Espoo

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Espoo

Espoo – Esbo
Ceety
Espoon kaupunki
Esbo stad
Skyline o Espoo
Skyline o Espoo
Coat of airms o Espoo
Coat airms
Location o Espoo in Finland
Location o Espoo in Finland
Coordinates: 60°12′20″N 024°39′20″E / 60.20556°N 24.65556°E / 60.20556; 24.65556Coordinates: 60°12′20″N 024°39′20″E / 60.20556°N 24.65556°E / 60.20556; 24.65556
Kintra Finland
RegionUusimaa
Sub-regionGreater Helsinki
Chairter1458
Ceety1972
Govrenment
 • Ceety managerJukka Mäkelä
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total528.03 km2 (203.87 sq mi)
 • Laund312.26 km2 (120.56 sq mi)
 • Water215.88 km2 (83.35 sq mi)
Area rank230t lairgest in Finland
Population
 (2019-01-31)[2]
 • Total284,444
 • Rank2nt lairgest in Finland
 • Density910.92/km2 (2,359.3/sq mi)
Population bi native leid
 • Finnish83.6% (offeecial)
 • Swadish8.3% (offeecial)
 • Ithers8%
Population by age
 • 0 tae 1419.7%
 • 15 tae 6469.8%
 • 65 or aulder10.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]17.75%
Websitewww.espoo.fi (in Finnish) (in Swadish) (in Inglis)

Espoo (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈespoː]; Swadish: Esbo, [ˈɛsbo]) is the seicont lairgest ceety an municipality in Finland. The population o the ceety o Espoo is 234,930 (Mairch 31, 2010). It is pairt o the Helsinki Metropolitan Aurie alang wi the ceeties o Helsinki, Vantaa, an Kauniainen. Espoo shares its eastren mairch wi Helsinki an Vantaa, while enclosing Kauniainen. The day, Espoo is the anerlie municipality in Finland tae fully enclose anither municipality. The ceety is on the shore o the Gulf o Finland, in the region o Uusimaa.

Ither bordering municipalities o Espoo ar Nurmijärvi an Vihti in the north an Kirkkonummi in the wast. The naitional park o Nuuksio is situated in northwast Espoo.

Espoo encompasses 528 square kilometres (204 sq mi), o which 312 km2 (120 sq mi) is land.

Espoo haes several local regional centers. Espoo is sicweys dividit intae seiven major auries (Finnish: suuralueet, Swadish: storområden): Vanha-Espoo (wi administrative center), Suur-Espoonlahti, Pohjois-Espoo, Suur-Kauklahti, Suur-Leppävaara, Suur-Matinkylä an Suur-Tapiola.

The Helsinki University o Technology is based in Otaniemi, Espoo, alang wi a thriving science community that includes numerous startups an organisations sic as VTT – the Technical Research Center o Finland. Nokia, the telecommunications company, is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, alang wi ither heich-tech companies sic as KONE, Tekla an Fortum.

The ceety o Espoo is offeecially bilingual. The majority o the population speaks Finnish as thair mither tongue an thay staund at 83.6% o the population. The minority speaks Finland Swadish an thay staund at 8.3 percent o the population. Espoo's population that haes a first leid ither than Finnish or Swadish staund at 8% o the population.

Internaitional relations[eedit | eedit soorce]

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Finland

Twin touns – Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]

Espoo is twinned wi:

Notes[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. ↑ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
  2. ↑ "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 Mairch 2019.
  3. ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 Mairch 2009.
  4. ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2009.
  5. ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 Mairch 2011.


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