Lapinniemi () is a

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in the northern part of

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 o ...

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. It is located on a

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formed on the shores of

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. Neighboring parts of the city are

Petsamo Petsamo may refer to: * Petsamo Province, a province of Finland from 1921 to 1922 * Petsamo, Tampere, a district in Tampere, Finland * Pechengsky District, Russia, formerly known as Petsamo * Pechenga (urban-type settlement), Murmansk Oblast, Russi ...

Lappi Lappi is the name for several geographical areas. In Finland: * Lappi is the Finnish name for Sápmi (area), Lapland and the Lapland (Finland), northernmost region of Finland. ** Laponia (historical province), a historical province of Sweden (inclu ...

and

Tampella Oy Tampella Ab was a Finnish heavy industry manufacturer, a maker of paper machines, locomotives, military weaponry, as well as wood-based products such as packaging. The company was based mainly in the Naistenlahti district of the city of ...

. It is about a kilometer from the city center of Tampere to Lapinniemi, but it takes about five minutes by bus through Tammela and 10 minutes to the Central Square. Spa hotel in Tampere Aug2008 000

The

cotton mill A cotton mill is a building that houses spinning (textiles), spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system. Althou ...

of Tampereen Puuvillateollisuus Oy, which manufactured

fabric Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not the ...

s and

yarn Yarn is a long continuous length of interlocked fibres, used in sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, ropemaking, and the production of textiles. Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine. Modern manufact ...

s, was completed in the Lapinniemi area in 1899 and was integrated into Tampella in 1934. The mill was in operation until the mid-1980s.Huikean kaunis vanha kuva Lapinniemestä! – Se on yhä ajankohtainen, koska nyt on kulunut yli 120 vuotta Lapinniemen puuvillatehtaan toiminnan aloittamisesta
- ''

Aamulehti (Finnish for "morning newspaper") is a Finnish-language daily newspaper published in Tampere, Finland. History and profile ''Aamulehti'' was founded in 1881 to "improve the position of the Finnish people and the Finnish language" during Russi ...

'' (in Finnish) In Lapinniemi, there is the Rauhaniemi folk

spa A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (and sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa towns or spa resorts (including hot springs resorts) typically offer various health treatments, which are also known as balneoth ...

, the Holiday Club Tampere spa (built in an old cotton factory), and the Koukkuniemi's

retirement home A retirement home – sometimes called an old people's home or old age home, although ''old people's home'' can also refer to a nursing home – is a multi-residence housing facility intended for the elderly. Typically, each person or couple i ...

. Lapinniemi operated as a

housing fair Housing, or more generally, living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings individually or collectively, for the purpose of shelter. Housing ensures that members of society have a place to live, whether i ...

in 1990.Muistatko vielä nämä asuntomessutalot? Kritiikkiä on sadellut varsinkin liian isoista ja erikoisista rakennuksista
- ''MTV Uutiset'' (in Finnish)

Sources

* Maija Louhivaara: ''Tampereen kadunnimet''. Tampereen museoiden julkaisuja 51, 1999, Tampere. . (in Finnish)

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External links

Lapinniemi
at Maanmittauslaitos (in Finnish) Sampo {{WesternFinland-geo-stub

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