:40270 PALOKKA

Saarenmaa is a district of Jyväskylä, Finland. It is a semi-rural area that may be seen as a separate village. Saarenmaa is also a statistical area which includes the nearby settlement of Vertaala.

The road 16687 (Saarenmaantie) connects Saarenmaa to Palokka and Jyväskylä proper.

Geography

Boundaries

The district (Finnish: kaupunginosa, for local development) is smaller than the statistical area (Finnish: tilastoalue) of Saarenmaa: the district only includes the Reijunperä area between and around the lakes Ylä-Tuomiojärvi and Kaitajärvi. Parts of statistical Saarenmaa also fall under the districts of Varsalanperä and Puuppola, while Vertaala is a separate district.

History

Saarenmaa is located on the border area of the register villages (Finnish: rekisterikylä) of Vesanka, Korttajärvi (Puuppola) and Palokka.[1] The eponymous farm of Saarenmaa was officially located in the village of Vesanka and was established in 1837.[2]

Saarenmaa was a part of Jyväskylän maalaiskunta until its disestablishment in 2009. Saarenmaa was soon designated as one of Jyväskylä's districts.[3]

Services

School

Saarenmaa used to have its own school providing education for grades 1–4. The school was closed in August 2020 due to poor indoor air quality, as renovating the school would have been too expensive. The 41 students of the school were assigned to the new school in Savulahti.

References

Literature

Notes and References

  1. Jyväskylän maalaiskunnan kirja, page 39 (map).
  2. Vesangan kyläkirja, page 454.
  3. Web site: Päätös kunnanosien nimistä ja numeroista sekä eräiden leikkipuistojen nimistä.. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110819003729/http://jkl.fi/kaavoitus/kaupunginosat. August 19, 2011. July 13, 2023. jkl.fi. fi.