Mäki-Matti

Mäki-Matti is a district and a statistical area of Jyväskylä, Finland and a part of the Kantakaupunki ward.[2][3] The statistical area contains the Nousukatu, Hippos, Rautpohja, Kyllö and Syrjälä subareas.[3] Mäki-Matti has several services such as schools, a convenience store, a pub and a R-Kioski shop. The oldest family park of Finland is also located in the district.[2]

Mäki-Matti
District of Jyväskylä
View from tower Vesilinna to Mäki-Matti.
View from tower Vesilinna to Mäki-Matti.
Coordinates: 62°18′N 25°39′E
Country Finland
ProvinceWestern Finland
RegionCentral Finland
Sub-regionJyväskylä sub-region
CityJyväskylä
WardKantakaupunki
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total4,677
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
40700 JYVÄSKYLÄ

Mäki-Matti is the first suburb of Jyväskylä to be merged into the city, which was done in 1914.[4]

History

Mäki-Matti is named after a tenant farmer named Matti Matinpoika (fl. 1806-1865), whose tenure farm Paatela was split from the Syrjälä farm. The name Paatela disappears from church documents in the 1840s and is replaced by the name Mäki-Matti. Originally Mäki-Matti was only a farm name while the area was simply known as Mäki, "the hill". The name of the area appears as Mäkimatin mäki in church documents from the year 1881. The term, pronounced as MäkʹMatti (where kʹ represents a palatalized /k/) in the local dialect, was later extended to the entire Syrjälä area.

Osuuskauppa Mäki-Matti was founded in 1905. It was one of the first cooperative shops in Finland. Mäki-Matti was transferred from Jyväskylän maalaiskunta to Jyväskylä in 1908.[5]

  • Functionalist apartment buildings in Rautpohja.
    Functionalist apartment buildings in Rautpohja.
  • An R-kioski shop with postal services in Mäki-Matti.
    An R-kioski shop with postal services in Mäki-Matti.
  • A convenience store in Mäki-Matti.
    A convenience store in Mäki-Matti.
  • Building Viveca in the Hippos area.
    Building Viveca in the Hippos area.
  • Apartment buildings in the Nousukatu subarea.
    Apartment buildings in the Nousukatu subarea.
  • Schildt Upper Secondary School.
    Schildt Upper Secondary School.
  • Single-family houses in Mäki-Matti.
    Single-family houses in Mäki-Matti.
  • An apartment building and a pub on street Voionmaankatu.
    An apartment building and a pub on street Voionmaankatu.
  • Finnish Music Campus
    Finnish Music Campus
  • Vellamonpuisto is one of the parks in Mäki-Matti.
    Vellamonpuisto is one of the parks in Mäki-Matti.

Notable people

References
  1. "Jyväskylä suuralueittain". Jyväskylän kaupunki. 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Jyväskylä: Asuinalueet: Kantakaupunki". www.jyvaskyla.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  3. "Jyväskylän karttapalvelu". kartta.jkl.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  4. "Mäki-Matin historiaa ja nykypäivää - Rakennustoimisto Alonen Oy". Rakennustoimisto Alonen Oy (in Finnish). 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  5. "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 280. Retrieved August 20, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Gettomasan Chosen one -albumi herätti kiinnostusta sosiaalisessa mediassa". Warner Music Finland (in Finnish). 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
  7. Kärki, Heikki. "Kiersimme Matti Nykäsen jalanjäljillä Jyväskylässä – "Totta kai tiesin, että Matti on asunut täällä"". KSML.fi – Keskisuomalainen (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-04-20.
  8. Salminen, Pauliina. "Tällä miehellä on jo patsas ja katu Jyväskylässä – Väinö Voionmaan syntymästä tulee kuluneeksi 150 vuotta". KSML.fi – Keskisuomalainen (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-04-20.
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