Halssila is one of the districts of Jyväskylä, Finland, located about three kilometers to east from the city center.

[1] Halssila (or Halsila) was originally the name of a farm in the eastern part of the modern district.

[4] Halssila was known as a working-class district, but the reputation started to change in the 1960s after the area started to grow faster and the old labour movement became to fade away.

[5] In the 1970s the construction of new neighborhoods, mainly made of apartment buildings, was started.

[5][6] Halssila consists several subareas, which are Tuohimutka, Aholaita, Aittorinne, Halssilanmäki, Halssilanranta, Kivistö, Halssilanrinne and Rauhalahti.