Halssila
Halssila | |
|---|---|
District of Jyväskylä | |
 The center of Halssila | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Province | Western Finland |
| Region | Central Finland |
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä sub-region |
| City | Jyväskylä |
| Ward | Halssila |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 6,123 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Halssila is one of the districts of Jyväskylä, Finland, located about three kilometers to east from the city center. As of December 2020, the population of Halssila was 6,123.[1]
History[]
Halssila started to develop in the 1920s when factor workers started to build houses in the area.[2] It was merged into Jyväskylä in 1941.[3] Halssila was known as a working-class district, but the reputation started to change in the 1960s after the area started to grow faster and the old labour movement became to fade away.[4] In the 1970s the construction of new neighborhoods, mainly made of apartment buildings, was started.[2] During the 2000s and 2010s other new neighborhoods were constructed.[4][5]
Subareas[]
Halssila consists several subareas, which are Tuohimutka, Aholaita, Aittorinne, Halssilanmäki, Halssilanranta, Kivistö, Halssilanrinne and Rauhalahti.[5]
Notable people[]
- Sofi Oksanen (born 1977), writer[6]
- (1929 – 1992), actor[6]
- Sami Vatanen (s. 1991), ice hockey player[6]
Gallery[]
Wooden houses in Halssila.
Äijälänranta area in Rauhalahti.
An apartment building in Kivistö.
Halssila church
References[]
- ^ "Jyväskylä suuralueittain". Jyväskylän kaupunki. 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Asuinalueet | SuurHalssila, Halssilan Asukasyhdistys ry". www.suurhalssila.fi. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ "Jyväskylän omakotialueita". www3.jkl.fi. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ a b Janne Haikari: 100 vuotta Suomen historiaa Halssilassa. SuurHalssila, 2017.
- ^ a b "Jyväskylän karttapalvelu". kartta.jkl.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ a b c "Halssila | SuurHalssila, Halssilan Asukasyhdistys ry". www.suurhalssila.fi. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
- Neighbourhoods of Jyväskylä