Kissanmaa is a

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in the eastern part of

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, along the

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street. It belongs to the subdivision of

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, and it is located 3 kilometers from the

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. Kissanmaa is surrounded by Ruotula and Uusikylä in the east,

Hakametsä Hakametsä is a smaller district of Tampere, Finland, located about four kilometers from its city center. The neighboring parts of Hakametsä are Huikas, Ristinarkku, Messukylä, Vuohenoja, Kalevanrinne, Kaleva, Kissanmaa and Uusikylä. Hakam ...

in the south, Kaleva in the west and

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in the north. Most of the residential houses are

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s, but there are also

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s of different sizes in the western part of the area. The area is best known for Finland's first

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, Tampere Ice Stadium, and training hall, completed in 1965. The first town plan of Kissanmaa was established in 1958.Louhivaara 1999, p. 107.

Etymology

The name ''Kissanmaa'' (literally the "land of

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") first appeared in 1913, when the area was annexed to Tampere in connection with the

Hatanpää Hatanpää () is a district in Tampere, Finland, located in the southern part of the city center on the shores of Lake Pyhäjärvi. Hatanpää is actually a peninsula that protrudes towards the lake, leaving the waters of Viinikanlahti Bay to ...

land trade. In Kissanmaa, reference was made to a narrow forest area that extended from

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. The name ''Kissanmaa'' also appeared in the 1916-17 address map. At that time, lands were named after animals. Large estates were named after large animals, while small and insignificant areas were named after small animals. The area's name may also be due to the fact that

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were still found in the area in the late 19th century. The name may also be based on the estate called ''Kissankorpi'', which appeared on a map made by Hugo Hackstedt in 1869 of the premises of the Hatanpää Manor. However, many of the street names in Kissanmaa are related to animals or former

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(for example, Sudenkatu and Vasamakatu).

Services

The area has a K-Market, a

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, a parish house, several

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, as well as the offices of the

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Finnish Championship League team, the junior association and supporters, Tampere Ice Rink, Tampere Training Ice Rink,

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and

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. Previously, there was also a

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and Kissankulma pub in the Kissanmaa Square.

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, Prisma and

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are located on the border of Kissanmaa, and the apartments for employees are located at the southern end of Kissanmaa. The Kissanmaa Family Support Center is also opposite the hospital. Among the educational institutions on the border of the area is

Tampere University of Applied Sciences Tampere University of Applied Sciences ( fi, Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu, TAMK) is a university of applied sciences (a polytechnic) in the region of Pirkanmaa, Finland. Together with Tampere University, TAMK constitutes the Tampere higher edu ...

and

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. Kissanmaa Primary School cooperates with Sampo Secondary School.Sammon koulu
(in Finnish) There are also

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in Kissanmaa.

References

External links

Kissanmaa: Rakennetun ympäristön inventointi 2007 LOPPURAPORTTI
(in Finnish)

(in Finnish) {{coord, 61, 30, 02.3, N, 23, 49, 03.1, E, region:FI_type:city, display=title Sampo

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