Johannelund is a city district with more than 5000 inhabitants in the south of

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. Johannelund is adjoining the districts Tannefors, Hackefors, Hjulsbro,

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, Ekholmen, Vimanshäll and Hejdegården. Johannelund consists of the following areas: Johannelund center, Duvkullen, Spångerum, Lower Johannelund, Upper Johannelund, Tennsoldaten and Braskensbro. Located in Johannelund Center are a healthcare center, a retirement home, a library, a pharmacy, the church of Johannelund Parish, a pizzeria, a café, a betting shop, a hairdresser, a flower shop, a veterinary, a bakery,a clothing store, a cobbler, a reteierment home and a grocery store with postal service. Within the area there are several day- and after-school, primary school and the independent school Nya munken for grades 7-9. Bus connections with Östgötatrafiken are frequent and along

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there are also pedestrian and bicycle paths reaching central Linköping city a few kilometers from Johannelund. Johannelund was the first predominantly suburban project that was built in Linköping and is also part of the

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. Most apartment blocks, with both condominiums and rental apartments, built in 1950s and 1970s. Johannelund has an unemployment rate of 6,4% as of 2021. Johannelund has many green spaces and proximity to Stångån. The district's allotment areas Emmalund and Ådala, a number of small woods of which the largest and most central is called Johannelund Forest. The district is also soccer fields, tennis courts, swimming and a wading pool. The Johannelund bath in Stångån, north of Brokind trail, was upgraded during the spring of 2011 and was fitted with a lagoon, which was completed in June 2011. The area also has Johannelund Scouts, founded in 1959.

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