Vallila

Vallila
Vallgård
Helsinki Subdivision

Position of Vallila within Helsinki
Country  Finland
Region Uusimaa
Sub-region Greater Helsinki
Municipality Helsinki
Subdivision number 22
District Central
Area 1.30 km2 (0.50 sq mi)
Population (2015-01-01) 8 959
 • Density 6,445/km2 (16,690/sq mi)
Postal codes 00510, 00520, 00550
Neighbouring subdivisions Sörnäinen, Alppiharju, Pasila, Hermanni, Toukola, Kumpula

Vallila (Swedish: Vallgård) is a neighbourhood in Helsinki, the capital of Finland.

Vallila is a central-northern neighbourhood, bordered by Pasila to the west and Alppiharju to the south. Like Kallio, Vallila is mostly residential and has a reputation of being a working-class neighbourhood. In the past two decades people from artistic professions have found the area. Vallila though still retains its roots from 1910s to 1980s by being one of the rare neighborhoods which still has an industrial area and abundant amount of workshop businesses.

Because of gentrification Vallila is nowadays considered a trendy area in Helsinki (like Kallio) among young adults and housing is expensive, particularly in Puu-Vallila.

Vallila is famous for its many old wooden houses dating back to the 1900s–1920s, which are spread over many blocks. Many buildings by the main streets are fine examples of Nordic Classicism from the 1920s–1930s. It is located closest to the city center of all the wooden-house residential areas in Helsinki. This area is called Puu-Vallila (Wooden Vallila). Puu-Vallila is built 1910, while the rest of Vallila is built in 1920's and 1930s. Before this Vallila was a villa area for wealthy people living in Helsinki center.

Perhaps the most famous scene in Vallila is the small flea market square featured in Aki Kaurismäki's film The Man Without a Past.

Ville Valo, lead singer for the Finnish band HIM, was born in Vallila.

Vallila is also the name of a basic city administrative district. It includes both Vallila and Hermanni neighbourhoods and has 12300 inhabitants (1.1.2010). Vallila itself has 7800 inhabitants.

Politics

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Vallila:

External links

Media related to Vallila at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 60°11′40″N 24°57′24″E / 60.19444°N 24.95667°E / 60.19444; 24.95667


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