Pukinmäki () is a
district
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on the northeastern part of
Helsinki
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 municipali ...
,
Finland
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. As of 2005, it had a population of 8,450.
[http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/502Pukinm%C3%A4ki.pdf 2005 statistics and information about Pukinmäki]
Pukinmäki is located next to
Ring I.
Pukinmäki railway station is located in Pukinmäki.
Pukinmäki was one of the oldest villages in the former Helsinge
parish
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.
[
In 1910, a residential area was planned next to where the railway station is now. The area was annexed to Helsinki in 1946 and the first few blocks of flats were built in 1960s. Most of the flats are from the 1970s and 1980s.][
]
Politics
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Pukinmäki:
* Social Democratic Party: 25.7%
*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 ...
: 20.6%
* True Finns: 16.9%
* Green League: 12.2%
* Left Alliance: 9.2%
* Centre Party: 6.5%
* Christian Democrats: 3.3%
* Swedish People's Party: 2.5%
Gallery
File:Pukinmäki Helsinki1.jpg
File:Pukinmäki Helsinki2.jpg
File:Alepa Helsingin Pukinmäessä.jpg
References
External links
* http://www.pukinmaki.fi
Districts of Helsinki
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