Julkula

{{short description|City district in Kuopio, Finland}}

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Julkula is a district in the northwest part of the city of Kuopio, Finland.[http://www.kuopio.fi/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=ac27e305-1d4a-4432-b83a-0efacc85db20&groupId=12167 Kuopion suunnittelualuejako] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309183338/http://www.kuopio.fi/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=ac27e305-1d4a-4432-b83a-0efacc85db20&groupId=12167 |date=2016-03-09 }} (in Finnish) It is located 4-6 km from the city center on the western slope of Puijo. The area has a population of about 2,700[http://kuopionkaupunginosat.fi/julkula Julkula] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324040537/http://kuopionkaupunginosat.fi/julkula |date=2016-03-24 }} (in Finnish) and its residential buildings are mainly small and terraced houses.

Services in the Julkula area include a kindergarten, preschool, youth center, K-market grocery store, marina, pub restaurant, bakery, hairdresser and a psychiatric hospital called Julkula Hospital. Julkula is located on the shores of Lake Kallavesi and has excellent outdoor sports opportunities typical of the Puijo area.