Hervanta

Hervanta currently covers an area of 13.8 km² and is continuing to grow. Home to a population of over 26,000, Hervanta is best known for its prefabricated blocks of flats. The total number of apartments is about 11,000. Nearly a fifth of the inhabitants (some 4,500 people) are students, many of them enrolled at the Tampere University, TUNI (TUNI was created by joining former Tampere University of Technology, TUT, with University of Tampere, UTA, and it also includes Tampere University of Applied Sciences, TAMK), or the Police University College. The largest student housing complex is Mikontalo, in fact nearly 3% of people in Hervanta reside there. Approximately 10% of Hervanta's population is composed of foreigners from 75 different nationalities.

Hervanta was known as a notorious neighborhood for a long time, but its reputation has improved considerably over time. It was selected as Finland's top suburb in a survey conducted by the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper and published on 17 August 2003. The Finnish Local Heritage Federation chose Hervanta as the District of the Year in 2026.

The complex of commercial buildings in the town center of Hervanta was designed by the Finnish architect Reima Pietilä.