Atala is a neighbourhood in the northeast part of the city of

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, a few kilometers to the east from the border of the

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city. Its neighboring neighborhoods are Holvasti in the south,

Linnainmaa Linnainmaa is a district of about 6,000 inhabitants in the eastern part of Tampere, Finland, about six kilometers from the Keskusta, Tampere, city center. Tampere's eastern bypass borders Linnainmaa in the west, and Finnish national road 12, High ...

in the southwest and Tasanne in the north. The district was named after Ata Oy, which was founded in 1937 and manufactures spiral bevel gears. In the Atala district, there is a small

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with

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and barber's shop,

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with grades 1–6, and two

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s. The services of the

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were transferred to the Linnainmaa district in 2017. The building stock of the Atala district currently consists mainly of terraced and

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s built since the 1980s. Some older settlements, such as front houses, have also been preserved in the area.Itä-Tampere - Visit Tampere
(in Finnish)

Sources

* Maija Louhivaara: ''Tampereen kadunnimet'', s. 215–217. Tampereen museoiden julkaisuja 51, 1999, Tampere. . (in Finnish)

References

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