Pääskyvuori
Sign in to savethumb|right|Pääskyvuori on a map of Turku. Pääskyvuori (Finnish; Svalberga in Swedish) is a district in the Itäharju-Varissuo ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the east of the city between Varissuo and Itäharju and is largely a low-density residential suburb. Pääskyvuori also includes the more densely built area of Laukkavuori. The name consists of the words , meaning 'swallow', and , meaning 'mountain'. The former television tower located in the district is the tallest free-standing structure (122 m) in the Turku area.
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- district of Turku
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Turku
- Location
- Varissuo-Lauste
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- Kotimetsänpuiston kenttä.jpg
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- official number of town quarter
- 015
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thumb|right|Pääskyvuori on a map of Turku. Pääskyvuori (Finnish; Svalberga in Swedish) is a district in the Itäharju-Varissuo ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the east of the city between Varissuo and Itäharju and is largely a low-density residential suburb. Pääskyvuori also includes the more densely built area of Laukkavuori. The name consists of the words , meaning 'swallow', and , meaning 'mountain'. The former television tower located in the district is the tallest free-standing structure (122 m) in the Turku area.
The current () population of Pääskyvuori is 4,482, and it is increasing at an annual rate of 0.18%. 20.91% of the district's population are under 15 years old, while 13.43% are over 65. The district's linguistic makeup is 92.24% Finnish, 3.32% Swedish, and 4.44% other.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pääskyvuori” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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