Greater Helsinki

Map o Greater Helsinki (licht green) an the Helsinki Metropolitan Aurie (daurk green).

Central Helsinki, the focal point o the Caipital Region, frae the sky.

Greater Helsinki (Finnish: Helsingin seutu, Suur-Helsinki, Swadish: Helsingforsregionen, Storhelsingfors) an the smawer Helsinki Metropolitan Aurie or (Finnish) Caipital Region (Pääkaupunkiseutu, Huvudstadsregionen) refer tae twa regions o different size surroondin Helsinki, the caipital o Finland. Greater Helsinki is sometimes incorrectly cried (the) Helsinki Region due tae an incorrect direct translation o the Finnish an Swadish terms Helsingin seutu an Helsingforsregionen. (Suur-Helsinki an Storhelsingfors are sometimes an aw uised tae refer tae the metropolitan aurie.)

These regions are locatit in the sooth o Finland, on the coast o the Gulf o Finland, which is pairt o the Baltic Sea. The smawer region includes Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo, an Kauniainen an haes a population o aboot ane million. The Helsinki region is the lairgest urbanised aurie in the kintra, an is bi far the maist important economic, cultural, as well as scientific region of Finland. Aicht oot o Finland's 20 universities an maist o the heidquarters o notable companies an govrenmental institutions are locatit in Greater Helsinki, as is Finland's main aviation hub, Helsinki Airport, which is locatit in Vantaa.

Terminology

In the strictest sense, the Finnish Caipital Region consists o fower municipalities wi ceety status, Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo an Kauniainen, whose total population is aboot ane million (2007). This aurie is maist aften cried the Helsinki Metropolitan Aurie or Caipital region in Scots, Pääkaupunkiseutu in Finnish, an Huvudstadsregionen in Swadish, although the uise o the terms is no especially consistent. Sometimes it is cried the "YTV aurie", referrin tae YTV, or the Helsinki Metropolitan Aurie Cooncil, which serves as a co-operation agency for the fower central municipalities, mainly providin for regional public transport an waste management services. The vast majority o the inhabitants live in the urban auries o the ceeties, but athin the bundaries o these ceeties there are an aw non-urban an suburban auries.

Commonly aboot aicht mair municipalities are considered tae be pairt o Greater Helsinki, as they can be considered as commuter touns an exurbs o Helsinki. When Hyvinkää, Järvenpää, Kerava, Kirkkonummi, Nurmijärvi, Sipoo, Tuusula, and Vihti are includit, the number o inhabitants rises tae 1.2 million. Aw o the municipalities belang tae the region o Uusimaa, includin Sipoo, locatit on the coast east o Vantaa, which belangit tae Eastren Uusimaa.

Statistics Finland define the commuter belt o Helsinki (Helsingin työssäkäyntialue, Helsingfors pendlingsområde) tae include a total o 24 municipalities, with a land aurie o 7,359.80 km² an a population o 1,431,108 as o 31 December 2007. In addition tae that, there are fowk frae as far as Lahti an even Tampere commutin tae Helsinki daily.

Statistics

The table belaw leets population, aurie, an population density for the lairgest municipalities o the Greater Helsinki aurie. (Note that "Helsinki Metropolitan Aurie" an the ither terms uised are no firmly established an mey vary in different contexts.)

Municipality	Aurie	Population (2011)	Population density
Helsinki	213.75 km²	584,420	2,755.28/km²
Espoo	312,26 km²	248,355	795.35/km²
Vantaa	238.37 km²	200,410	840.75/km²
Kauniainen	5.88 km²	8,649	1,470.92/km²
Helsinki metropolitan aurie	770.26 km²	1,046,355	1,358.44/km²
Hyvinkää	322.62 km²	45,518	141.09/km²
Järvenpää	37.55 km²	38,674	1,029.93/km²
Kerava	30.62 km²	34,333	1,121.26/km²
Kirkkonummi	366.10 km²	36,965	100.97/km²
Nurmijärvi	361.84 km²	40,061	110.71/km²
Sipoo	339.62 km²	18,279	53.82/km²
Tuusula	219.51 km²	37,233	169.62/km²
Vihti	522.06 km²	28,357	54.32/km²
Mäntsälä	580.94 km²	19,959	34.36/km²
Ooter municipalities	2,780.76 km²	299,379	107.66/km²
Total : Greater Helsinki	3,551.02 km²	1,345,734	378.97/km²

See an aw

• Metropolitan aurie
• Leet o metropolitan auries in Europe
• Lairgest urban auries o the European Union
• Leet o metropolitan auries o Swaden

Freemit airtins

• Guide map o the Helsinki Region Archived 2013-01-06 at Archive.today
• ThisisFinland: Helsinki: A veritable mini-metropolis
• YTV, the Helsinki Metropolitan Aurie Cooncil Archived 2005-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Mercatin steid for the Helsinki Region
• Helsinki region portal