Uurainen
Uurainen | |
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Municipality | |
| Uuraisten kunta Uurainens kommun | |
Uurainen Church | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Uurainen in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°30′N 025°26.2′E / 62.500°N 25.4367°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Central Finland |
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä |
| Charter | 1868 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Juha Valkama |
| Area (2018-01-01) | |
• Total | 372.26 km2 (143.73 sq mi) |
| • Land | 347.98 km2 (134.36 sq mi) |
| • Water | 24.22 km2 (9.35 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 221st largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-06-30) | |
• Total | 3,652 |
| • Rank | 198th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 10.49/km2 (27.2/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.4% (official) |
| • Others | 1.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 25.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 54.5% |
| • 65 or older | 20.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | uurainen |
Uurainen (Swedish: Uurainen, also Urais) is a municipality of Finland.
It is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 3,652 (30 June 2025) and covers an area of 372.26 square kilometres (143.73 sq mi) of which 24.22 km2 (9.35 sq mi), or roughly 6.5%, is water. The population density is 10.49 inhabitants per square kilometre (27.2/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Jyväskylä, Laukaa, Multia, Petäjävesi, Saarijärvi and Äänekoski.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.