Sorila is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

in the northern 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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. The neighboring parts of the city are Nurmi, Aitoniemi,

Kämmenniemi Kämmenniemi () is a district, a statistical area and an urban area of Tampere, Finland, located in the area of the former municipality of Teisko. The regional road 338 between Tampere and Ruovesi runs through Kämmenniemi. The distance from the v ...

and Viitapohja. In the district, there is the old municipal center of the former municipality of

Aitolahti Aitolahti (; now forms the Tampere subdivision under the name Aito) is a former municipality in Pirkanmaa region, Finland. It was consolidated in 1966 with Tampere, and at the same time Tampere got new districts: Sorila, Nurmi and Aitoniemi. Un ...

. Sorila also has another office of the Olkahinen School. There are

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s in the area and it is located 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 ...

, north of Highway 9 ( E63). A road called ''Kaitavedentie'' to Kämmenniemi and Terälahti also runs through the area.Nurmi-Sorilan osayleiskaava
(in Finnish)

References

Districts of Tampere {{WesternFinland-geo-stub