Iides is one of the main districts in the city center of
Tampere
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in
Pirkanmaa
Pirkanmaa (; ; ), also known as ''Tampere Region'' in government documents, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme and Southwest Finland. Most of the wate ...
,
Finland
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. The so-called planning area of Iides includes the statistical areas of
Viinikka,
Nekala,
Vihioja,
Jokipohja and
Muotiala.
The district is named after Tampere's most famous bird lake,
Lake Iides (''Iidesjärvi''), located in the middle of the area. Many of the
arable land
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in the area is former land belonging to
Hatanpää Manor.
[Maija Louhivaara: ''Tampereen kadunnimet'', p. 112. Tampereen museoiden julkaisuja 51. 1999, Tampere. (in Finnish)]
See also
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Keskusta
The Centre Party, ( , Kesk; , C) officially the Centre Party of Finland, is an Nordic agrarian parties, agrarian-centrist List of political parties in Finland, political party in Finland.
Ideologically, the Centre Party is positioned in the Ce ...
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Sampo
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References
External links
Iidesjärven sivuat Iides.fi (in Finnish)
Districts of Tampere
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