Pakila
Pakila is a neighbourhood in Northern Helsinki, about nine kilometers from the city center. It comprises Länsi-Pakila and Itä-Pakila. Pakila has approximately 10 275 inhabitants.- Type: Suburb with 10,700 residents
- Description: 34th neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland
- Also known as: “Baggböle”, “Pakinkylä”, and “Pakutkylä”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of the Good Shepherd and Pakilan peruskoulu.
Helsinki Central Park
Park
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Northern suburbs and Länsi-Pakila.
Northern suburbs
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Helsinki's northern suburbs are the northernmost part of Helsinki and form the continuum between Vantaa and more central parts of Helsinki. Here, this is defined as northwest of motorway 4 and north of Käpylä, Hakamäentie and Haaga roundabout; in other words north of the tram line termini.
Länsi-Pakila
Quarter
Länsi-Pakila, Västra Baggböle is a neighbourhood in Northern Helsinki, about nine kilometers from the city center. Länsi-Pakila has approximately 6 874 inhabitants.
Itä-Pakila
Quarter
Photo: Skorpion87, Public domain.
Itä-Pakila, Östra Baggböle is a northwestern neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland.
Pakila
- Categories: neighbourhood of Helsinki and locality
- Location: Helsinki, Helsinki sub-region, Uusimaa, Southern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.24355° or 60° 14′ 37″ northLongitude
24.93996° or 24° 56′ 24″ eastPopulation
10,700Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)Abbreviation
“34”Open location code
9GG66WVQ+CXOpenStreetMap ID
node 3066320113OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Turkish—“Pakila” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Helsinki (Pakila)”
- Danish: “Pakila”
- Dutch: “Pakila”
- Estonian: “Pakila (linnaosa)”
- Estonian: “Pakila”
- Finnish: “Baggböle”
- Finnish: “Bägis”
- Finnish: “Pakila”
- Finnish: “Pakinkylä”
- French: “Pakila”
- German: “Baggböle”
- German: “Pakila”
- Japanese: “パキラ”
- Northern Sami: “Baggböle”
- Persian: “پاکیلا”
- Russian: “Пакила”
- Slovenian: “Baggböle”
- Slovenian: “Pakila”
- Slovenian: “Pakinkylä”
- Swedish: “Baggböle”
- Swedish: “Pakila”
- Swedish: “Pakinkylä”
- Turkish: “Pakila”
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Notable Places Nearby
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