Tesomajärvi (sometimes speaking only Tesoma) is a

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in the southwestern part of

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, belonging part of Tesoma's planning area.Tampere alueittain 2013
(in Finnish) 1,280 people lived on Tesomajärvi in 2015. Although the population of Tampere is growing, the population of Tesomajärvi has clearly decreased from about 1,500 in 1996.Tesoman yleissuunnitelma, suunnitelmaraportti, luonnos 3.9.2013
(in Finnish) The districts surrounding Tesomajärvi from the south clockwise are Rahola and

Ristimäki Ristimäki is a neighbourhood in the city of Tampere, Finland, It is bordered on the north by Tohloppi, on the east by Epilänharju, on the west by Tesomajärvi and on the south by the Tampere-Pori railway. Mediapolis (YLE), Mediapolis, YLE's offi ...

, Kalkku, Ikuri, Haukiluoma, Lamminpää,

Tohloppi Tohloppi is a district of Tampere, Finland. It is located in western part of Tampere, about seven kilometers from the city center near the Tesomajärvi district. The other neighboring parts of the district also are Ikuri, Lamminpää, Epilän ...

and again Ristimäki. Tesomajärvi is one of Tampere's regional centers. In addition to Ristimäki, most of the

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and

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s in the Tesoma area (such as the Westeri

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) are located in the district. In addition, the district includes the Tesoma's indoor swimming pool and

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. Lake Tesoma, about 300 meters in diameter and six hectares in area, has a city beach on both sides; naturally the shores of the lake are natural. The deepest point of the lake is six meters. Myllyoja is the descent of a spring-based lake on the northeastern shore of the lake, the ditch runs through the districts of

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and Ikuri to

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's Lake Vihnus, its eastern end. Tesomajärvi is a

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whose housing stock consists mainly of

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s built in the 1960s. The

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-shaped Tesoma's

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, completed in 1970,vesitornit.net
(in Finnish) is located on a hill above the

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, which is Tampere's fourth highest place. The volume of the water tower is 5,000 m³. Like

Hervanta Hervanta is a large suburb, or satellite city, of Tampere in Finland, located next to Hallila some 10 km south of the city centre. Hervanta currently covers an area of 13.8 km² and is continuing to grow. Home to a population of over ...

, Tesomajärvi was previously known as a restless problem suburb, which is why in the 1980s Tesoma became its own block police unit. Tesoma's services have been purposefully developed. The services of Tesoma have been gentrified and the original inhabitants obsolete. In this way, the district has calmed down considerably.Hervanta ja Tesoma rauhoittuivat muutamassa vuosikymmenessä – Näin Tampereen ongelmalähiöistä tuli mallioppilaita
(in Finnish)

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