Sorila is a

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in the northern part of

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclo ...

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. The neighboring parts of the city are

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, Aitoniemi,

Kämmenniemi Kämmenniemi () is a district, a statistical area and an urban area of Tampere, Finland, located in the area of the former municipality of Teisko. The regional road 338 between Tampere and Ruovesi runs through Kämmenniemi. The distance from the ...

and Viitapohja. In the district, there is the old

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of the former municipality of

Aitolahti Aitolahti (; now forms the Tampere subdivision under the name Aito) is a former municipality in Pirkanmaa region, Finland. It was consolidated in 1966 with Tampere, and at the same time Tampere got new districts: Sorila, Nurmi and Aitoniemi. Unt ...

. Sorila also has another office of the Olkahinen School. There are

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s in the area and it is located on the shores of

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, north of

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( E63). A road called ''Kaitavedentie'' to Kämmenniemi and Terälahti also runs through the area.Nurmi-Sorilan osayleiskaava
(in Finnish)

References

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