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
Country	Finland
Province	Western Finland
Region	Central Finland
Sub-region	Jyväskylä sub-region
City	Jyväskylä
Ward	Halssila
Population  (2020)
• Total	6,123
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

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