Mäki-Matti

District of Jyväskylä in Western Finland, Finland

62°14′34″N 25°43′47″E / 62.2428°N 25.7296°E / 62.2428; 25.7296Country

FinlandProvinceWestern FinlandRegionCentral FinlandSub-regionJyväskylä sub-region City Jyväskylä WardKantakaupunkiPopulation

(2020)^[1]

• Total4,677Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)Postal code

40700 JYVÄSKYLÄ

Mäki-Matti is a district and a statistical area of Jyväskylä, Finland and a part of the Kantakaupunki ward.^[2]^[3] The statistical area contains the Nousukatu, Hippos, Rautpohja, Kyllö and Syrjälä subareas.^[3] Mäki-Matti has several services such as schools, a convenience store, a pub and a R-Kioski shop. The oldest family park of Finland is also located in the district.^[2]

Mäki-Matti is the first suburb of Jyväskylä to be merged into the city, which was done in 1914.^[4]

History

Mäki-Matti is named after a tenant farmer named Matti Matinpoika (fl. 1806-1865), whose tenure farm was split from the Syrjälä/Taavettila farm. A hill in the area was given the name Mäki-Matin mäki after Matti and his home. Eventually the name was given to the community that had developed in the area.^[5]

Osuuskauppa Mäki-Matti was founded in 1905. It was one of the first cooperative shops in Finland. Mäki-Matti was transferred from Jyväskylän maalaiskunta to Jyväskylä in 1908.^[5]

Gallery

Functionalist apartment buildings in Rautpohja.
An R-kioski shop with postal services in Mäki-Matti.
A convenience store in Mäki-Matti.
Building Viveca in the Hippos area.
Apartment buildings in the Nousukatu subarea.
Schildt Upper Secondary School.
Single-family houses in Mäki-Matti.
An apartment building and a pub on street Voionmaankatu.
Finnish Music Campus
Vellamonpuisto is one of the parks in Mäki-Matti.

Notable people

Gettomasa, rapper^[6]
Matti Nykänen, ski jumper^[7]
Väinö Voionmaa, politician^[8]

References

^ "Jyväskylä suuralueittain". Jyväskylän kaupunki. 2021. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
^ ^a ^b "Jyväskylä: Asuinalueet: Kantakaupunki". www.jyvaskyla.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-09-07.
^ ^a ^b "Jyväskylän karttapalvelu". kartta.jkl.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2017-09-07.
^ "Mäki-Matin historiaa ja nykypäivää - Rakennustoimisto Alonen Oy". Rakennustoimisto Alonen Oy (in Finnish). 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
^ ^a ^b "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 280. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
^ "Gettomasan Chosen one -albumi herätti kiinnostusta sosiaalisessa mediassa". Warner Music Finland (in Finnish). 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
^ Kärki, Heikki. "Kiersimme Matti Nykäsen jalanjäljillä Jyväskylässä – "Totta kai tiesin, että Matti on asunut täällä"". KSML.fi – Keskisuomalainen (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-04-20.
^ Salminen, Pauliina. "Tällä miehellä on jo patsas ja katu Jyväskylässä – Väinö Voionmaan syntymästä tulee kuluneeksi 150 vuotta". KSML.fi – Keskisuomalainen (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-04-20.