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Jyväskylä is a city located in central Finland, 140 km from Tampere and 270 km from Helsinki, near Lake Päijänne and Lake Keitele . It is the center of the Region of Jyväskylä, 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 AaltoHugo Alvar Henrik Aalto ( February 3, 1898 May 11, 1976) was a Scandinavian modernist designer, noted for his humanistic modernism. His work includes architecture, furniture, and glassware. He was one of the first and most influential architects of the Sc and for hosting Neste Rally FinlandThe Neste Rally Finland (formerly known as 1000 Lakes Rally renamed 1994 when Neste became the main sponsor) is a Rally event driven in first weekend of August in the Jyvaskyla area in Central Finland. The rally has been held since the 1950s, first as a n, which is part of the World Rally ChampionshipThe World Rally Championship (WRC) is a series of currently 16 automobile rally races across the world. The first WRC rally took place in 1973. The Championship features production-based 2. 0-litre Turbocharged 4WD cars built to World Rally Car regulation.

In the opinion of its residents, Jyväskylä is a safe and pleasant place to live. It is cosy, yet has a youthful and international atmosphere. Thanks to the convenient size of the city and the bustling city center, Jyväskylä is "a small big city," where you can find all the services, schools, and jobs you might need within walking distance.

Residents benefit from a large selection of high-quality services offered by the municipality. These include education, cultural and social services, health services, technical infrastructure, environmental protection, and physical education services.

In Jyväskylä environmental protection is seen as a cooperative effort. The natural surroundings, which include lakes, forests, and beautiful parks give the town its unique feel. Life in Jyväskylä is as green as it is friendly.

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

The current mayor of Jyväskylä, Pekka Kettunen, estimated in 2003 that the city and The Rural Municipality of JyväskyläThe Rural Municipality of Jyvaskyl is situated around the City of Jyvaskyla. It has three population centres: Vaajakoski, Tikkakoski and Palokka. Jyvaskyla Airport in Tikkakoski is one of the busiest in Finland. According to the 2003 statistics of Populat 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.

1 Education

A number of firsts in Finnish education have taken place in Jyväskylä:

• The first Finnish-speaking Lyceum ( 1858Events January 14 Felice Orsini and his accomplices fail to assassinate Napoleon III in Paris but their bombs kill 156 bystanders. Because of the involvement of French emigres living in Britain, there is a brief anti-British feeling in France but the empe)
• The first Finnish-speaking teacher training college ( 1863Events January-March January 1 Abraham Lincoln delivers the Emancipation Proclamation during the second year of the American Civil War. January 1 The first claim under the Homestead Act is made for a farm in Nebraska January 8 Ground is broken in Sacramen)
• The first Finnish-speaking school for girls ( 1864Events January March January 21 Maori Wars: The Tauranga Campaign starts. February 27 American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia. March 1- Alejandro Mon Menendez takes office as Prime Minist)
• Finland's first Summer University ( 1914Events January 4 77 seal hunters freeze to death on ice near Labrador January 5 Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor February 13 Copyright: In New York City the ASCAP (for American Society of Compos)

Due to this, among other things, the city earned the nickname Finland's Athens.

The teacher training college later evolved into the College of Education ( 1937) and further into the multidisciplinary University of Jyväskylä ( 1966).

Almost 15,000 students are enrolled to study for a Bachelor's or Master's degree, and the university also offers PhD programs in most of its subjects. Historically, the university has excelled in the study of education, but in the last few decades it has also gained respect in the sciences. It is the only university in Finland offering university-level education in sports, training sports teachers and coaches.