Perkkaa

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Perkkaa (Swedish: Bergans) is a neigbhourhood in the district of Leppävaara in Espoo, Finland. On New Year 2017 the population of the neighbourhood was 3836.[https://web.archive.org/web/20170905235540/http://www.espoo.fi/download/noname/%7BB4E36089-73AB-4377-801A-1E57A5453468%7D/88389 Espoon asukasluku vuodenvaihteessa 2016 / 2017] (page 2), City of Espoo. Accessed on 21 December 2017. The name of the neighbourhood comes from the Bergans farm that used to be located in the area. Perkkaa is located inside the Kehä I beltway, bordering the beltway to the west, the Rantarata train line to the north, the district of Pitäjänmäki in Helsinki to the east and the Finnish national road 1 to the south.[https://kartat.espoo.fi/ims Espoon kaupungin karttapalvelu], City of Espoo. Accessed on 7 May 2024.

Services in Perkkaa include a school, a university of applied sciences, a citizens' park[https://www.espoo.fi/fi/toimipisteet/20326 Perkkaan asukaspuisto], City of Espoo. Accessed on 7 May 2024. and many kindergartens. The area also has a grocery store. As well as residential houses, Perkkaa includes office buildings such as the Stella Business Park, the Polaris Business Park and the Upseerin avec office building. The Vermo race track is also located in Perkkaa.

The streets in Perkkaa are named after military terms, including for example military ranks from colonel to sergeant.

Most of the apartments in Perkkaa were built in the 1970s and 1990s. Most of the apartments are located in multi-story apartment buildings.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160310092250/http://www.aluesarjat.fi/?bmark=..%2FDATABASE%2FALUESARJAT_KAUPUNKIVERKKO%2FASUNTO_RAKENNUSKANTA_SAL%2FASUNTOKANTA_SAL%2FB01S_ESP_Askan_rvuosi&lang=FI&qr=Alue%3A049%2A%3B118%2A%3BPerkkaa%22Vuosi%3A2013%22Valmistumisvuosi%3A%3AALL%22Talotyyppi%3A%3AALL&case=db Perkkaan asuntokanta 1920-2013], aluesarjat.fi. Accessed on 1 February 2015.