Halssila

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]

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)

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
  • Wooden houses in Halssila.
    Wooden houses in Halssila.
  • Äijälänranta area in Rauhalahti.
    Äijälänranta area in Rauhalahti.
  • An apartment building in Kivistö.
    An apartment building in Kivistö.
  • Halssila church
    Halssila church

References
  1. "Jyväskylä suuralueittain". Jyväskylän kaupunki. 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Asuinalueet | SuurHalssila, Halssilan Asukasyhdistys ry". www.suurhalssila.fi. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  3. "Jyväskylän omakotialueita". www3.jkl.fi. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  4. Haikari, Janne: 100 vuotta Suomen historiaa Halssilassa. SuurHalssila, 2017.
  5. "Jyväskylän karttapalvelu". kartta.jkl.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  6. "Halssila | SuurHalssila, Halssilan Asukasyhdistys ry". www.suurhalssila.fi. Retrieved 2018-12-29.

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