Mäki-Matti is a district and a statistical area of

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and a part of the Kantakaupunki ward. The statistical area contains the Nousukatu, Hippos, Rautpohja, Kyllö and Syrjälä subareas. Mäki-Matti has several services such as schools, a convenience store, a pub and a

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shop. The oldest family park of Finland is also located in the district. Mäki-Matti is the first suburb of Jyväskylä to be merged into the city, which was done in 1914.

History

Mäki-Matti is named after a tenant farmer named Matti Matinpoika (fl. 1806-1865), whose tenure farm was split from the Syrjälä/Taavettila farm. A hill in the area was given the name ''Mäki-Matin mäki'' after Matti and his home. Eventually the name was given to the community that had developed in the area. Osuuskauppa Mäki-Matti was founded in 1905. It was one of the first cooperative shops in Finland. Mäki-Matti was transferred from

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to Jyväskylä in 1908.

Gallery

File:Apartment buildings in Rautpohja,Jyväskylä.JPG, Functionalist apartment buildings in Rautpohja. File:Mäki-Matti R-kioski.jpg, An R-kioski shop with postal services in Mäki-Matti. File:K-market Ruokavinkki.jpg, A convenience store in Mäki-Matti. File:Jyväskylä - Viveca.jpg, Building Viveca in the Hippos area. File:Mäki-Matti (Nousukadun pienalue).jpg, Apartment buildings in the Nousukatu subarea. File:Voionmaan lukio 01.jpg, Schildt Upper Secondary School. File:Jyväskylä - Mäki-Matti3.jpg, Single-family houses in Mäki-Matti. File:Voionmaankatu 11, Mäki-Matti, Jyväskylä.jpg, An apartment building and a pub on street Voionmaankatu. File:JAMK - Musiikkikampus.jpg, Finnish Music Campus File:Vellamonpuisto.jpg, Vellamonpuisto is one of the parks in Mäki-Matti.

Notable people

* Gettomasa, rapper *

Matti Nykänen Matti Ensio Nykänen (; 17 July 1963 – 4 February 2019) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time,

, ski jumper *

Väinö Voionmaa Kaarle Väinö Voionmaa (to 1906 Wallin) (12 February 1869 in Jyväskylä – 24 May 1947 in Helsinki) was a Finnish professor, diplomat, member of the parliament of Finland, senator, minister and chancellor. He also was one of the most influent ...

, politician

References

Neighbourhoods of Jyväskylä {{Districts of Jyväskylä