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Konnevesi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the former province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of () The population density is .

The logging tongs appearing in Konnevesi's coat of arms refer to local forestry. The coat of arms was designed by Gustaf von Numers, and the Konnevesi municipal council approved it in its meetings on 23 April 1964. The Ministry of the Interior approved the coat of arms for use on 21 August that year.

History

The toponym Konnevesi was first mentioned in 1554 as Konnevessij äremarch. The name is derived from the lake Konnevesi, which in turn likely refers to a Sámic word meaning "deer" (reconstructed proto-Sámic *kontē).

Konnevesi was separated from Rautalampi in 1922.

Villages

Aholankylä
Alakylä
Alkula
Heikkilä
Hiekkalankylä
Hytölä
Hänniskylä
Ilomäki
Ilvesaho
Istunmäki
Itikkakylä
Itäsaari
Jokijärvi
Jouhtikylä
Kangasharju
Kangaskylä

Kivisalmi
Kyönälänkylä
Kärkkäiskylä (Kirkonkylä)
Lahdenkylä
Lapunmäki
Leskelänkylä
Lummukankylä
Mäkäräniemi
Pesiäissalmi
Pukara
Pukaranranta
Pyhälahti
Pyydyskylä
Rappaatlahti
Rinteenmäki
Rokkapohja

Rossinkylä
Ruuskankylä
Salmenkylä
Sauvoniemi
Siikakoski

Dialect

The dialect of Konnevesi is a Savonian dialect. The dialect is transitional between the Central Finnish and Northern Savonian subgroups, with the speech of the western villages having more Central Finnish features while the speech in the eastern villages (such as Mäkäräniemi) is closer to the Northern Savonian dialects.

Notable individuals

Juha Karjalainen, former soccer player
Miika Lahti, ice hockey player

Gallery

File:Konneveden kirkko.JPG|Konnevesi Church

File:Konneveden museo Tuulimylly.JPG|A windmill at Konnevesi Museum

File:Järvinäkymä Konnevesi Pyhälahti.jpg|Lake Keitele in Konnevesi

File:Konnevesi Siikakoski Helmikuussa.JPG|Siikakoski rapid

File:Neiturin kanava.JPG|Neituri canal

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References

External links

Municipality of Konnevesi – Official website