Ila is an area of Trondheim

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 in the western part of the city centre, Midtbyen, limited by the river Nidelva

Nidelva

Nidelva or Nidelven is a river in the county Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. Elva or Elven is Norwegian for river, so the name translates to "Nid River".-Location:...

 in the south, Skansen in the north and Steinberget, Bymarka

Bymarka

Bymarka is the recreation ground of the city of Trondheim, Norway.- Location and use :Bymarka is situated to the west of the city center and has an area of 80 km², with more than 200 km of walking tracks. Bymarka is very popular for cross-country skiing in the winter, and for walks, hiking or...

 and Ilsvikøra in the west. The area is mostly residential, with some industry and commerce.

The tram line Gråkallbanen

Gråkallbanen

The Gråkallen Line is an suburban tram line located in Trondheim, Norway. As the only remaining part of the Trondheim Tramway, it runs from the city center at St. Olav's Gate, via the suburban area Byåsen to Lian. It is designated Line 1, and is served by nine Class 8 articulated trams...

 runs through Ila and the area is served by the train station Skansen

Skansen Station

Skansen is a railway station located at Ila in Trondheim, Norway on Dovrebanen, 1.20 kilometers from Trondheim Central Station. Service to the station is provided though the commuter train service Trønderbanen operated by Norges Statsbaner and regional trains to Røros. It was opened in 1893.The...

 on the commuter train service Trønderbanen

Trønderbanen

The Trøndelag Commuter Rail is a commuter train service operating in Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. It is operated by Norwegian State Railways with Class 92 diesel multiple units. The service provides a commuter service connecting Trondheim to its suburbs, between towns in Innherred...

. A new highway, Nordre Avlastningsvei, will connect Ila via Brattøra

Brattøra

Brattøra is an artificial island in the city of Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is located at the mouth of the river Nidelva just north of the city centre , west of Nyhavna, and south of Trondheimsfjord. There is a canal that divides the mainland from what is now the island of...

 to Lademoen

Lademoen

Lademoen is a residential area in Trondheim, Norway about two kilometers east of the city centre located just east of Nedre Elvehavn, west of Leangen, south of Nyhavna and north of Rosenborg....

, and will be completed in 2009.

History

The first settlement at Ila was in the second half of the 18th century. In the 19th century the area developed as the entertainment centre of Trondheim, with dance

Dance

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 saloons, pubs and liquor store

Liquor store

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, and in 1826 it was the site for the first Constitution Day

Norwegian Constitution Day

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 parade

Parade

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. During the late 19th century the area started being redeveloped to dense labour class housing, with a school openeing in 1877. The church Ilen Church

Ilen Church

Ilen Church is a parish church in the municipality of Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Ila area in the city of Trondheim, on the wide isthmus between the river Nidelva and the Trondheimsfjord....

 was opened in 1889 and in 1893 a horsecar

Horsecar

A horsecar or horse-drawn tram is an animal-powered streetcar or tram.These early forms of public transport developed out of industrial haulage routes that had long been in existence, and from the omnibus routes that first ran on public streets in the 1820s, using the newly improved iron or steel...

 line, Ilalinjen, was built with Ila Station

Ila (station)

Ila, formerly Ilevolden, is a tram stop on the Trondheim Tramway, located at Ila, Trondheim in Trondheim, Norway. It was the original terminus of Ilalinjen, the first tramway and opened in 1901. In 1924 it also became a stop for the private Gråkallbanen that ran to Lian. The station featured at...

 as the terminus

Terminal Station

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 and rebuilt to a tram

Tram

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way in 1901.