Official Name: | Mäki-Matti |
Settlement Type: | District of Jyväskylä |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Sub-region |
Subdivision Type4: | City |
Subdivision Type5: | Ward |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Finland |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Finland |
Subdivision Name3: | Jyväskylä sub-region |
Subdivision Name4: | Jyväskylä |
Subdivision Name5: | Kantakaupunki |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Total: | 4,677 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 40700 JYVÄSKYLÄ |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 62.2428°N 25.7296°W |
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. 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.
Mäki-Matti is the first suburb of Jyväskylä to be merged into the city, which was done in 1914.[4]
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.
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]