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.
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.
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]
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.