Jäppilä, Finland (NC)


 * +Jäppilän kaupunki
 * Sub-region Region Province State Country || Pieks&auml;nmaa Central Savonia Western Savonia Finland Ugrian Union
 * Area || 23.18 km²
 * Population Density || 20,952 903.9/km²
 * Mayor || Henry Heikkilä
 * City council SDP NCP IP LA GL CD CP FSP TF other || 28 seats 5 7 6 1 1 2 2 0 0 4
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 * Mayor || Henry Heikkilä
 * City council SDP NCP IP LA GL CD CP FSP TF other || 28 seats 5 7 6 1 1 2 2 0 0 4
 * }
 * City council SDP NCP IP LA GL CD CP FSP TF other || 28 seats 5 7 6 1 1 2 2 0 0 4
 * }

Jäppilä is a town and municipality in Finland, Ugrian Union. It is completely surrounded by Jäppilä Rural Municipality

History
Jäppilä was founded in 1820, as one of the numerous plans to replace Kuvansi as the foremost centre of industry and commerce in the region, during the Industrial Revolution.

During the first decades of its existence, the King of Savonia, and thereafter the first Finnish democratic governments, poured money into the new town, and industrial plants rose to the region. A local water route from Lake Syvänsi of Jäppilä, to Selänpää Bay in the surrounding parish, was created by a system of canals.

However, the luck changed, as the route of Savonian Railway did not go through Jäppilä. Any plans to establish a industrial railroad branch from Suontee or Haapakoski failed to materialize. The leading position in regional industry was all but gone by the 1920's.

Demographics
An extensive study of national genetics was published in 1992, and Jäppilä seemed to hold some records among municipalities of Finland:
 * The smallest average distance between the residences of 1st&2nd cousins
 * Second nearest most recent common ancestor between husband and wife (losing to the rural municipality)
 * Second smallest distance of geographical movement in residence of patriline (50, 100, 150 years), smallest in residence of matriline

By these merits, residents of Jäppilä felt they had been labelled as inbred.