Tammela, Tampere

Tammelan puistokatu is the main street of Tammela

Tammela is a district in Tampere, Finland, located east of the city centre. Tammela was born since the 1870s as a working-class neighbourhood, today it is especially popular among the students of the nearby University of Tampere. Population of Tammala is 5,646 (31 December 2014).^[1]

Tammela was almost completely destroyed in the 1918 Finnish Civil War Battle of Tampere and also severely damaged in the air raids of the World War II. Some wooden houses from the early 1900s have remained in the so-called Puu-Tammela area in the eastern side of the district. Today Tammela is known of the Tammelantori Market Square and the Tammela Football Stadium.

References

↑ "Tampereen väestö 31.12.2014" (PDF) (in Finnish). City of Tampere. 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2016.

External links

Official Homepage of the Tammela residents' association (in Finnish)

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Coordinates: 61°30′06″N 23°46′47″E / 61.501671°N 23.779611°E / 61.501671; 23.779611

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