Lentävänniemi () is a

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in the western part of

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on the shores of

Lake Näsijärvi A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

Pirkanmaa Pirkanmaa (; sv, Birkaland; la, Birkaria, link=no), also known as ''Tampere Region'' in government documents, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme an ...

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. It belongs to the northwestern part of the city and borders the Niemi and Niemenranta borders on the southwest. There are jogging paths along the lake and its shores surrounding the apartment-based Lentävänniemi. In 2014, the population of Lentävänniemi was 4,309. Lentävänniemi originally belonged to the municipality of

Ylöjärvi Ylöjärvi () is a town and a municipality in the Pirkanmaa region, northwest of Tampere and north of the capital city Helsinki in Finland. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . ...

, from where it was transferred to the city of Tampere in the early 1950s. The first

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for Lentävänniemi was completed in 1966, and the entire area was zoned in 1974. Most of the street names in Lentävänniemi are group names related to navigating the waters according to the location of the place (such as Airokatu, Venekatu and Majakkakatu). Jänissaarenkatu, Jänislahdenkatu, Jänislammenkatu and Suomensaarenkatu are based on natural names. The former

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of Suomensaari in Lake Näsijärvi, which grew close to the mainland as a peninsula, had a

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on Suomensaari in the early 19th century. Suomensaari beach May2008

Bus lines 3 and 14 run from Lentävänniemi to the city center of Tampere, about nine kilometers away. In addition, line 36 runs to

Tampere University Hospital Tampere University Hospital ( fi, Tampereen yliopistollinen sairaala, TAYS, sv, Tammerfors universitetssjukhus) is a teaching hospital of Tampere University along Teiskontie at the Kauppi district in Tampere, Finland. It serves as one of the mai ...

. Lentävänniemi has a

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for grades 1-6, a

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, a

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, a barbecue kiosk, a

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, a small shopping center with a

pub A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...

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, kebab restaurant, K-Market grocery store, and

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, as well as two

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s, one of which is Jänissaari, which serves as the Näsijärvi Sailing Club. The Lentävänniemi

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, which operated in the same building as the Lentävänniemi school, was merged with the Lamminpää library in the Lielahtikeskus, which was completed in 2014, into the Lielahti library. In the second phase of Tampere tram traffic, a light rail connection to Lentävänniemi would be established from the city center.Keskusta-Lentävänniemi - Raitiotieallianssi
(in English)

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Lentävänniemi pyöräilyraitti
at Tampere.fi (in Finnish) Districts of Tampere {{WesternFinland-geo-stub

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