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Pukinmäki

Pukinmäki
Bocksbacka
Helsinki Subdivision
Position of Pukinmäki within Helsinki
Position of Pukinmäki within Helsinki
Country  Finland
Region Uusimaa
Sub-region Greater Helsinki
Municipality Helsinki
Subdivision number 502 (district)
37 (neighbourhood)
District Northeastern
Area 1.91 km2 (0.74 sq mi)
Population 8,450
 • Density 4,424/km2 (11,460/sq mi)
Postal codes 00720, 00721
Neighbouring subdivisions Patola, Itä-Pakila, Tuomarinkartano, Tapaninvainio, Ylä-Malmi, Ala-Malmi, Pihlajamäki, Veräjälaakso

Pukinmäki (Swedish: Bocksbacka) is a district on the northeastern part of Helsinki, Finland. As of 2005, it had a population of 8,450.

Pukinmäki is located next to Ring I.

Pukinmäki railway station is located in Pukinmäki.

Pukinmäki was one of the oldest villages in the former Helsinge parish.

In 1910, a residential area was planned next to where the railway station is now. The area was annexed to Helsinki in 1946 and the first few blocks of flats were built in 1960s. Most of the flats are from the 1970s and 1980s.

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Pukinmäki:



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