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Municipality

Hankasalmi

Located in Jyväskylä, Central Finland Region Coordinates: 62°22′18″ N 26°27′20″ E

Map showing the location of Hankasalmi Hankasalmi
Location in Finland
Population
4,687
4.7K
Elevation
113 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+02:00
Europe/Helsinki · UTC+02:00
Places inside
1
listed under Hankasalmi
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
JYV Jyväskylä Airport40 km
KUO Kuopio Airport99 km

About Hankasalmi

Hankasalmi is a municipality. Location: Jyväskylä, Central Finland Region. Population: 4,687. Elevation: 113 m.

From Wikipedia

Hankasalmi is a municipality of Finland, located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 4,436 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 687.75 square kilometres (265.54 sq mi) of which 115.89 km2 (44.75 sq mi) is water. The population density is 7.76 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.1/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Hankasalmi is a rural municipality in the Jyväskylä region. It provides housing, employment, and leisure opportunities for residents and visitors.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built
1872
Area
572 km²
Official website
hankasalmi.fi

Source: Wikidata

Travel notes for Hankasalmi

From Wikivoyage

East Central Finland is a rural area in Central Finland, made up of the municipalities of Hankasalmi and Konnevesi.

Get in+

By car:

Konnevesi is on Highway 69 between Äänekoski and Rautalampi. Highways 9 and 23 connecting Jyväskylä to Kuopio and Varkaus, go through the southern part of Hankasalmi, and from there regional road 641 goes up to Hankasalmi town and on to Konnevesi.

By train:

There's a railway station in Hankasalmi. Trains on the line between Jyväskylä and Pieksämäki, most of them starting and ending beyond these cities, stop there.

1 Hankasalmi railway station, Ratakatu 7 (about 10 km south of the town centre). (updated Oct 2024)

By bus:

Both Hankasalmi and Konnevesi have bus services from Jyväskylä. Coaches operating between Jyväskylä and Kuopio stop in Hankasalmi at the junction with Highway 9. The Linkki transport service in the Jyväskylä region extends to Hankasalmi.

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Places bordering Hankasalmi

  • Kangasniemi
  • Konnevesi
  • Laukaa
  • Pieksämäki
  • Rautalampi
  • Toivakka

Twin towns and sister cities of Hankasalmi

  • Häädemeeste vald· Estonia

Source: Wikidata. Only places with a page on this site are shown.

Population of Hankasalmi over time

Population of Hankasalmi over time
2009 5,514
2010 5,542
2011 5,491
2012 5,453
2013 5,404
2014 5,370
2015 5,240
2016 5,159
2017 5,019
2022 4,601
2023 4,549
2025 4,436

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Hankasalmi

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 0° · Night -5° · Rain 55 mm

Hottest month
July (day 21°)
Coldest month
February (night -13°)
Wettest month
August (90 mm)
Driest month
February (31 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Hankasalmi
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-5°-5°0°6°14°20°21°18°12°6°0°-3°
Average low (°C)-12°-13°-8°-3°3°8°11°9°5°1°-5°-10°
Precipitation (mm)403136383561849060605548

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Hankasalmi

The nearest airport is Jyväskylä Airport (JYV), 40 km to the west as the crow flies. For international flights: Kuopio Airport (KUO) (99 km). The nearest large city is Tallinn, 340 km to the south.

Airports

  • Jyväskylä Airport (JYV) Jyväskylän Maalaiskunta 40 kmwest
  • Kuopio Airport (KUO) Kuopio / Siilinjärvi 99 kmnortheast
  • Savonlinna Airport (SVL) Savonlinna 138 kmeast

Nearby large cities

  • Tallinn Population: 394K 340 kmsouth
  • Umeå Population: 130.2K 352 kmnorthwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Hankasalmi

Within 100 km: 1 historic or cultural site, 3 natural sites, 56 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km5 places

  • Kuusvesi Lake 21 kmW
  • Lievestuoreenjärvi Lake 17 kmW
  • Hankavesi Lake 6 kmN
  • Kuuhankavesi Lake 3 kmSW

25–60 km20 places

  • Niinivesi Lake 44 kmNW
  • Lannevesi Lake 57 kmNW
  • Rauhajärvi Lake 59 kmSE
  • Leivonmäen Kansallispuisto Natural site 56 kmSW

60–100 km35 places

  • Keitele Lake 65 kmN
  • Karankajärvi Lake 92 kmNW
  • Kannonjärvi Lake 85 kmNW
  • Keurusselkä Lake 96 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Places in Hankasalmi

1 place
  1. 1 Hankasalmi 4.5K

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

Data last updated: · 2 independent sources