Korkeakoski

Korkeakoski (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkorkeɑˌkoski]) is a village and administrative center of the Juupajoki municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland.

[1] It is located along Highway 58 between Orivesi and Kärsämäki, and the Tampere–Haapamäki railway runs through its center.

In Korkeakoski there is a municipal hall, a health center, a school for grades 3-9[2] and a Sale grocery store.

[3] Finland's first mechanized shoe factory called Wallenius Wapriikki, founded in 1898, is also located in Korkeakoski.

[4] This Western Finland location article is a stub.