Jyväskylä in brief


Introduction to the City of Jyväskylä

Jyväskylä and its immediate surroundings form one of Finland´s largest centres of growth. With a population of 133,000, Jyväskylä is the seventh largest city in the country. A total of 174,000 people live in the entire Jyväskylä Region.

According to a survey conducted by pollster Taloustutkimus (2012) Jyväskylä was rated as the second most popular destination to move to in Finland.

With over 47,000 schoolchildren and students, Jyväskylä is a city of high-quality education, lifelong learning and several fields of study. The thirty-year-old members of our city’s population are the most educated in Finland: every fourth inhabitant in Jyväskylä has a higher education degree.

Jyväskylä is the city of the internationally renowed architect Alvar Aalto. Jyväskylä can boast more buildings designed by Aalto than any other city in the world.