Linnainmaa is a

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of about 6,000 inhabitants in the eastern 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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, about six kilometers from the

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. Tampere's eastern bypass borders Linnainmaa in the west, and Highway 12 in the north. The building stock of Linnainmaa consists mainly of

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s built in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as newer detached, multi-storey and

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s. The average age of those living in Linnainmaa is 40.9 years. The largest age group is 30-49 years old. The majority of the residents of the district are

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, the second largest are

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History and etymology

The origin of the name of Linnainmaa has been difficult to determine. The minutes of the Great Partition of 1785 mention a field called ''Linnama'', which was jointly owned by several

Messukylä Messukylä ( sv, Messukylä, also ) is a former municipality of Finland which was annexed by the city of Tampere in 1947. The medieval stone church (built c. 1540) in Messukylä is the oldest building in Tampere. During the Civil War (1918), Mess ...

houses; the name may thus refer to the main estate of ''Linna'' (meaning " castle"). On the other hand, the name of the field may also have been ''Liinamaa'', ie a field where flax has been grown. In western dialects, flax has been called ''liina'' (Swedish ''lin'') and flax has been known to have been cultivated in the region as early as the 18th century, on the basis of which it can be assumed that ''Linnama'' was an incorrect notation for a Finnish-speaking scribe. The current name of the district is also inaccurate, as the old locals have used the name "Jussila area" according to the Jussila's

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located there. Linnainmaa's first

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was approved in 1955, and detached houses, terraced houses and

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s have been built in the area since the 1970s. In the street nomenclature, Alanikkilänkatu, Hannulankatu, Jussilankatu, Kirviälänkatu and Ylinikkilänkatu refer to old main buildings; In the 1960s, Kirviälä was on display as one of the options for the name of the district.Maija Louhivaara: ''Tampereen kadunnimet'', p. 198–202. Tampereen museoiden julkaisuja 51, 1999, Tampere. ISBN 951-609-105-9. (in Finnish)

Services

Linnainmaa School is a

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comprising grades 1-9. Linnainmaa Health Center serves the residents of the area. Linnainmaa's commercial services have been concentrated since the 1990s near the intersection of Tampere's eastern bypasses and the Lahti Road. The new center of the district, called ''Koilliskeskus'', will be used to develop Tampere's third regional center, which will serve not only the people of Linnainmaa but also the residents of other eastern districts. Linnainmaa has Prisma and

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,K-Citymarket Linnainmaa, Tampere
(in Finnish) which provide both commercial and public services. Linnainmaa belongs to the

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of Messukylä. There is a parish house in the area.

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History and etymology

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