The name Gumteckt or Gumtäckt appears already in documents from the 15th century. The current Finnish name Kumpula was given in 1928. Kumpula was incorporated into the city of Helsinki in 1906. The oldest part of Kumpula, around the long street Limingantie, consists of wooden houses built in the 1920s and 1930s. Around the university campus and in the western part of Kumpula are newer apartment buildings built in and after the 1980s. HOAS has built student housing in the area.
kumpula, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, 2019, learn, when, remove, this, template. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Kumpula news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Kumpula Swedish Gumtakt is a verdant neighbourhood in Helsinki bordered by Eastern Pasila to the west Vallila to the south Kapyla and Koskela to the north and Toukola and Arabianranta to the east As of January 1 2003 Kumpula had approximately 3 600 inhabitants Kumpula GumtaktHelsinki SubdivisionPosition of Kumpula within HelsinkiCountry FinlandRegionUusimaaSub regionGreater HelsinkiMunicipalityHelsinkiDistrictCentralArea1 53 km2 0 59 sq mi Population 1 1 04 3 589 Density2 346 km2 6 080 sq mi Postal codes00550 00560Subdivision number24Neighbouring subdivisionsPasila Hermanni Vallila Toukola Kapyla Koskela VanhakaupunkiThe name Gumteckt or Gumtackt appears already in documents from the 15th century The current Finnish name Kumpula was given in 1928 Kumpula was incorporated into the city of Helsinki in 1906 The oldest part of Kumpula around the long street Limingantie consists of wooden houses built in the 1920s and 1930s Around the university campus and in the western part of Kumpula are newer apartment buildings built in and after the 1980s HOAS has built student housing in the area The area is also home to one of the four campuses of the University of Helsinki the Kumpula Campus where approximately 6 000 students study at the Faculty of Science In addition the Dynamicum building shared by the Finnish Meteorological Institute and the Finnish Environment Institute is located on the campus The Kumpula Manor is an old manor house now housing the university s geological museum and surrounded by a botanical garden Nearby is one of Helsinki s numerous gardening allotments the Kumpula Allotment Garden Kumpula is also home to the Kumpula Outdoor Swimming Pool which was built for the 1952 Summer Olympics Politics editResults of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Kumpula Green League 24 4 Left Alliance 23 5 Social Democratic Party 18 2 National Coalition Party 11 9 True Finns 9 7 Centre Party 3 9 Christian Democrats 2 3 Swedish People s Party 2 1 Gallery editImage gallery nbsp Limingantie nbsp The Physicum building at Kumpula Science Campus in winter 60 12 33 N 24 57 52 E 60 20917 N 24 96444 E 60 20917 24 96444External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kumpula Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kumpula amp oldid 1151827450, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
