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 often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from t ...

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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

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, 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

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, had a croft 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

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. Lentävänniemi has a

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for grades 1-6, a

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, a

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, a

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, a

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, a small

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with a

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restaurant,

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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

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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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