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Kortepohja is a district in Jyväskylä, Finland. It is located at around 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) from the city centre on the Western side of Lake Tuomiojärvi. The population of Kortepohja was 8,084 in December 2020.[1]
Kortepohja | |
|---|---|
District of Jyväskylä | |
 Kortepohja student houses | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Province | Western Finland |
| Region | Central Finland |
| Sub-region | Jyväskylä sub-region |
| City | Jyväskylä |
| Ward | Kypärämäki-Kortepohja |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 8,084 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 40740 JYVÄSKYLÄ |
Neighborhoods of the district include Kortepohja student village, Kortesuo, Kortemäki, Korteniitty, Laajavuori and Haukkala. Also the Laajavuori Ski Resort is located on the district. A Child Psychiatric Institute is located in Haukkala.
Kortepohja student village
The construction of the student village began in the 1960s to solve the issue of finding apartments for students of the Jyväskylä Educational College, the predecessor of the University of Jyväskylä.[2] It is owned by the Student Union of the University of Jyväskylä. Approximately 2 000 students live in the village.[3] All rooms in Kortepohja are rented unfurnished but basic furniture is available in the storage rooms. Laundry facilities, saunas and meeting rooms are available in the buildings.
Laajavuori Ski Resort
Laajavuori Ski Resort has 12 slopes and 6 lifts for alpine skiing. The longest slope is 915 meters with 106 meters top vertical. The resort hosts FIS ski slopestyle world cup competitions.[4] Laajavuori forests host 62 kilometres cross country skiing tracks with four lean-tos.[5]
Gallery
The Kortepohja Church is an example of 1970s architecture
Apartment building on the street Emännäntie
Matti Nykänen ski jump hill in Laajavuori Ski Resort
Kortepohja shopping mall
Kortesuo neighborhood
Row houses in Kortepohja
Notable people
- Gettomasa, rapper[6]
- Topi Nättinen, ice hockey player[7]
References
- "Jyväskylä suuralueittain". Jyväskylän kaupunki. 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Asuminen". Jyväskylän yliopiston ylioppilaskunta (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- Laajis (2012). "Slopes and World Cup Park". Laajis. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- Laajis (2012). "Cross-country skiing and lean-tos". Laajis. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- Onninen, Oskari. "Mä oon suomenmestari – haastattelussa Gettomasa". Rumba.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- Rauhala, Teemu. "Jyväskylä kulkee aina Topi Nättisen mukana – otti näyttävän Kortepohja-tatuoinnin". KSML.fi – Keskisuomalainen (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- Literature
- Kaskinen, Piia (2002). Pirunmaa pellon reunalla – Kortepohjan tarina (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Kopi-Jyvä. ISBN 951-9113-66-5. ISSN 0357-8801.
- Viikki, Markku (2008). Sunnuntaikahveja ja asumisdemokratiaa: Kortepohjan ylioppilaskylä opiskelija-asuinyhteisönä vuosina 1968-1988 (in Finnish). Jyväskylä. ISBN 978-951-9113-79-1.
External links
Media related to Kortepohja at Wikimedia Commons
- Kortepohja Student village
- Laajavuori Ski Resort
- Ravintola Rentukka (Restaurant Marsh Marigold) (in Finnish)
- City of Jyväskylä
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