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
- Sofi Oksanen (born 1977), writer[7]
- Erkki Pajala (1929–1992), actor[7]
- Sami Vatanen (born 1991), ice hockey player[7]
Gallery
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Wooden houses in Halssila.
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Äijälänranta area in Rauhalahti.
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An apartment building in Kivistö.
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Halssila church
References
- ^ "Jyväskylä suuralueittain". Jyväskylän kaupunki. 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- ^ "Jyväskylän karttapalvelu (Historialliset kartat: Peruskartta 1922)". kartta.jkl.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on November 22, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
- ^ a b "Asuinalueet | SuurHalssila, Halssilan Asukasyhdistys ry". www.suurhalssila.fi. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ "Jyväskylän omakotialueita". www3.jkl.fi. Archived from the original on 2018-02-04. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ a b Haikari, Janne: 100 vuotta Suomen historiaa Halssilassa. SuurHalssila, 2017.
- ^ a b "Jyväskylän karttapalvelu". kartta.jkl.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2020-11-22. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ a b c "Halssila | SuurHalssila, Halssilan Asukasyhdistys ry". www.suurhalssila.fi. Archived from the original on 2018-12-28. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
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