Uurainen

Uurainen
Municipality
Uuraisten kunta
Uurainens kommun
Uurainen Church
Location of Uurainen in Finland
Coordinates: 62°30′N 025°26.2′E / 62.500°N 25.4367°E / 62.500; 25.4367
Country Finland
RegionCentral Finland
Sub-regionJyväskylä
Charter1868
Government
  Municipal managerJuha Valkama
Area
 (2018-01-01)
  Total
372.26 km2 (143.73 sq mi)
  Land347.98 km2 (134.36 sq mi)
  Water24.22 km2 (9.35 sq mi)
  Rank221st largest in Finland
Population
 (2025-03-31)
  Total
3,662
  Rank198th largest in Finland
  Density10.52/km2 (27.2/sq mi)
Population by native language
  Finnish98.4% (official)
  Others1.6%
Population by age
  0 to 1425.3%
  15 to 6454.5%
  65 or older20.2%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websiteuurainen.fi

Uurainen (Swedish: Uurainen, also Urais) is a municipality of Finland.

It is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 3,662 (31 March 2025) and covers an area of 372.26 square kilometres (143.73 sq mi) of which 24.22 km2 (9.35 sq mi), or roughly 6.5%, is water. The population density is 10.52 inhabitants per square kilometre (27.2/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Jyväskylä, Laukaa, Multia, Petäjävesi, Saarijärvi and Äänekoski.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.