Sipoo

Sipoo (Template:IPA-fi, 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. 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.

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. Sipoo disputit this an appealed the Supreme Admeenistrative Court but the court upheld the decision o the Cooncil o State 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.

Twin touns

• Aurskog-Høland, Norawa
• Frederikssund, Denmark
• Kumla, Swaden
• Kuusalu, Estonie

See an aw

• Sibbesborg

Freemit airtins

Media relatit tae Sipoo at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Sipoo – Official website
• Pictures
• Map of Sipoo