Läntinen suurpiiri ( sv, Västra stordistriktet, en, Western major district) is one of the seven major districts of
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...
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Finland
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subdistricts A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district.
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Reijola
Reijola ( sv, Grejus) is a district located on Western major district of Helsinki, Finland. It consists of three subareas: Laakso, Ruskeasuo and Meilahti
Meilahti (in Swedish Mejlans) is a neighbourhood of Helsinki between Mannerheimintie (t ...
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Munkkiniemi
Munkkiniemi ( sv, Munksnäs, Helsinki slang: ''Munkka'') is a neighbourhood in Helsinki. Subdivisions within the district are Vanha Munkkiniemi, Kuusisaari, Lehtisaari, Munkkivuori, Niemenmäki and Talinranta.
The land in Munkkiniemi was from th ...
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Haaga
Haaga ( sv, Haga köping) is a district and a former municipality in the Western major district of Helsinki with a population of 25,435.http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/203Haaga.pdf 2005 statistics about Haaga
Haaga is d ...
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Pitäjänmäki
Pitäjänmäki () is a district located on the westernmost district of Helsinki, Finland, near the border with Espoo. There are many IT and machine manufacturing companies in the area, especially around the Valimo railway station. Such companie ...
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Kaarela
Kaarela ( sv, Kårböle) is a subdistrict in a Western major district of Helsinki, Finland.
Kaarela is split into four subareas: Kannelmäki (12,569 inhabitants), Maununneva (2,501 inhabitants), Malminkartano (8,538 inhabitants) and Hakuninmaa ...
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[http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/2L%C3%A4ntinen.pdf Western major district information] , western major district has 98,545 inhabitants living in an area of 30.4 km
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[http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/Helsinki.pdf Information about helsinki major districts]
Each of the five districts has several subareas:
* Reijola district
[http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/201Reijola.pdf Reijola district information]
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Laakso
Laakso ( sv, Dal) is a neighbourhood in Helsinki, Finland. Its borders are defined by the streets of Mannerheimintie and Nordenskiöldinkatu and the Helsinki Central Park. The neighbourhood is bordered by Töölö in the south, Meilahti in the ...
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Ruskeasuo
Ruskeasuo (Brunakärr in Swedish, verbatim "Brown swamp") is a neighbourhood of Helsinki (Helsingfors in Swedish), about 3 kilometres north of the city center.
With a population of 2670 (year 2005) Ruskeasuo is a rather quiet residential area. ...
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Meilahti
Meilahti (in Swedish Mejlans) is a neighbourhood of Helsinki between Mannerheimintie (the main entrance road to Helsinki) and a bay named Seurasaarenselkä. Most of the houses in Meilahti were built in the 1930s and 1940s. Meilahti is home to ove ...
* Munkkiniemi district
[http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/202Munkkiniemi.pdf Munkkiniemi district information]
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Niemenmäki
Niemenmäki ( sv, Näshöjden) is a quarter of the Munkkiniemi neighbourhood in Helsinki. Niemenmäki was constructed in the early 1960s. The nearby Shopping center provides everyday services to Niemenmäki inhabitants. Huopalahdentie road separa ...
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Munkkivuori
Munkkivuori ( sv, Munkshöjden, literally 'Monk Mountain') is a Subdivisions of Helsinki#Neighbourhoods, quarter of the Munkkiniemi neighbourhood in Helsinki. The buildings and the plan of site are typical of the late 1950s. Most of the residential ...
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Talinranta
Talinranta ( sv, Talistranden) is a neighbourhood in Munkkiniemi district of Helsinki, Finland
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Vanha Munkkiniemi
Vanha Munkkiniemi (Finnish), Gamla Munksnäs (Swedish), both of them meaning ′Old Munkkiniemi′, is a neighborhood that contains the original part of Munkkiniemi district in Helsinki, Finland
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Kuusisaari
Kuusisaari (Finnish), Granö (Swedish) is an island and a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland
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Lehtisaari Lehtisaari may refer to several places in Finland:
* Lehtisaari, Helsinki, neighbourhood in Helsinki
* Lehtisaari, Jyväskylä, district and neighborhood in Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä () is a city and municipality in Finland in the western part of t ...
* Haaga district
[http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/203Haaga.pdf Haaga district information]
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Etelä-Haaga
Etelä-Haaga (Finnish), Södra Haga (Swedish) is a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland
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Kivihaka
Kivihaka (Finnish), Stenhagen (Swedish) is a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland
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Pohjois-Haaga
Pohjois-Haaga (Finnish), Norra Haga (Swedish, translates as Northern Haaga) is a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland. On east it borders with Hämeenlinna's highway. Etelä-Haaga (Southern Haaga) is in its southern side, separated by park areas an ...
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Lassila
Lassila (Finnish), Lassas (Swedish) is a neighborhood in western Helsinki, Finland
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* Pitäjänmäki district
[http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/204Pitäjänmäki.pdf Pitäjänmäki district information]
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Tali
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Pajamäki
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Pitäjänmäen teollisuusalue
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Reimarla
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Marttila
Marttila (; sv, S:t Mårtens, i.e. " Saint Martin's") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of ...
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Konala
Konala (Finnish), Kånala (Swedish) is a subdistrict of Helsinki, Finland. Konala has about 4500 inhabitants and about 3000 jobs. Konala is situated in north-western Helsinki, north of Ring I road and Pitäjänmäki, west of Malminkartano and Kann ...
* Kaarela district
[http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/205Kaarela.pdf Kaarela district information]
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Kannelmäki
Kannelmäki ( sv, Gamlas, Helsinki slang: ''Kantsu'') is a sub-neighbourhood of the neighbourhood of Kaarela in Helsinki, Finland. Kannelmäki is located a bit more than ten kilometres from the centre of Helsinki, and is bounded by Kehä I in the ...
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Malminkartano
Malminkartano (Malmgård in Swedish) is a suburb and a quarter in the western part of Helsinki city, part of the Kaarela
Kaarela ( sv, Kårböle) is a subdistrict in a Western major district of Helsinki, Finland.
Kaarela is split into four sub ...
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Maununneva
Maununneva (Finnish), Magnuskärr (Swedish) is a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland. It is a subdivision of the Kaarela
Kaarela ( sv, Kårböle) is a subdistrict in a Western major district of Helsinki, Finland.
Kaarela is split into four sub ...
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Hakuninmaa
Hakuninmaa (Finnish), Håkansåker (Swedish) is a quarter of Helsinki, Finland
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References
Major districts of Helsinki
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