Tuira, Oulu

Tuira is a district of the city of Oulu, Finland. It is located north of city centre across the Oulujoki River.^[2] After the first bridges over Oulujoki connecting Tuira with Oulu were built in 1869, population growth of Tuira accelerated and Tuira was annexed by city of Oulu from the neighbouring rural municipality in 1886.^[3] Until the 1970s Tuira was a neighbourhood of wooden townhouses, but the new zoning plan of 1969 changed it to a suburb of residential tower blocks.^[4]

Tuira
District of Oulu
Coordinates: 65.026°N 25.471°E / 65.026; 25.471
Country	Finland
City	Oulu
Areas of Oulu	Tuira area
Population  (2013)[1]
• Total	6 465
Postal code	90500

Merikoskenkatu, a street dividing the line of East and West Tuira, is a major public bus route.^[5] The railway station in Tuira was opened in 1903, but the passenger traffic was ended in 1990 and freight traffic in 2002. The station building was dismantled in 1998.

Points of interest

• Tuira Church
• Tuiranpuisto Park

References

1. "Oulun kaupungin ikäluokkatilasto kaupunginosittain 1.1.2013" (pdf). City of Oulu. 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
2. Oulun suuralue- ja kaupunginosajako 1.1.2013 alkaen [Subdivisions of the City of Oulu on Jan 1, 2013] (pdf) (Map). City of Oulu. 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
3. Leinonen, Kullervo (1987). "Autonomian ajan Oulu". In Julku, Kyösti (ed.). Valkean kaupungin vaiheet (in Finnish). Pohjois-Suomen Historiallinen Yhdistys. pp. 129–130. ISBN 951-749-014-3.
4. Manninen, Turo (1995). Oulun kaupungin historia VI [History of the City of Oulu VI] (in Finnish). Oulun kaupunki. p. 64. ISBN 951-9234-48-9.
5. "Keskustan liikenne" (PDF). City of Oulu. 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.

External links

Media related to Tuira at Wikimedia Commons