Korpilahti

Korpilahti
Former municipality
Korpilahden kunta
Landscape of Korpilahti seen from the top of mount Oravivuori
Coat of arms
Location of Korpilahti in Finland
Coordinates: 62°01′00″N 025°33′40″E / 62.01667°N 25.56111°E / 62.01667; 25.56111
Country	Finland
Province	Western Finland Province
Region	Central Finland
Established	1861
Merged into Jyväskylä	2009
Seat	Korpilahden kirkonkylä
Area 794.62
• Land	614.58 km2 (237.29 sq mi)
• Water	177.44 km2 (68.51 sq mi)
Population  (2008-12-31)
• Total	5,061
• Density	8.23/km2 (21.3/sq mi)

Korpilahti is a former municipality of Finland. Together with Jyväskylän maalaiskunta, Korpilahti was consolidated with Jyväskylä on January 1, 2009.

It is located in the former province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. There are about 4,500 summer-time inhabitants visiting the 2,000 summer cottages.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality was also known as "Korpilax" in Swedish. The Swedish name is now considered outdated according to the Institute for the Languages of Finland.^[1] Politically, Centre Party is dominant. Korpilahti was one of the poorest municipalities in Finland with an unemployment rate of 14.4% (2002).

Korpilahti is relatively well known for its nature, with large hills and about 200 lakes. Lake Päijänne, the second largest lake in Finland, is partially in the area of Korpilahti.