Tourula

Tourula
District of Jyväskylä
Coordinates: 62°15′04″N 025°45′45″E / 62.25111°N 25.76250°E / 62.25111; 25.76250
Country Finland
RegionCentral Finland
Sub-regionJyväskylä sub-region
CityJyväskylä
WardKantakaupunki
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
40100 JYVÄSKYLÄ

Tourula is a district of Jyväskylä, Finland, and a part of the Kantakaupunki ward.[1] It is located near downtown Jyväskylä and separated from it by the river Tourujoki. The district also includes the Kangas suburb.[1]

The official district of Tourula borders Lohikoski in the north, Kangasvuori in the northeast, Halssila in the east, Lutakko in the south, Puistola in the west and Taulumäki in the northwest.[1]

Tourula was a residential area for the working class, made of wooden single-family houses which were built in the 1910s and 1920s.[2][3] The area was transferred from Jyväskylän maalaiskunta to Jyväskylä in 1941,[1] and after that the wooden houses started to decay and they were torn down during the 1970s and 1980s.[2] After that, the appearance of Tourula changed radically.

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