Mellunkylä
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Mellunkylä(Swedish:Mellungsby) is aneighbourhoodinEast Helsinki,Finland. The area of Mellunkylä is 9,9 km2and it has population of 36,360 (2005).[1]
There are five suburbs in Mellunkylä:
- Kontula(Gårdsbacka)
- Vesala(Ärvings)
- Mellunmäki(Mellungsbacka)
- Kivikko(Stensböle)
- Kurkimäki(Tranbacka)
Mellunkylä had some suburban settlements already beforeWorld War II.In the 1960s,Kontula,the largest suburb in Finland, was built in record time.[1]
References[edit]
- ^abhttp://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/703Mellunkyl%C3%A4.pdf2005 statistics and information about Mellunkylä