Kummatti is a district in
Raahe
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,
Finland
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. It was
countryside
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until the 1960s; the first apartment house was built in 1966. Kummatti gained a reputation as a problematic neighborhood and the housing standards were improved by repairing the oldest apartment buildings in the
2000s
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.
Local services include a
Hesburger restaurant, a
Teboil
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Teboil's revenue a ...
station, a vocational institute, an elementary school, a nursery school, a police station and a registry office.
References
Neighbourhoods of Raahe
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