Vähäheikkilä
Vähäheikkilä is a district of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the south of the city centre, between Martti and Puistomäki. Despite the district's name it has nothing to do with Iso-Heikkilä, which is located on the other side of the city centre.- Type: Suburb
- Description: district of Turku, Finland
- Also known as: “Vaehaeheikkilae”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Turku Castle and Paavo Nurmi Stadium.
Turku Castle
Photo: Espandero, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Turku Castle is a medieval structure in the city of Turku, Finland. Together with Turku Cathedral, the castle is one of the oldest buildings still in use in Finland.
Paavo Nurmi Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Jontts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paavo Nurmi Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Turku, Finland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and athletics meets. It holds 13,000 people and is named after the Turku-born runner Paavo Nurmi.
Sigyn
Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sigyn, built in Gothenburg 1887, now museum ship in Turku, is the last remaining wooden barque used for trade across the oceans. At the time she was built there were thousands of similar vessels, but she was one of the last to be built.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Puistomäki and Pihlajaniemi.
Puistomäki
Suburb
Puistomäki is a district in the Uittamo-Skanssi ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the south of the city centre, and is mainly a low-density residential suburb. as of 2004 the population of Puistomäki was 734, and was increasing at an annual rate of 6.13%.
Pihlajaniemi
Suburb
Pihlajaniemi is a district of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the south of the city centre, on the coastline of the Archipelago Sea. Pihlajaniemi shares the new luxurious residential development of Majakkaranta with the neighbouring district of Korppolaismäki.
Mäntymäki
Suburb
Mäntymäki is a district of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the south of the city centre, between Kurjenmäki and Vähäheikkilä. The current population of Mäntymäki is 1,489, and it is decreasing at an annual rate of 0.34%.
Vähäheikkilä
- Categories: district of Turku and locality
- Location: Turku, Turku, Archipelago Sea, Finland Proper, West Coast, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.43163° or 60° 25′ 54″ northLongitude
22.25588° or 22° 15′ 21″ eastElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open location code
9GG4C7J4+M9OpenStreetMap ID
node 32426212OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Ukrainian—“Vähäheikkilä” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Vähäheikkilä”
- French: “Vähäheikkilä”
- Komi-Permyak: “Вяхяхейккиля”
- Russian: “Вяхяхейккиля”
- Swedish: “Lill Heikkilä”
- Swedish: “Lillheikkilä”
- Ukrainian: “Вягягейккіля (Турку)”
- Ukrainian: “Вягягейккіля”
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