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Hiltulanlahti is a rural
village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
and urban area in the southern part of
Kuopio Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cult ...
,
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, right next to the
European route E63 The European route E 63 is a European route that goes from Sodankylä, Finland to Turku, Finland. The length of the route is . * E 63: Sodankylä – Pelkosenniemi – Kemijärvi – Isokylä – Kuusamo – Suomussalmi – Kajaan ...
. At the end of 2011, the area had 242 inhabitants. Hiltulanlahti is located about 15 kilometers south of the center of Kuopio along the old
Highway 5 Route 5, or Highway 5, may refer to routes in the following countries: International * Asian Highway 5 * European route E05 * European route E005 Argentina * National Route 5 Australia New South Wales * M5 Motorway (Sydney) * The De ...
, or regional road 553. Almost the entire housing stock in Hiltulanlahti consists of
detached house A stand-alone house (also called a single-detached dwelling, detached residence or detached house) is a free-standing residential building. It is sometimes referred to as a single-family home, as opposed to a multi-family residential dwelling ...
s. Construction of the area has been under way for several decades and the process continues. The population of Hiltulanlahti is constantly growing as people move to live outside the center of Kuopio. Apartments for up to 3,000 new residents are planned in Hiltulanlahti. Construction began after the Saaristokaupunki in the 2010s. Until 2019, the school of Hiltulanlahti operated in the yellow main building built in 1926, which had been expanded with a slice school in 2003 due to a lack of space caused by the increase in the number of pupils. Premises were also put into use from the adjoining private
kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...
and evacuation containers were erected in the yard. In 2019, a new school building was completed in Hiltulanlahti, where teaching was completely transferred. The slice school was demolished in 2020. Vanuvuori hill is the most significant attraction in Hiltulanlahti. Hiltulanlahti also has its own village
committee A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly. A committee is not itself considered to be a form of assembly. Usually, the assembly sends matters into a committee as a way to explore them more ...
, the monitoring house Vanula. For a long time, Takkabaari was a meeting place for villagers in Hiltulanlahti, which was in operation continuously from 1966 to 2017. Hiltulanlahti is also home to the Matkus
business area A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
, where the
Matkus Shopping Center The Matkus Shopping Center ( fi, Kauppakeskus Matkus) is a shopping mall in the southern part of Kuopio, Finland, located south of its city center along the Highway 5 ( E63), in the Matkus business area of the Hiltulanlahti district.
is located.


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Kuopionkaupunginosat.fi
(in Finnish) Districts of Kuopio {{EasternFinland-geo-stub