
Läntinen suurpiiri (, ) is one of the seven major districts of
Helsinki
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,
Finland
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. It covers five
subdistricts:
Reijola,
Munkkiniemi
Munkkiniemi (; , Helsinki slang: ''Munkka'') is a Subdivisions of Helsinki#Neighbourhoods, neighbourhood in Helsinki. Subdivisions within the district are Vanha Munkkiniemi, Kuusisaari, Lehtisaari, Helsinki, Lehtisaari, Munkkivuori, Niemenmäki an ...
,
Haaga,
Pitäjänmäki
Pitäjänmäki (, ) is a district located on the westernmost district of Helsinki, Finland, near the border with Espoo. There are many IT and machine manufacturing companies in the area, especially around the Valimo railway station. Such comp ...
and
Kaarela
Kaarela () is a subdistrict in the Western major district of Helsinki, Finland
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.
[http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/2L%C3%A4ntinen.pdf Western major district information] , western major district has 98,545 inhabitants living in an area of 30.4 km
2.
[http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/Helsinki.pdf Information about helsinki major districts]
Each of the five districts has several subareas:
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Reijola district
[http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/201Reijola.pdf Reijola district information]
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Laakso
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Ruskeasuo
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Meilahti
Meilahti (in Swedish Mejlans) is a neighbourhood of Helsinki between Mannerheimintie (the main entrance road to Helsinki) and a bay named Seurasaarenselkä. Most of the houses in Meilahti were built in the 1930s and 1940s. Meilahti is home to o ...
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Munkkiniemi
Munkkiniemi (; , Helsinki slang: ''Munkka'') is a Subdivisions of Helsinki#Neighbourhoods, neighbourhood in Helsinki. Subdivisions within the district are Vanha Munkkiniemi, Kuusisaari, Lehtisaari, Helsinki, Lehtisaari, Munkkivuori, Niemenmäki an ...
district
[http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/202Munkkiniemi.pdf Munkkiniemi district information]
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Niemenmäki
Niemenmäki () is a quarter of the Munkkiniemi neighbourhood in Helsinki. Niemenmäki was constructed in the early 1960s. The nearby Shopping center provides everyday services to Niemenmäki inhabitants. Huopalahdentie road separates Niemenmäki ...
**
Munkkivuori
Munkkivuori (, literally 'Monk Mountain') is a Subdivisions of Helsinki#Neighbourhoods, quarter of the Munkkiniemi neighbourhood in Helsinki. The buildings and the plan of site are typical of the late 1950s. Most of the residential buildings in Mun ...
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Talinranta
Talinranta () is a neighbourhood in Munkkiniemi district of Helsinki, Finland
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Vanha Munkkiniemi
Vanha Munkkiniemi ( Finnish), Gamla Munksnäs ( Swedish), both of them meaning ′Old Munkkiniemi′, is a neighborhood that contains the original part of Munkkiniemi district in Helsinki, Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finla ...
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Kuusisaari
Kuusisaari ( Finnish), Granö ( Swedish) is an island and a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland
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**
Lehtisaari
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Haaga district
[http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/203Haaga.pdf Haaga district information]
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Etelä-Haaga
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Kivihaka
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Pohjois-Haaga
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Lassila
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Pitäjänmäki
Pitäjänmäki (, ) is a district located on the westernmost district of Helsinki, Finland, near the border with Espoo. There are many IT and machine manufacturing companies in the area, especially around the Valimo railway station. Such comp ...
district
[http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/204Pitäjänmäki.pdf Pitäjänmäki district information]
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Tali
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Pajamäki
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Pitäjänmäen teollisuusalue
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Reimarla
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Marttila
Marttila (; , i.e. " Saint Martin's") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. ...
**
Konala
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Kaarela
Kaarela () is a subdistrict in the Western major district of Helsinki, Finland
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district
[http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/205Kaarela.pdf Kaarela district information]
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Kannelmäki
(, Helsinki slang: ) is a sub-neighbourhood of the neighbourhood of Kaarela in Helsinki, Finland. Kannelmäki is located a bit more than ten kilometres from the centre of Helsinki, and is bounded by Kehä I ring road in the south, Hämeenlin ...
**
Malminkartano
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Maununneva
Maununneva ( Finnish), Magnuskärr ( Swedish) is a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland
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**
Hakuninmaa
Hakuninmaa ( Finnish), Håkansåker ( Swedish) is a quarter of Helsinki, Finland
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References
Major districts of Helsinki
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