Orivesi () is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the northeast of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Orivesi is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland.
Orivesi has an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality official language is monolingually Finnish.
Orivesi was founded in 1869. It was municipality until 1986 when it became a city of Finland. The municipality of Eräjärvi was consolidated with Orivesi in 1973. A part of the municipality of Längelmäki was consolidated with Orivesi in 2007. Today, neighbouring municipalities are Juupajoki, Jämsä, Kangasala, Kuhmoinen, Ruovesi and Tampere. The distance from Orivesi to Tampere is . The town center of Orivesi is located by the Lake Längelmävesi.
Orivesi was the location of the Oriveden Opisto art school which moved to Tampere in 2018.
Geography
Orivesi has more than 350 lakes. The landscape of Orivesi is mostly dominated by Lake Längelmävesi, into which most of the area's water basis fall. The northeastern end of Kangasala's Lake Vesijärvi also extends to the Orivesi area. Some of the lakes in the western part of Orivesi flow into Lake Näsijärvi. The largest ridges in the town, which extend more than 200 meters above sea level, are located in the northwest near the borders of Tampere and Ruovesi. The average altitude of the terrain is 100–150 meters.Hannu Tarmio, Pentti Papunen & Kalevi Korpela: Suomenmaa 6: maantieteellis-yhteiskunnallinen tieto- ja hakuteos, p. 19–24. Porvoo-Helsinki: WSOY, 1976. ISBN 951-0-06465-3. (in Finnish)
There is a gold mine opened in 1990 in Orivesi, from which more than 15 tons of gold have been mined.Orivesi Gold Mine - Dragon Mining
Culture Food In the 1980s, blood sausage and mustikkapöperö were named Orivesi's traditional parish dishes.Jaakko Kolmonen: Kotomaamme ruoka-aitta: Suomen, Karjalan ja Petsamon pitäjäruoat, p. 75. Helsinki: Patakolmonen Ky., 1988. (in Finnish)
Sports Orivesi is home to the Oriveden Fortuna, an ice hockey club founded in 1968,Sponsorointiyhteistyö - Case: Fortuna Ry, sivu 7; Timo Hiltunen; Opinnäytetyö Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu 2011 (in Finnish) which trains in the Orivesi Ice Rink. Orivesi also has a football club, Oriveden Tuisku.
People Juho Lehmus (1858 – 1918) Josua Järvinen (1871 – 1948) Kustaa Jussila (1879 – 1964) Eetu Jussila (1882 – 1973) Martti Peltonen (1901 – 1973) Antero Kivi (1904 – 1981) Aimo Jokinen (1931 – ) Tarmo Koivisto (1948 – ) Juha Kivi (1964 – ) Tapio Saramäki (1953 – )
See also Finnish national road 58 Lake Orivesi Orimattila
References
External links
Town of Orivesi – Official website