# Keljo

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{{Title language|fi|italics=no}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = {{Langr|fi|Keljo}}
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|subdivision_name2      = [Jyväskylä sub-region](/source/Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4_sub-region)
|subdivision_type3      = [City](/source/Municipalities_of_Central_Finland)
|subdivision_name3      = [Jyväskylä](/source/Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4)
|subdivision_type4      = [Ward](/source/Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4)
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'''{{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](/source/Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4), in [Central Finland](/source/Central_Finland), and a former village of [Jyväskylän maalaiskunta](/source/Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4n_maalaiskunta). The distance to central Jyväskylä is about {{Convert|4|km}}.

Keljo forms the Keljo [ward](/source/Districts_of_Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4) together with [Keljonkangas](/source/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](/source/Ristikivi) in the east, Keljonkangas in the south, Etelä-Keljo in the southwest and [Keltinmäki](/source/Keltinm%C3%A4ki) 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](/source/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](/source/Hanhiper%C3%A4), as well as the Perälä area in modern [Vesanka](/source/Vesanka) and the Pohjanlahti suburb in northwestern {{ill|Nenäinniemi|fi}}.<ref name="jklkartta"></ref>

=== Lakes ===
Keljo is located near the [Päijänne](/source/P%C3%A4ij%C3%A4nne), Finland's second largest lake. Other nearby lakes include [Jyväsjärvi](/source/Jyv%C3%A4sj%C3%A4rvi) and Myllyjärvi.

=== Roads ===
The [Finnish national road 9](/source/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](/source/Sahalahti_(former_municipality)) or the [Tavastian](/source/Tavastian_dialects) 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](/source/S%C3%A4%C3%A4ksm%C3%A4ki), due to which Keljo was administratively a part of Sääksmäki, despite the distance to Sääksmäki proper. Ecclesiastically Keljo was either a part of [Jämsä](/source/J%C3%A4ms%C3%A4) or [Rautalampi](/source/Rautalampi).<ref name="JMK"></ref>

After the [Laukaa](/source/Laukaa) parish was separated from Rautalampi, Keljo was transferred to it by 1646 along with [Jyväskylä](/source/Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4) and other nearby villages. Jyväskylä was granted chapel rights in 1676, with the chapel community also including Keljo, [Palokka](/source/Palokka), [Haapaniemi](/source/Haapaniemi%2C_Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4), [Puuppola](/source/Puuppola), [Vesanka](/source/Vesanka), [Vehniä](/source/Vehni%C3%A4), [Tikkamannila](/source/Tikkamannila) and [Nyrölä](/source/Nyr%C3%B6l%C3%A4).<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](/source/Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4n_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](/source/Hanhiper%C3%A4) 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](/source/Lake_P%C3%A4ij%C3%A4nne).<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](/source/Kesko) 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>

== References ==
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==External links==
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