Mellunkylä ( sv, Mellungsby) is a

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East Helsinki East Helsinki ( fi, Itä-Helsinki, sv, Östra Helsingfors) is an area in Helsinki, Finland, usually thought to comprise the city's eastern and south-eastern major districts (, ), including the districts of Vartiokylä, Myllypuro, Mellunkylä, ...

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. The area of Mellunkylä is 9,9 km² and it has population of 36,360 (2005).http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/703Mellunkyl%C3%A4.pdf 2005 statistics and information about Mellunkylä There are five suburbs in Mellunkylä: * Kontula (Gårdsbacka) *

Vesala Vesala ( sv, Ärvings) is a neighborhood in eastern Helsinki, Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the no ...

(Ärvings) *

Mellunmäki Mellunmäki ( sv, Mellungsbacka) (Slang: ''Meltsi'') has been a quarter of eastern Helsinki, Finland since 1946. Serious construction of the area began in 1950 and it was originally designed for 7000 inhabitants. There are over 8500 inhabitants in ...

(Mellungsbacka) * Kivikko (Stensböle) *

Kurkimäki Kurkimäki (Finnish), Tranbacka (Swedish) is an eastern neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland. Politics Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Kurkimäki: *Social Democratic Party 26.4% *True Finns 22.7% * Left Alliance 13.5% *N ...

(Tranbacka) Mellunkylä had some suburban settlements already before

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. In 1960s, ''Kontula'', the largest suburb in Finland was built in record time.

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Neighbourhoods of Helsinki {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub