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Kuokkala may refer to: Finland * Kuokkala, Jyväskylä, a ward in Jyväskylä, Finland ** Kuokkala (district of Jyväskylä), a district within the ward * Kuokkala, Lempäälä, a neighbourhood in Lempäälä, Finland Russia * Repino Repino (russian: Репино) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities ;Urban localities * Repino, Saint Petersburg, a municipal settlement in Kurortny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg ;Rural ...

Kuokkala, Jyväskylä
Kuokkala is a ward of Jyväskylä, Finland. It contains six districts: Ristonmaa, Kuokkala, Kuokkalanpelto, Ristikivi, Nenäinniemi and Hämeenlahti. As of July 2012, 17,270 people live in Kuokkala. The Kuokkala ward is separated from the Jyväskylä city centre by the Lake Jyväsjärvi and is joined to Lutakko by the Kuokkala Bridge. Additionally, it is delimited by the National road 9 on the west, lake Päijänne on the east and the south, and the Äijälänsalmi strait between the two lakes. History Kuokkala was consolidated to Jyväskylä on 1 January 1965. Before that it was a part of Jyväskylän maalaiskunta. Planning started in 1973. The construction of residential buildings started in 1981. A housing fair was held in 1985 in Kuokkala, which received 200.000 visitors. The Kuokkala bridge was built between 1987 and 1989. Districts Kuokkala Kuokkala is one of the districts of Jyväskylä, Finland. It's a part of the Kuokkala ward. The district is sep ...
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Kuokkala (district Of Jyväskylä)
Kuokkala may refer to: Finland * Kuokkala, Jyväskylä, a ward in Jyväskylä, Finland ** Kuokkala (district of Jyväskylä), a district within the ward * Kuokkala, Lempäälä, a neighbourhood in Lempäälä, Finland Russia * Repino Repino (russian: Репино) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities ;Urban localities * Repino, Saint Petersburg, a municipal settlement in Kurortny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg ;Rural ...

Lempäälä
Lempäälä (; Swedish also ) is a municipality in the Pirkanmaa region of Finland with inhabitants (). Lempäälä is located south of the city of Tampere. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality center of Lempäälä is situated on an isthmus between the lakes Vanajavesi and Pyhäjärvi which are connected by the Kuokkalankoski rapids and the canal of Lempäälä that was built during the 1870s and is still in use. The first written account of the parish of Lempäälä is from 1430. The oldest building of the town is a medieval church named after Saint Birgitta and was built in 1504. The only remaining article from medieval times in the church is a wooden crucifix carved out of birch. Finnish novelist Yrjö Kokko lived in Lempäälä, and is buried in the graveyard. Ideapark, the second largest shopping mall in Nordic countries, is located in Lempäälä along the Helsinki–Tampere motorway ( E12). Kuokkala ...
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