Halssila
District of Jyväskylä
The center of Halssila
The center of Halssila
Country Finland
ProvinceWestern Finland
RegionCentral Finland
Sub-regionJyväskylä sub-region
CityJyväskylä
WardHalssila
Population
 (2020)
  Total6,123
Time zoneUTC+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 (or Halsila) was originally the name of a farm in the eastern part of the modern district.[2] Halssila started to develop in the 1920s when factor workers started to build houses in the area.[3] It was merged into Jyväskylä in 1941.[4] 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.[5] In the 1970s the construction of new neighborhoods, mainly made of apartment buildings, was started.[3] During the 2000s and 2010s other new neighborhoods were constructed.[5][6]

Subareas

Halssila consists several subareas, which are Tuohimutka, Aholaita, Aittorinne, Halssilanmäki, Halssilanranta, Kivistö, Halssilanrinne and Rauhalahti.[6]

Notable people

References

  1. "Jyväskylä suuralueittain". Jyväskylän kaupunki. 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  2. "Jyväskylän karttapalvelu (Historialliset kartat: Peruskartta 1922)". kartta.jkl.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Asuinalueet | SuurHalssila, Halssilan Asukasyhdistys ry". www.suurhalssila.fi. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  4. "Jyväskylän omakotialueita". www3.jkl.fi. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  5. 1 2 Haikari, Janne: 100 vuotta Suomen historiaa Halssilassa. SuurHalssila, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Jyväskylän karttapalvelu". kartta.jkl.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  7. 1 2 3 "Halssila | SuurHalssila, Halssilan Asukasyhdistys ry". www.suurhalssila.fi. Retrieved 2018-12-29.

62°15′N 25°48′E / 62.250°N 25.800°E / 62.250; 25.800

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