Siltala-Juupakylä

It is 15 kilometers from Siltala and 22 kilometers from Juupakylä to the center of Peräseinäjoki. Juupakylä has a hundred-hectare Juupajärvi lake, of which ten hectares have been dredged. There are approximately 100 residents in the Siltala-Juupakylä area.

Services

The village association's copier and food and coffee tableware are shared for a fee. The Siltala Countrymen's Association also has common equipment (grain dryer, grain combine and roller). Juupakylä school has a weaving circle of Seinäjoki civic college and the parish organizes events there.

Shared spaces and hobby opportunities

In Juupakylä, the villagers use the Juupajärvi school and the facilities belonging to it. Juupajärvi school has a class museum and the Seinäjoki civic college's weaving circle, which has been operating for decades. In the yard of Juupajärvi school starts a lighted fitness track, which can be used as a chewing track in the summer. There is also a lighted 1.5 km track in Siltala. At the beginning of the trail is a shed with a campfire. Lake Juupajärvi is a versatile bird lake and an area used for recreation, which is popular with both bird watchers and hunters. There is a pier and changing rooms on the shore of the lake. A hiking trail also runs through the village of Siltala and from the edges of Juupakylä.

Associations operating in the area

Siltala-Juupakylä village association, Juupajärvi Agricultural and household association, Siltala Maamiesseura and Siltala Diakonia village committee.

Siltala's Maamiesseura develops the cooperation of agricultural practitioners and keeps in touch with other agricultural development associations in the area and supports the development activities of the village.

Siltala's Deaconship Village Committee, among other things, maps the need for deaconry in its own village, carries out a solidarity collection, visits Koivukaari once a year, organizes joint events with the congregation and keeps in touch with the elderly who have moved from the village to the center or to other villages.

Village events

The village association of Siltala-Juupakylä organizes summer events, recreational and study trips, moonlight skiing, sauna evenings, hiking trips, Christmas parties and bike tours in the summer. The village association also organizes roadside and school cleaning tasks in the spring.

The strengths of the village

Juupajärvi and pure nature. Illuminated tracks. Marked hiking trail. Lean in.

The most important areas for development

Re-dredging the lake.

Updated on April 6, 2023