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Jyväskylä: Finland

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Jyvskyl is a city located in central Finland, 140 km from Tampere and 270 km from Helsinki, near Lake Pijnne and Lake Keitele. It is the center of the Region of Jyvskyl, which has a population of 161,400 people. Due to the large number of schools in the city, it is known as the Athens of Finland, and is also famous for its many buildings designed by Alvar Aalto and for hosting Neste Rally Finland, which is part of the World Rally Championship.

During the 1990s and 2000s, the city became somewhat notorious for crime and social problems. Specifically, the frequency of violent crimes is a higher than average among Finnish cities.

At the end of 2003, Jyvskyl had a population of 82,409, while the Region of Jyvskyl had 144,746 inhabitants.

In 2003 the then-mayor of Jyvskyl, Pekka Kettunen, estimated that the city and The Rural Municipality of Jyvskyl would combine within ten years. The town cannot initiate such a merger as it is the biggest municipal unit, but on the other hand it would not prevent such a merger either.

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