Jämsä

Summary

Jämsä is a town^[1]. Jämsä ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (110 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Jämsä is located in Central Finland^[3].
• Jämsä is in the country of Finland^[4].
• Jämsä is on the body of water Päijänne^[5].
• Jämsä's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Jämsä's instance of is recorded as municipality of Finland^[7].
• Jämsä's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Jämsä's official language is recorded as Finnish^[9].
• Jämsä's shares border with is recorded as Jyväskylä^[10].
• Jämsä's shares border with is recorded as Juupajoki^[11].
• Jämsä's shares border with is recorded as Keuruu^[12].
• Jämsä's shares border with is recorded as Kuhmoinen^[13].
• Jämsä's shares border with is recorded as Luhanka^[14].
• Jämsä's shares border with is recorded as Mänttä-Vilppula^[15].
• Jämsä's shares border with is recorded as Orivesi^[16].
• Jämsä's shares border with is recorded as Petäjävesi^[17].
• Jämsä followed Kuorevesi^[18].
• Jämsä followed Längelmäki^[19].
• Jämsä followed Jämsänkoski^[20].
• Jämsä's twinned administrative body is recorded as Fagersta Municipality^[21].
• Jämsä's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ballerup Municipality^[22].
• Jämsä's twinned administrative body is recorded as Åsnes Municipality^[23].
• Jämsä's legislative body is recorded as Jämsä City Council^[24].
• Jämsä's coat of arms is recorded as coat of arms of Jämsä^[25].
• Jämsä's Commons category is recorded as Jämsä^[26].
• Jämsä's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[27].

Body

Founding

January 1, 1866 marks the founding of Jämsä^[28].

Identity

Jämsä's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Jämsän kaupunki'}^[29]. Predecessors include Kuorevesi^[18], Längelmäki^[19], and Jämsänkoski^[20].

Why It Matters

Jämsä ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (110 views/month).^[2] Jämsä has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Jämsä is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]