Sipoo
| Sipoo Sipoo – Sibbo |
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| Sipoon kunta Sibbo kommun |
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| Coordinates: 60°22.5′N 025°16′E / 60.375°N 25.267°E | |||
| Kintra | Finland | ||
| Region | Uusimaa | ||
| Sub-region | Greater Helsinki | ||
| Chairter | 1425 | ||
| Seat | Nikkilä | ||
| Govrenment | |||
| - Chairman o the municipal board | Eero Seppänen | ||
| - Chairman o the municipal assembly | Christel Liljeström | ||
| - Municipal manager | Markku Luoma | ||
| Aurie(2011-01-01)[1] | |||
| - Tot | 698.59 km2 (269.7 sq mi) | ||
| - Laund | 339.62 km2 (131.1 sq mi) | ||
| - Watter | 358.97 km2 (138.6 sq mi) | ||
| Aurie rank | 177t lairgest in Finland | ||
| Indwallers (2012-09-30)[2] | |||
| - Tot | 18,776 | ||
| - Rank | 62nt lairgest in Finland | ||
| - Densitie | 0/km2 (0/sq mi) | ||
| Population bi native leid[3] | |||
| - Finnish | Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".% (official) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| - Simmer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Wabsteid | www.sipoo.fi | ||
Sipoo (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsipoː], Swadish: Sibbo) is a municipality o Finland. Its seat is in Nikkilä/Nickby. It is the eastren neighbour o Helsinki an is locatit in the Uusimaa region. The municipality haes a population o 18,279 (31 Januar 2011) an covers an aurie o 698.59 square kilometres (269.73 sq mi) o which 358.97 km2 (138.60 sq mi) is watter.[1] The population density is 53.82 inhabitants per square kilometre (139.4 sq mi).
The ance amaist completely Swadish-speakin municipality is syne 1953 bilingual, a majority being Finnish speakers syne 2003, due tae migration frae ither pairts o Finland. The day the Finnish-speakin majority staunds for ca 60% an the Swadish-speakin minority for aboot 39% o the population.[3]
On 16 Juin 2006, the Sipoo toun cooncil decidit on a strategy tae triple the municipality's population ower the next 25 years. The decision wis made efter Helsinki annoonced plans tae annex a pairt o the municipality in order tae continue tae build heich-end urbanizations in the coastline (an thus heich-tax revenue producin). The Finnish Cooncil o State votit in favour o the annexation on 18 Juin 2007, wi votes 8 tae 4.[4] Sipoo disputit this an appealed the Supreme Admeenistrative Court but the court upheld the decision o the Cooncil o State[5] an the annexation teuk place on 1 Januar 2009. As Helsinki did no directly border Sipoo at ony point, the ceety o Vantaa cedit the aurie lain atween Helsinki an Sipoo tae Helsinki in the process.
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References [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Area by municipality as of 1 Januar 2011 (Finnish an Swadish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved on Error: Invalid time.. .
- ↑ VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.09.2012 (Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved on 17 October 2012. .
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 Dizember 2008. Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved on Error: Invalid time.. .
- ↑ “Hallitus hyväksyi Sipoo-liitoksen”, YLE Uutiset, Yleisradio Oy, 2007-06-28. Retrieved on 25 Januar 2009.. (Finnish)
- ↑ Supreme Administrative Court Precedent KHO:2008:1, ruled on January 15, 2008 (Finnish)
Freemit airtins [edit]
Media relatit tae Sipoo at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality o Sipoo – Offeecial wabsteid
- Picturs
- Map o Sipoo
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