{{Title language|fi|italics=no}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = {{Langr|fi|Keljo}} |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = District of Jyväskylä | pushpin_map = Finland Central Finland | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Central Finland |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Central Finland |subdivision_type2 = Sub-region |subdivision_name2 = Jyväskylä sub-region |subdivision_type3 = City |subdivision_name3 = Jyväskylä |subdivision_type4 = Ward |subdivision_name4 = Keljo |unit_pref =Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |population_as_of = 2021-12-31 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 1,049<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tilastokeskus - Jyväskylän väestö pienalueittain|url=https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiOTIwMzQ5YzItNzk0MC00NjUwLTlkMTAtYTFlOTY3Njk3ODJkIiwidCI6ImZjMzRkMDVjLWEyZjItNGFjMi04OWM1LWI0NGYzYTlmNDUxYyIsImMiOjh9|access-date=December 27, 2022|website=app.powerbi.com|language=fi}}</ref> |population_density_km2 = |timezone = EET |utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = EEST |utc_offset_DST = +3 |coordinates = {{Coord|62.2163611|N|25.7185301|E|region:FI|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- accord. to Google Earth--> |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = }}
'''{{Langr|fi|Keljo}}''' is a district<ref name="jklkartta">{{Cite web|title=Jyväskylän karttapalvelu|url=https://kartta.jkl.fi/ims|access-date=March 3, 2023|website=kartta.jkl.fi|language=fi|archive-date=November 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122215839/https://kartta.jkl.fi/ims|url-status=dead}}</ref> of Jyväskylä, in Central Finland, and a former village of Jyväskylän maalaiskunta. The distance to central Jyväskylä is about {{Convert|4|km}}.
Keljo forms the Keljo ward together with Keljonkangas, {{ill|Sääksvuori|fi}} and {{ill|Etelä-Keljo|fi}}.
==Geography== The district borders {{ill|Kukkumäki|fi|Kukkumäki (Jyväskylä)}} and {{ill|Mattilanpelto|fi}} in the north, {{ill|Ristonmaa|fi}} and Ristikivi in the east, Keljonkangas in the south, Etelä-Keljo in the southwest and Keltinmäki in the west. Keljo is subdivided into the areas of Keljon keskus, Valkola, Hauskala and Tarhamäki (Tarhamäentie). The larger Keljo ward also borders the municipality of Muurame.<ref name="jklkartta"></ref>
The modern district of Keljo (Etu-Keljo/Tarhamäki) was officially part of the register village of Jyväskylä and not Keljo proper, however the area has unofficially been seen as a part of Keljo at least since the establishment of the town of Jyväskylä.<ref name="WK">{{cite book |author-surname = Lähteenmäki |author-given = Seppo |title= Wanha Keljo - osa nykyistä Jyväskylää |page = 20+27 |date= 1992 |volume= |edition= |location= Jyväskylä |publisher= Keljon perinnekirjatoimikunta |language= fi |isbn= 952-90-3704-X }}</ref> The register village of Keljo consisted of the modern districts of Keljonkangas, Ristikivi (Sippulanniemi), Etelä-Keljo, Sääksvuori, Taka-Keljo and Hanhiperä, as well as the Perälä area in modern Vesanka and the Pohjanlahti suburb in northwestern {{ill|Nenäinniemi|fi}}.<ref name="jklkartta"></ref>
=== Lakes === Keljo is located near the Päijänne, Finland's second largest lake. Other nearby lakes include Jyväsjärvi and Myllyjärvi.
=== Roads === The Finnish national road 9 passes through Keljo and connects to road 6019 (called Keuruuntie) in nearby Ristonmaa.
== History == Keljo was first mentioned in 1545 as ''Kehdio''. Its name may be derived from the village of Keljo in Sahalahti or the Tavastian word ''kelja'' meaning "group".<ref name="Paikannimikirja">{{Cite web|title=SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|url=https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk63/SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|page=150|access-date=March 3, 2023|website=kaino.kotus.fi|language=fi|archive-date=August 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825125113/https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk63/SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The area was originally hunting grounds of the people of Sääksmäki, due to which Keljo was administratively a part of Sääksmäki, despite the distance to Sääksmäki proper. Ecclesiastically Keljo was either a part of Jämsä or Rautalampi.<ref name="JMK"></ref>
After the Laukaa parish was separated from Rautalampi, Keljo was transferred to it by 1646 along with Jyväskylä and other nearby villages. Jyväskylä was granted chapel rights in 1676, with the chapel community also including Keljo, Palokka, Haapaniemi, Puuppola, Vesanka, Vehniä, Tikkamannila and Nyrölä.<ref name="JMK">{{cite book |author-surname = Lappalainen |author-given = Jussi T. |title= Jyväskylän maalaiskunnan kirja |page = 46 |date= 1977 |volume= |edition= |location= Jyväskylä |publisher= Jyväskylän maalaiskunta ja maaseurakunta |language= fi |isbn= 951-99104-3-3 }}</ref>
The Jyväskylä parish, established in the 1850s,<ref name="SSTS">{{Cite web|title=Suomen Sukututkimusseura|url=https://hiski.genealogia.fi/seurakunnat/srk?CMD=SRK&ID=146&TYPE=HTML&LANG=FI|access-date=March 3, 2023|website=hiski.genealogia.fi|language=fi}}</ref> was separated administratively from Laukaa in 1868 as Jyväskylän maalaiskunta. The northernmost parts of Keljo were transferred to the town of Jyväskylä in 1941 and the rest of Keljo was added to the growing town in 1965.<ref name="jklkartta"></ref> Central Keljo later expanded into a suburban and commercial area, with the old rural Keljo mainly being visible in the former village's outskirts such as Hanhiperä and {{ill|Taka-Keljo|fi}}.
The register village of Keljo still officially existed within Jyväskylän mlk until the municipality's dissolution in 2009, though the register village only included tiny parts of the municipality: {{ill|Perälä, Jyväskylä|fi|Perälä (Jyväskylä)|lt=Perälä}} south of Vesanka and the islands of Iso-Poro and Vähä-Poro in the Päijänne.<ref name="JMK"></ref>
== Services == === Commercial === Keljonkeskus is one of Jyväskylä's major commercial areas. It contains the Keljon kauppakeskus, a mall with a K-Citymarket hypermarket and 22 other stores. The mall was originally built as only the hypermarket, being expanded to its current size in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Finnish Shopping Centers 2021 - Kauppakeskukset|url=https://www.kauppakeskusyhdistys.fi/media/kauppakeskusyhdistys_julkaisu2021_9.pdf|page=41|access-date=March 3, 2023|website=kauppakeskusyhdistys.fi|language=fi}}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery mode="packed"> File:Keljo, Jyväskylä.jpg|An apartment in central Keljo. File:Citymarket Keljo.jpg|K-Citymarket in Keljonkeskus. File:Valkola Keljo Jyväskylä.jpg|Houses in Valkola. File:Myllyjärvi.JPG|View from the lake Myllyjärvi towards Hauskala. </gallery>
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Category:Keljo Category:Neighbourhoods in Jyväskylä