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Niihama (district)
Niihama is a neighbourhood in the northeast part of the city of Tampere, Finland. The area is mostly wooded and mainly for outdoor use. There are cross-country ski runs in winter, and there is also a water sports center and Niihama Allotment Garden. Niihama is bordered on the west by Kauppi, on the north by Lake Näsijärvi, on the south by Teiskontie and on the east by Highway 9. The smaller lakes in the Niihama district are Lake Alasjärvi, Lake Toritunjärvi and Lake Niihamanjärvi. The origin of the name Niihama is unknown, but is possible that the name refers to the Low German male name '' Nidhad'' or '' Nihhad'', which is thought to be behind Nihattula in the municipality of Hattula. ''Niihaman Maja'', an outdoor house with a café, is located in Niihama. The house was originally a migrant farm built after the Continuation War by the Olkinuora family, who moved from Sevastyanovo, Karelian Isthmus The Karelian Isthmus (russian: Карельский перешее ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population of 341,696; and the metropolitan area, also known as the Tampere sub-region, has a population of 393,941 in an area of . Tampere is the second-largest urban area and third most-populous individual municipality in Finland, after the cities of Helsinki and Espoo, and the most populous Finnish city outside the Greater Helsinki area. Today, Tampere is one of the major urban, economic, and cultural hubs in the whole inland region. Tampere and its environs belong to the historical province of Satakunta. The area belonged to the Häme Province from 1831 to 1997, and over time it has often been considered to belong to Tavastia as a province. For example, in '' Uusi tietosanakirja'' published in the 1960s, the Tampere sub-region is presented as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sevastyanovo, Leningrad Oblast
Sevastyanovo (russian: Севастья́ново, fi, Kaukola) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, settlement on Karelian Isthmus, in Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast. Until the Winter War and Continuation War, it had been the administrative center of the Kaukola municipality of the Viipuri Province of Finland.
Rural localities in Leningrad Oblast
Karelian Isthmus
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