Vanhakaupunki
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Vanhakaupunki (; ) is a neighbourhood of the city of Helsinki, Finland, to the north of Toukola. It is also the name of a district of the city, which contains the neighbourhood and its surroundings. The name (meaning "old town") comes from the fact that Helsinki was originally founded in the Vanhakaupunki area. The Swedish name Gamla Helsingfors (meaning "Old Helsinki") appears in the new Helsinki foundation document from 1639, as the city was moved to its later location, and the forms Gamla staden or Gammelstaden came into use after this. The Finnish translation of the name only started appea
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Within Vinony's link graph, Vanhakaupunki is referenced by 184 other articles, and connects out to Viikki, Kaarela and Finland.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Historic districts and Neighbourhoods in Helsinki.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.parts_style
- para
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Helsinki Subdivision
- Settlement.image_map
- Helsinki districts-Vanhakaupunki.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Position of Vanhakaupunki within Helsinki
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Uusimaa
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Greater Helsinki
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Helsinki
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Central
- Settlement.parts_type
- Subdivision regions
- Settlement.total_type
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- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 0.32
- Settlement.population_total
- 225
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 1/1/04
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 772
- Area
- 0.32
- Image
- Vanhankaupunginkoski (Helsinki, Finland, 2024 March).jpg
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- Commons category
- Vanhakaupunki
- official number of town quarter
- 27
- catalog code
- 0913305270
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- History
- Currently
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Vanhakaupunki (; ) is a neighbourhood of the city of Helsinki, Finland, to the north of Toukola. It is also the name of a district of the city, which contains the neighbourhood and its surroundings. The name (meaning "old town") comes from the fact that Helsinki was originally founded in the Vanhakaupunki area. The Swedish name Gamla Helsingfors (meaning "Old Helsinki") appears in the new Helsinki foundation document from 1639, as the city was moved to its later location, and the forms Gamla staden or Gammelstaden came into use after this. The Finnish translation of the name only started appearing in the late 19th century. The current names were established as official in 1909. The neighbourhood was named Vanhakaupunki in 1959.
thumb|236px|right|A weir in Vantaa River and a small hydro-electric power station by Kuninkaankartanonsaari island.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vanhakaupunki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations