Läntinen suurpiiri
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Läntinen suurpiiri is one of the seven major districts of Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. It covers five subdistricts: Reijola
Reijola
Reijola is a district located on Western major district of Helsinki, Finland. It consists of three subareas: Laakso, Ruskeasuo and Meilahti., Reijola has 15,090 inhabitants living in an area of 4.34 km2....

, Munkkiniemi
Munkkiniemi
Munkkiniemi is a neighbourhood in Helsinki. Subdivisions within the district are Vanha Munkkiniemi, Kuusisaari, Lehtisaari, Munkkivuori, Niemenmäki and Talinranta.The land in Munkkiniemi was from the 17th century a part of Munksnäs manor...

, Haaga
Haaga
Haaga is a district and a former municipality in the Western major district of Helsinki with a population of 25,435.Haaga is divided into four subareas, which are Pohjois-Haaga , Etelä-Haaga , Kivihaka and Lassila.Haaga has two railway stations: Huopalahti railway station in south and...

, Pitäjänmäki
Pitäjänmäki
Pitäjänmäki is a district located on the westernmost district of Helsinki, Finland, near the border with Espoo. There are many IT and machine manufacturing companies in the area, especially around the Valimo railway station. Such companies include Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, ABB, Fujitsu...

 and Kaarela
Kaarela
Kaarela is a subdistrict in a Western major district of Helsinki, Finland.Kaarela is split into four subareas: Kannelmäki , Maununneva , Malminkartano and Hakuninmaa and has a total population of 26,414- References :...

. , western major district has 98,545 inhabitants living in an area of 30.4 km2.

Each of the five districts has several subareas:
  • Reijola district
    • Laakso
      Laakso
      Laakso is a neighbourhood in Helsinki, Finland. Its borders are defined by the streets of Mannerheimintie and Nordenskiöldinkatu and the Helsinki Central Park...

    • Ruskeasuo
      Ruskeasuo
      Ruskeasuo is a neighbourhood of Helsinki , about 3 kilometres north of the city centre....

    • Meilahti
      Meilahti
      Meilahti is a neighbourhood of Helsinki between Mannerheimintie and a bay named Seurasaarenselkä. Most of the houses in Meilahti were built in the 1930s and 1940s. Meilahti is home to over 6700 people including the President of Finland Tarja Halonen who lives on the shore in the President's...


  • Munkkiniemi district
    • Niemenmäki
      Niemenmäki
      Niemenmäki is a quarter of the Munkkiniemi neighbourhood in Helsinki. Niemenmäki was constructed in the early sixties. The nearby Shopping center provides everyday services to Niemenmäki inhabitants. Huopalahdentie road separates Niemenmäki from Munkkivuori in the West and Lapinmäentie road from...

    • Munkkivuori
      Munkkivuori
      Munkkivuori is a quarter of the Munkkiniemi neighbourhood in Helsinki. The buildings and the plan of site are typical of the late 1950s. Most of the residential buildings in Munkkivuori are within a loop formed by Ulvilantie ring road...

    • Talinranta
      Talinranta
      Talinranta is a neighbourhood in Munkkiniemi district of Helsinki, Finland. It is located west from Munkkivuori and south from Tali. In south, Finnish national road 1 separates Talinranta from Vanha Munkkiniemi....

    • Vanha Munkkiniemi
      Vanha Munkkiniemi
      Vanha Munkkiniemi , Gamla Munksnäs is a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland....

    • Kuusisaari
      Kuusisaari
      Kuusisaari , Granö is a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland....

    • Lehtisaari
      Lehtisaari
      Lehtisaari may refer to several places in Finland:*Lehtisaari, Helsinki, neighbourhood in Helsinki*Lehtisaari, Jyväskylä, district and neighborhood in Jyväskylä...


  • Haaga district
    • Etelä-Haaga
      Etelä-Haaga
      Etelä-Haaga , Södra Haga is a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland....

    • Kivihaka
      Kivihaka
      Kivihaka , Stenhagen is a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland....

    • Pohjois-Haaga
      Pohjois-Haaga
      Pohjois-Haaga , Norra Haga is a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland.-Sports:The following sports clubs are located in Pohjois-Haaga:* FC Pohjois-Haagan Urheilijat...

    • Lassila
      Lassila
      Lassila , Lassas is a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland....


  • Pitäjänmäki district
    • Tali
      Tali, Helsinki
      Tali is a neighbourhood located in Pitäjänmäki district of Western Helsinki, Finland., Tali has 1,078 inhabitants living in an area of 1.01 km2.The race track hosted the steeplechase eventing equestrian competition for the 1952 Summer Olympics....

    • Pajamäki
      Pajamäki
      Pajamäki is a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland. It is located in Pitäjänmäki district., Pajamäki has 1,802 inhabitants living in an area of 0.27 km2.- References :...

    • Pitäjänmäen teollisuusalue
      Pitäjänmäen teollisuusalue
      Pitäjänmäen teollisuusalue is a western neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland. It is located in Pitäjänmäki district.The name means Pitäjänmäki industrial area in English. , Pitäjänmäen teollisuusalue has 2,415 inhabitants living in an area of 1.38 km2....

    • Reimarla
      Reimarla
      Reimarla , Reimars is a western neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland....

    • Marttila
      Marttila, Helsinki
      Marttila is a neighbourhood located in Pitäjänmäki, Western Helsinki, Finland., Marttila has 357 inhabitants living in a 0.38 km2 area. It is neighboured by Pitäjänmäen teollisuusalue, Reimarla and Lassila...

    • Konala
      Konala
      Konala , Kånala is a subdistrict of Helsinki, Finland. Konala has about 4500 inhabitants and about 3000 jobs. Konala is situated in Luoteis-Helsinki, north of Kehä I and Pitäjänmäki, west of Malminkartano and Kannelmäki...


  • Kaarela district
    • Kannelmäki
      Kannelmäki
      Kannelmäki is a sub-neighbourhood of the neighbourhood of Kaarela in Helsinki, Finland. Kannelmäki is located a bit more than ten kilometres from the centre of Helsinki, and is bounded by Kehä I in the south, Hämeenlinnanväylä in the east, and the Mätäjoki river in the west and north...

    • Malminkartano
      Malminkartano
      Malminkartano is a suburb and a quarter in the northern part of Helsinki municipality, part of the Kaarela neighbourhood. Vantaankosken rata, the railway of Vantaankoski, has a station in Malminkartano. The suburb's artificial hill, Malminkartanonhuippu or Malminkartanon täyttömäki is the highest...

    • Maununneva
      Maununneva
      Maununneva , Magnuskärr is a neighborhood of Helsinki, Finland....

    • Hakuninmaa
      Hakuninmaa
      Hakuninmaa , Håkansåker is a quarter of Helsinki, Finland....

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