
Mellunkylä () is a
neighbourhood
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in
East Helsinki,
Finland
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.
The area of Mellunkylä is 9,9 km
2 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:
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Kontula (Gårdsbacka)
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Vesala (Ärvings)
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Mellunmäki (Mellungsbacka)
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Kivikko (Stensböle)
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Kurkimäki (Tranbacka)
Mellunkylä had some suburban settlements already before
World War II
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. In the 1960s, ''Kontula'', the largest suburb in Finland, was built in record time.
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References
Neighbourhoods of Helsinki
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