Kangas

Kangas is a suburb in Jyväskylä, Central Finland. Kangas is situated nearby to the suburb Tourula, as well as near Taulumäki.

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Taulumäki Church and Harju Stadium.

Taulumäki Church

Church

Taulumäki Church

Photo: Maaritti Siitonen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Taulumäki Church is the principal Lutheran church in Jyväskylä, the administrative centre of the Central Finland region. Designed by architect Elsi Borg, its construction began in 1928.

Harju Stadium

Stadium

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Harjun stadion is an athletics and football stadium in Jyväskylä, Finland. It is the home stadium of a local football club JJK that currently plays in Ykkönen. The stadium holds 5,000 spectators and was opened in 1926.

Church of the Resurrection of Christ, Jyväskylä

Church

Church of the Resurrection of Christ, Jyväskylä

Photo: JoniBoi, CC BY 2.5.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tourula and Taulumäki.

Tourula

Suburb

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Tourula is a district of Jyväskylä, Finland, and a part of the Kantakaupunki ward. It is located near downtown Jyväskylä and separated from it by the river Tourujoki.

Taulumäki

Suburb

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Taulumäki is a suburb.

Harju

Suburb

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Harju is a suburb.

Kangas

Type: Suburb
Description: residential area in Jyväskylä, Finland
Categories: residential area and locality
Location: Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

62.25253° or 62° 15′ 9″ north

Longitude

25.75796° or 25° 45′ 29″ east

Elevation

95 metres (312 feet)

Open location code

9GJ77Q35+25

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7884440423

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

Discover Kangas from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Russian—“Kangas” goes by many names.

Finnish: “Kangas”
French: “Kangas (Jyväskylä)”
French: “Kangas”
Russian: “Кангас”

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