Saarenmaa

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'''Saarenmaa''' is a district of Jyväskylä, Finland. It is a semi-rural area that may be seen as a separate village.<ref name="massu"/><ref name=ksml/> Saarenmaa is also a statistical area which includes the nearby settlement of Vertaala.<ref name="jklkartta"/><ref name="massu"/>

The road 16687 (Saarenmaantie) connects Saarenmaa to Palokka and Jyväskylä proper.<ref name="jklkartta"/>

== Geography == === Boundaries === The district ({{lang|fi|kaupunginosa}}, for local development) is smaller than the statistical area ({{lang|fi|tilastoalue}}) of Saarenmaa: the district only includes the '''Reijunperä''' area between and around the lakes Ylä-Tuomiojärvi and Kaitajärvi. Parts of statistical Saarenmaa also fall under the districts of Varsalanperä and Puuppola, while Vertaala is a separate district.<ref name="jklkartta"/>

== History == Saarenmaa is located on the border area of the register villages ({{lang|fi|rekisterikylä}}) of Vesanka, Korttajärvi (Puuppola) and Palokka.<ref name=vpk1963/><ref>Jyväskylän maalaiskunnan kirja, page 39 (map).</ref> The eponymous farm of Saarenmaa was officially located in the village of Vesanka and was established in 1837.<ref>Vesangan kyläkirja, page 454.</ref>

Saarenmaa was a part of Jyväskylän maalaiskunta until its disestablishment in 2009.<ref name="jklkartta"/> Saarenmaa was soon designated as one of Jyväskylä's districts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Päätös kunnanosien nimistä ja numeroista sekä eräiden leikkipuistojen nimistä.|url=http://jkl.fi/kaavoitus/kaupunginosat|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819003729/http://jkl.fi/kaavoitus/kaupunginosat|archive-date=August 19, 2011|access-date=July 13, 2023|website=jkl.fi|language=fi}}</ref>

== Services == === School === Saarenmaa used to have its own school providing education for grades 1–4.<ref name=ksml/> The school was closed in August 2020 due to poor indoor air quality, as renovating the school would have been too expensive. The 41 students of the school were assigned to the new school in Savulahti.<ref name=yle-kp/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= *<ref name="jklkartta">{{Cite web|title=Jyväskylän karttapalvelu (see Kaupunginosat (districts), Pienalueet (statistical) and Kuntaliitosalueet (municipal territorial transfers) under the section Aluejaot)|url=https://kartta.jkl.fi/ims|access-date=2023-07-13|website=kartta.jkl.fi|language=fi|archive-date=22 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122215839/https://kartta.jkl.fi/ims|url-status=dead}}</ref> *<ref name=ksml>{{Cite web|title=Säästetään Saarenmaan koulu|url=https://www.ksml.fi/paakirjoitus-mielipide/2410973|author=Jaana Valkonen|date=2018-12-18|publisher=Keskisuomalainen|access-date=2024-05-08|website=ksml.fi|language=fi}}</ref> *<ref name="massu">{{Cite web|title=Jyväskylän kaupungin yleiskaava - MASSU - Jyväskylän kaupungin maaseutualueiden maankäytön esiselvitys|date=October 28, 2010|url=https://www2.jkl.fi/kaavakartat/jkl_yleiskaava/massu.pdf|page=17|access-date=2024-05-08|website=www2.jkl.fi|language=fi|archive-date=22 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222182125/http://www2.jkl.fi/kaavakartat/jkl_yleiskaava/massu.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> *<ref name=vpk1963>{{Cite web|title=Maanmittauslaitos: Vanhat painetut kartat: Peruskartta 1:20000, map 321203 Vertaala (1963)|url=https://vanhatpainetutkartat.maanmittauslaitos.fi/mml_vanhat_kartat/Painetut_kartat/21_Peruskartta_20k/3/3212/321203/321203_1963.jpg|publisher=National Land Survey of Finland (Maanmittauslaitos)|access-date=2024-05-08|website=vanhatpainetutkartat.maanmittauslaitos.fi|language=fi}}</ref> *<ref name=yle-kp>{{Cite web|title=Jyväskylän kaupunginvaltuusto päätti lakkauttaa Saarenmaan koulun|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11325835|author=Kalle Pallonen|date=2020-04-28|access-date=2024-05-08|website=yle.fi|language=fi}}</ref> }} ;Literature *{{cite book |author-surname = Lintunen |author-given = Vuokko |title= Wesanka - Kylä Sydän-Suomessa. Vesangan kyläkirja. |date= 2003 |volume= |edition= |location= Jyväskylä |publisher= Vesangan kyläyhdistys |language= fi |isbn= 952-91-6246-4 }} *{{cite book |author-surname = Lappalainen |author-given = Jussi T. |title= Jyväskylän maalaiskunnan kirja |date= 1977 |volume= |edition= |location= Jyväskylä |publisher= Jyväskylän maalaiskunta ja maaseurakunta |language= fi |isbn= 951-99104-3-3 }}

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