Juankoski

{{expand Finnish|date=June 2023|topic=hist}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Juankoski |official_name = {{lang|fi|Juankosken kaupunki}}<br />{{lang|sv|Juankoski stad}} |other_name = |settlement_type = Former municipality |image_skyline = Säyneisen kirkko.jpg |image_caption = Säyneinen Church in Juankoski |image_shield = Juankoski.vaakuna.svg |image_map = Juankoski.sijainti.suomi.2008.svg |mapsize = 150px |map_caption = Location of Juankoski in Finland |pushpin_mapsize = 150px |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Finland |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = North Savo |subdivision_type2 = Sub-region |subdivision_name2 = Northeast Savo |leader_title = Municipal manager |leader_name = Petri Kangasperko |established_title = Charter |established_date = 1925 |established_title2 = Town privileges |established_date2 = 1998 |established_title3 = Consolidated |established_date3 = 2017 |population_density_km2 = auto |demographics1_info1 = % (official) |demographics1_info2 = % |demographics1_info3 = % |demographics1_info4 = % |demographics2_title1 = 0 to 14 |demographics2_info1 = % |demographics2_title2 = 15 to 64 |demographics2_info2 = % |demographics2_title3 = 65 or older |demographics2_info3 = % |timezone = EET |utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = EEST |utc_offset_DST = +3 |coordinates = {{coord|63|04|N|028|20|E|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = Postal code |website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090221135957/http://www.juankoski.fi/ www.juankoski.fi] }}

[[Image:Strömsdal - Pehr Adolf Kruskopf - Finland framställdt i teckningar - 83.jpg|thumb|Illustration of ''Strömsdal bruk'' in Finland framstäldt i teckningar edited by Zacharias Topelius and published 1845-1852.]]

'''Juankoski''' is a former town and municipality of Finland. In March 2014, the Juankoski city council decided that the town would merge with Kuopio in the beginning of 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Juankoski päätti liittyä Kuopioon|url = http://www.savonsanomat.fi/savo/juankoski-paatti-liittya-kuopioon/1884605|access-date = 2015-10-02|first = Marita Tiihonen, Sanna|last = Inkinen|archive-date = 2014-09-03|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140903081337/http://www.savonsanomat.fi/savo/juankoski-paatti-liittya-kuopioon/1884605|url-status = dead}}</ref>

Juankoski is located in the province of Eastern Finland, part of the North Savo region. It covers an area of {{convert|586.26|km2}} of which {{convert|120.99|km2|abbr=on}} is water.<ref>[https://maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/maanmittauslaitos.fi/files/old/alat16_su_nimet_korj.xlsx Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2016]. National Land Survey of Finland</ref> Juankoski formally became a town in 1998.

Neighbouring municipalities of Juankoski include Juuka, Kaavi, Tuusniemi, Kuopio, Nilsiä and Rautavaara.

The former municipality is unilingually Finnish.

==History== In 1746, Brynolf Brunou established an ironworks near the rapids between Vuotjärvi and Akonvesi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historia - Juankosken Kulttuurihistoriallinen Seura ry|url=https://www.museobrunou.fi/historia/|access-date=December 29, 2022|website=museobrunou.fi|date=15 June 2015 |language=fi}}</ref> The area was a part of the Nilsiä chapel community of the Kuopio parish. Nilsiä became a separate parish in 1816 and a municipality in 1869.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historiaa - Nilsiän Pitäjä ry|url=http://nilsia.fi/etusivu/historiaa/|access-date=December 29, 2022|website=nilsia.fi|language=fi}}</ref> Juankoski was moved to the Muuruvesi parish in 1907, remaining a part of it until Juankoski became a separate municipality in 1923.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Suomen Sukututkimusseura|url=https://hiski.genealogia.fi/seurakunnat/srk?CMD=SRK&ID=139&TYPE=HTML&LANG=FI|access-date=December 29, 2022|website=hiski.genealogia.fi|language=fi}}</ref> Muuruvesi and Säyneinen were consolidated with Juankoski in 1971.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|url=https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk63/SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|page=110|access-date=December 29, 2022|website=kaino.kotus.fi|language=fi}}</ref>

Juankoski was consolidated with Kuopio in 2017.

Museum Masuuni Brunou focuses on the area's iron and cardboard industry, as well as local history.

==Villages== Prior to its consolidation into Kuopio in 2017, Juankoski consisted of the following villages:

* Akonvesi, Hipanlahti, Jouhteninen (Joutseninen), Muuruvesi (village), Säyneinen (village), Vehkalahti, Västinniemi and Akonpohja{{efn|group=FinnlandPP|name=FinPost|The village of Akonpohja is located in address 73500.}}

;Notes: {{notelist|group=FinlandPP}}

==People== *Kaj Chydenius, composer *Jaakko Kolmonen, TV chef *Juice Leskinen, songwriter *Anssi Neuvonen, songwriter / musician

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category-inline|Juankoski}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090221135957/http://www.juankoski.fi/ Town of Juankoski] – Official website

Category:Former municipalities of Finland Category:Populated places established in 1925 *Juankoski