# Juankoski
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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Juankoski
|official_name = {{lang|fi|Juankosken kaupunki}}
{{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](/source/Finland)
|pushpin_mapsize = 150px
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = [Finland](/source/Finland)
|subdivision_type1 = [Region](/source/Regions_of_Finland)
|subdivision_name1 = [North Savo](/source/North_Savo)
|subdivision_type2 = [Sub-region](/source/Sub-regions_of_Finland)
|subdivision_name2 = [Northeast Savo](/source/Northeast_Savo)
|leader_title = Municipal manager
|leader_name = Petri Kangasperko
|established_title = [Charter](/source/Charter)
|established_date = 1925
|established_title2 = [Town privileges](/source/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](/source/Eastern_European_Time)
|utc_offset = +2
|timezone_DST = [EEST](/source/Eastern_European_Summer_Time)
|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](/source/Finland_framst%C3%A4ldt_i_teckningar) edited by [Zacharias Topelius](/source/Zacharias_Topelius) and published 1845-1852.]]
'''Juankoski''' is a former [town](/source/list_of_towns_in_Finland) and [municipality](/source/List_of_former_municipalities_of_Finland) of [Finland](/source/Finland). In March 2014, the Juankoski city council decided that the town would merge with [Kuopio](/source/Kuopio) in the beginning of 2017.[{{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}}]
Juankoski is located in the [province](/source/provinces_of_Finland) of [Eastern Finland](/source/Eastern_Finland), part of the [North Savo](/source/North_Savo) region. It covers an area of {{convert|586.26|km2}} of which {{convert|120.99|km2|abbr=on}} is water.[[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] Juankoski formally became a town in 1998.
Neighbouring municipalities of Juankoski include [Juuka](/source/Juuka), [Kaavi](/source/Kaavi), [Tuusniemi](/source/Tuusniemi), [Kuopio](/source/Kuopio), [Nilsiä](/source/Nilsi%C3%A4) and [Rautavaara](/source/Rautavaara).
The former municipality is unilingually [Finnish](/source/Finnish_language).
==History==
In 1746, Brynolf Brunou established an ironworks near the rapids between [Vuotjärvi](/source/Vuotj%C3%A4rvi) and [Akonvesi](/source/Akonvesi).[{{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}}] The area was a part of the [Nilsiä](/source/Nilsi%C3%A4) chapel community of the [Kuopio](/source/Kuopion_maalaiskunta) parish. Nilsiä became a separate parish in 1816 and a municipality in 1869.[{{Cite web|title=Historiaa - Nilsiän Pitäjä ry|url=http://nilsia.fi/etusivu/historiaa/|access-date=December 29, 2022|website=nilsia.fi|language=fi}}] Juankoski was moved to the [Muuruvesi](/source/Muuruvesi) parish in 1907, remaining a part of it until Juankoski became a separate municipality in 1923.[{{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}}] Muuruvesi and [Säyneinen](/source/S%C3%A4yneinen) were consolidated with Juankoski in 1971.[{{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}}]
Juankoski was consolidated with [Kuopio](/source/Kuopio) in 2017.
[Museum Masuuni Brunou](/source/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:
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==People==
*[Kaj Chydenius](/source/Kaj_Chydenius), composer
*[Jaakko Kolmonen](/source/Jaakko_Kolmonen), TV chef
*[Juice Leskinen](/source/Juice_Leskinen), songwriter
*[Anssi Neuvonen](/source/Anssi_Neuvonen), songwriter / musician
==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Juankoski}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090221135957/http://www.juankoski.fi/ Town of Juankoski] – Official website
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*Juankoski
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