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Mellunkylä
Mellunkylä () is a neighbourhood in East Helsinki, Finland. 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 (Ärvings) * Mellunmäki (Mellungsbacka) * Kivikko (Stensböle) * Kurkimäki (Tranbacka) Mellunkylä had some suburban settlements already before World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo .... In the 1960s, ''Kontula'', the largest suburb in Finland, was built in record time. References Neighbourhoods of Helsinki {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub ...
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East Helsinki
East Helsinki (, ) 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, Vuosaari, Herttoniemi, Laajasalo and Kulosaari. With the exception of Kulosaari, the buildings in the area are relatively new – most have been built in the 1960s or later – and constitute relatively densely inhabited suburbs, except for the southern part of Laajasalo and most of Kulosaari. On the other side of the bridge to the west of Kulosaari is Helsinki Downtown (, ), the so-called "South Helsinki". Officially, the name "East Helsinki" is not found in the city's regional nomenclature, but it was a name created by the locals of the area. East Helsinki has had problems with unemployment and poverty, and immigrants and refugees are somewhat concentrated in the area's subsidised housing and city-owned apartments. Drug dealing is relatively common in East Helsinki. ...
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Subdivisions Of Helsinki
The city of Helsinki, the capital of Finland, can be divided into various sorts of subdivisions. Helsinki is divided into three major areas: Helsinki Downtown (, ), North Helsinki (, ) and East Helsinki (, ). The subdivisions include boroughs, districts, major districts and postal code areas. The plethora of different official ways to divide the city is a source of some confusion to the inhabitants, as different kinds of subdivisions often share similar or identical names. Boroughs Helsinki consists of 60 boroughs (''kaupunginosa'' in Finnish language, Finnish; ''stadsdel'' in Finland-Swedish, Swedish). The division into boroughs is the official division created by the city council and used for city planning and other similar purposes. Most of the boroughs have existed since the 19th century as numbered parts of the city, and official names were assigned to them in 1959. Five boroughs (numbers 55 – 59) were annexed on 1 January 2009. Today, each borough is identified by both ...
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Vesala
Vesala () is a neighborhood in eastern Helsinki, Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, .... It is a part of the Mellunkylä district. The residential housing in the area consists mostly of single-family houses built in the 1950s and 1960s and apartment buildings built in the 1980s. Gallery File:Aarrepuisto puro nauhukset.jpg, Park Aarrepuisto File:Kotikonnuntien silta - panoramio.jpg, The Kotikonnuntie bridge File:Koskenhaantie ja Paneliantie - panoramio.jpg, Single-family houses in the neighborhood. References {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub Neighbourhoods of Helsinki ...
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Kontula, Helsinki
Kontula () is a ''quarter'' of Helsinki, Finland, part of the Mellunkylä Subdivisions of Helsinki#Neighbourhoods, neighbourhood. Kontula was built mostly in the 1960s and 1970s when more housing was required in Helsinki. Many people from the city centre moved to Kontula; due to its little higher than average concentration of government tenant housing complexes, Immigration, immigrant and refugee population it is regarded as an average eastern Helsinki suburb. Kontula has generally been considered one of the most notorious suburbs in East Helsinki largely due to prevailing incidents of Violent crime, violence and drug dealing, the latter of which local youths actively run a drug trade near the shopping area and the Kontula metro station, metro station. Despite its mixed reputation, it might also be the clue to its attractiveness, because Kontula pops up in many movies, books, and songs. The Helsinki Metro, metro was expanded to Kontula in 1986, which made the area easy to reach. ...
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Kivikko
Kivikko () is a quarter of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Part of the Mellunkylä district, it was built during the 1990s and the first decade of the 2000s. The quarter is located on the west side of Kontula, an important subregional centre and will have a population of 5000 once completed. Kivikko is especially favoured by families with children. 14% of the inhabitants are immigrants or have immigrant roots, which is more than in most of Helsinki. There is also student housing in the area. However, Kivikko is generally more peaceful and less densely built than nearby Kontula. Politics Results of the 2022 Municipal Elections in Kivikko: Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Kivikko: * True Finns 27.4% *Social Democratic Party 22.5% *National Coalition Party The National Coalition Party (NCP; , Kok; , Saml) is a liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in Finland, political party in Finland. It is the current gov ...
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Helsinki Districts-Mellunkyla
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipality, with  million in the Helsinki capital region, capital region and  million in the Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan area. As the most populous List of urban areas in Finland by population, urban area in Finland, it is the country's most significant centre for politics, education, finance, culture, and research. Helsinki is north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has significant History of Helsinki, historical connections with these three cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen—and surrounding commuter towns, including the neighbouring municipality of Sipoo to the east—Helsinki forms a Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan are ...
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Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Helsinki. The majority of the population are Finns, ethnic Finns. The official languages are Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish; 84.1 percent of the population speak the first as their mother tongue and 5.1 percent the latter. Finland's climate varies from humid continental climate, humid continental in the south to boreal climate, boreal in the north. The land cover is predominantly boreal forest biome, with List of lakes of Finland, more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first settled around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period, last Ice Age. During the Stone Age, various cultures emerged, distinguished by differen ...
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Mellunmäki
Mellunmäki () (Slang: ''Meltsi'') has been a quarter of eastern Helsinki, Finland since 1946. Serious construction of Mellunmäki began in 1950 and the area was originally designed for 7,000 residents. Today in 2023 there are almost 9,000 people living in the area. Mellunmäki provides several essential services such as four grocery stores, three kiosks, four hairdressers, two physiotherapists, three restaurants, a 24/7 gym, and two nursing homes. More services can be found one metro station away in Kontula Kontula or in Itäkeskus (Itis) shopping mall three metro stations away. The metro station of Mellunmäki, the last stop on the line, is the world's northernmost metro station. Many new homes are being built in the area, so the population is expected to increase significantly. Several bus connections and subway access exist in the area. The closest notable neighbours are Kontula, Vesala, Länsimäki (a district of Vantaa Vantaa (; , ) is a city in Finland. It is ...
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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% *National Coalition Party The National Coalition Party (NCP; , Kok; , Saml) is a liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in Finland, political party in Finland. It is the current governing political party of Finland. Founded in 1918, the ... 13.5% * Green League 10.9% * Centre Party 3.8% * Christian Democrats 2.3% * Swedish People's Party 2.2% Neighbourhoods of Helsinki {{finland-geo-stub ...
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ...
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