Multisilta () is the southern

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(in Finnish) of

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, about eight kilometers from its city center. Multisilta was built from the late 1960s to the 1990s. The district has a population of about 3,000. In the center there is a

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, a

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, a

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and a

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grill. There is a

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to the north of the residential area. Multisilta borders the Peltolammi district in the north and the

Vuores Vuores () is an area located on the border of Tampere and Lempäälä in the Pirkanmaa region, Finland. Each municipality is building in its own area, but a partial master plan has been drawn up in co-operation. On the Tampere side, construction b ...

district in the east. In the south you will meet the

Lempäälä Lempäälä (; Swedish also ) is a municipality in the Pirkanmaa region of Finland with inhabitants (). Lempäälä is located south of the city of Tampere. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Th ...

border and in the west the Pirkkala border. To the east, the district is bordered by the end of Vuoreksenkatu and the

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( E12). Multisilta can be reached by

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buses 15 and 50 in the Tampere region. The district is named after the wooden bridge that once crossed Multioja. Multioja descends from Lake Sääksjärvi in the direction of Lake Pyhäjärvi. Multisilta's area once belonged to the lands of the

Hatanpää Manor Hatanpää Manor ( fi, Hatanpään kartano) was a manor in the area of the current city of Tampere on the shores of Lake Pyhäjärvi in Pirkanmaa, Finland. It was founded in the 1690s, but the current main building of Hatanpää Manor, designed b ...

, which the city of Tampere bought in 1913. Like the neighboring district Peltolammi, Multisilta was originally zoned as a detached area and the first

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was approved in 1950, but large-scale construction did not begin for one reason or another. A new apartment building plan was approved for the area in 1968. In 1932–1988, the Multisilta train stop was located on the

Riihimäki–Tampere railway Riihimäki–Tampere railway is a railway running between the Riihimäki railway station and the Tampere railway station in Finland, and it is part of the Finnish Main Line. The line between Riihimäki and Hämeenlinna was opened in 1862 as a part ...

adjacent to the district.Jussi Iltanen: ''Radan varrella: Suomen rautatieliikennepaikat'', p. 48. Helsinki: Karttakeskus, 2010. (in Finnish)

References

External links

Multisilta - Tampere
(in Finnish) Districts of Tampere {{WesternFinland-geo-stub