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Vantaa – Vanda
Ceety
Vantaan kaupunki
Vanda stad
Coat of airms o Vantaa
Coat airms
Location o Vantaa in Finland
Location o Vantaa in Finland
Coordinates: 60°17′40″N 025°02′25″E / 60.29444°N 25.04028°E / 60.29444; 25.04028Coordinates: 60°17′40″N 025°02′25″E / 60.29444°N 25.04028°E / 60.29444; 25.04028
Kintra Finland
RegionUusimaa
Sub-regionGreater Helsinki
Chairter1351
Ceety1974
Govrenment
 • Ceety managerKari Nenonen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total240.35 km2 (92.80 sq mi)
 • Laund238.37 km2 (92.04 sq mi)
 • Water1.97 km2 (0.76 sq mi)
Area rank250t lairgest in Finland
Population
 (2023-02-28)[2]
 • Total243,496
 • Rank4t lairgest in Finland
 • Density1021.5/km2 (2,646/sq mi)
Population bi native leid
 • Finnish88.6% (offeecial)
 • Swadish3% (offeecial)
 • Ithers8.4%
Population by age
 • 0 tae 1418.5%
 • 15 tae 6470.5%
 • 65 or aulder11.1%
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Unemployment rate7.8%
Websitewww.vantaa.fi

Vantaa (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋɑntɑː]; Swadish: Vanda) is a ceety an municipality in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo, an Kauniainen mak up the Greater Helsinki aurie.

Vantaa, wi its population o 200,410 (31 Januar 2011), is the fowert maist muckle ceety o Finland. The biggest airport in Finland, the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, is locatit thare. It an aa hosts a science centre, Heureka.

The ceety is bilingual, wi a majority (88.6 %) bein Finnish an minority (3%) Swadish speakers. Vantaa's residents that speak a native leid ither than Finnish or Swadish staund at 8.4% o the population.

History

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The name Vantaa wis taken intae uise in 1972 whan the municipality gained mercat toun richts. The first record o the aurie is as Helsinge in 1351 whan keeng Magnus II o Swaden grantit salmon fishin richts on the river Vantaa tae the Estonian Padise monastery. The municipality wis ance kent as Helsingin maalaiskunta "Rural municipality o Helsinki". The rapids o river Vantaa wur kent as Helsingfors, frae which the current Swadish name o Helsinki derives. In 1972, the municipality wis renamed Vantaa/Vanda an promotit tae a mercat toun (i.e. Vantaan kauppala/Vanda köping), an in 1974, feenally renamed Vantaan kaupunki/Vanda stad "Ceety o Vantaa".

Geography

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Location

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Vantaa encompasses 240.34 square kilometres (92.80 sq mi), o which 1.97 km2 (0.76 sq mi) is watter.[1] Population density is 840.75 /km2 (2,177.5 /sq mi). It borders Helsinki, the Finnish caipital, which is tae the sooth an soothwast. Ither neighbourin municipalities are Espoo tae the wast, Nurmijärvi, Kerava an Tuusula tae the north an Sipoo tae the east.

Subdiveesion

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Main airticle: Destricts o Vantaa

Vantaa is dividit intae seiven destricts (Finnish: palvelualueet, Swadish: storområden): Myyrmäki (Myrbacka), Tikkurila (Dickursby), Hakunila (Håkansböle), Korso, Koivukylä (Björkby) an Aviapolis.

Climate

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Climate diagram
Climate diagram

Demographics

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Demographic evolution
Year Population
1805 4 840
1865 6 974
1880 7 819
1890 8 865
1900 11 110
1910 18 321
1920 22 368
1930 23 558
1940 31 511
1950 14 976
1960 41 906
1970 72 215
1980 129 918
1990 152 263
2000 176 386
2007 190 058
2010 200 029

Economy

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Companies that hae thair heidquarters in Vantaa (at the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport) include Finnair, Finavia, Air Finland an Blue1.[6][7][8]

Internaitional relations

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Twin touns an sister ceeties

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Vantaa is twinned wi:

Mayors

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Science centre Heureka

Cultur

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Muisic

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Vantaa Chamber Choir comes frae Vantaa. Its albums includes fowk sangs an poems frae Kalevala. Ankkarock is a rock muisic festival held ivery simmer in Korso syne 1989.

Museums

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Tikkurila is hame o the major science centre in Finland, Heureka. In addition thare is the ceety museum next tae the railway station in Tikkurila. The museum is hoosed in the auldest station biggin in Finland, designed bi Carl Albert Edelfelt an completit in 1861. Thare are exhibitions wi various themes on local history.

References

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  1. ↑ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
  2. ↑ "Preliminar population structur bi aurie, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 Apryle 2023.
  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. ↑ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Admeenistration o Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 Mey 2023.
  6. ↑ http://www.finavia.fi/about_finavia/contact Archived 2010-02-17 at the Wayback Machine Contact Information]." Finavia. Retrieved on 15 February 2010.
  7. ↑ "Oy Air Finland Ltd in English." Air Finland. Retrieved on 25 February 2010.
  8. ↑ "Privacy Policy Archived 2012-03-10 at the Wayback Machine

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