Hankasalmi

A village with a preaching house under the jurisdiction of the Rautalammi mother parish, established in 1799, when the first church was built here. Became a chapel parish in 1802 from parts of Rautalammi and Pieksämäki. Parts of Laukaa and Kangasniemi were added in 1860 and separated from Rautalammi and made a parish of its own. Got its first vicar in 1875,when the office of the chapel parish vicar was abolished. The Senate decreed in 1898 that a chapel parish vicar office be established in the parish.

Swedish name
Hankasalmi

Villages in Finnish
Armisvesi, Halttula, Hankamäki, Hankavesi, Heijala, Kärkkäälä, Kovalanmäki, Kuuhankavesi, Kynsivesi, Murtoinen, Niemisjärvi, Niininiemi, Paanala, Säkinmäki, Sauvomäki, Suolivesi, Väärälä, Virmasniemi

Villages in Swedish
Armisvesi, Halttula, Hankamäki, Hankavesi, Heijala, Kärkkäälä, Kovalanmäki, Kuuhankavesi, Kynsivesi, Murtoinen, Niemisjärvi, Niininiemi, Paanala, Säkinmäki, Sauvomäki, Suolivesi, Väärälä, Virmasniemi