Helsinki
caipital ceety o Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helsinki (Swadish:Helsingfors (help·info)) is the caipital an lairgest ceety in Finland. It is in the soothren pairt o Finland, in the region o Uusimaa/Nyland, on the shore o the Guwf o Finland, bi the Baltic Sea. The population o the ceety o Helsinki is 665,558 (28 Februar 2023),[3] an urban population o 1,176,976 (31 December 2012)[6] an a metropolitan population o 1,361,506, makin it the maist populous municipality an urban aurie in Finland. Helsinki is locatit some 400 km (250 mi) east o Stockholm, Swaden, 300 km (190 mi) wast o Saunt Petersburg, Roushie an 80 km (50 mi) north o Tallinn, Estonie. Helsinki haes close connections wi thir three ceeties.
Helsinki Helsinki – Helsingfors | |
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Ceety | |
Helsingin kaupunki Helsingfors stad | |
Frae top-left: Helsinki Cathedral, Suomenlinna, Senate Square, Aurinkolahti beach, Ceety Haw | |
Eik-name(s): Stadi, Hesa[1] | |
Location o Helsinki in Finland | |
Coordinates: 60°10′15″N 024°56′15″E | |
Kintra | Finland |
Region | Uusimaa |
Sub-region | Helsinki |
Chairter | 1550 |
Caipital ceety | 1812 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Juhana Vartiainen |
Area (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Ceety | 715.48 km2 (276.25 sq mi) |
• Laund | 213.75 km2 (82.53 sq mi) |
• Water | 501.74 km2 (193.72 sq mi) |
• Urban | 672.08 km2 (259.49 sq mi) |
• Metro | 3697.52 km2 (1,427.62 sq mi) |
Area rank | 258t lairgest in Finland |
Population (2023-02-28)[3] | |
• Ceety | 665,558 |
• Rank | Lairgest in Finland |
• Density | 3113.72/km2 (8,064.5/sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,231,595 |
• Urban density | 1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,559,558 |
• Metro density | 421.8/km2 (1,092/sq mi) |
Population bi native leid | |
• Finnish | 7,001,843,000,000,000,000♠84.3% (offeecial) |
• Swadish | 7,000,610,000,000,000,000♠6.1% (offeecial) |
• Ithers | 7,000,960,000,000,000,000♠9.6% |
Population by age | |
• 0 tae 14 | 7,001,137,000,000,000,000♠13.7% |
• 15 tae 64 | 7,001,720,000,000,000,000♠72% |
• 65 or aulder | 7,001,143,000,000,000,000♠14.3% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Website | www.hel.fi |
The municipality o Helsinki forms the hert o the Helsinki metropolitan aurie an Greater Helsinki aurie. Ower ane million fowk live in the Helsinki metropolitan aurie, which includes the ceety o Helsinki an three ither ceeties. Twa o thir ceeties, Espoo an Vantaa, immediately mairch Helsinki tae the wast an north. Kauniainen, the third ceety, is a enclave athin the ceety o Espoo. The Helsinki metropolitan aurie is the northmaist urban aurie on Yird wi a population o ower 1 million fowk, an the ceety is the northmaist caipital o a EU member state. Aathegither 1.3 million fowk live in the Greater Helsinki aurie, which includes the aforementioned ceeties an 9 suburban satellite touns. Approximately 1 in 4 Finns live in the Greater Helsinki aurie.
Helsinki is Finland's major poleetical, eddicational, feenancial, cultural an research centre. Helsinki is a important regional ceety on the Easter Seas an northren Europe an aw. Approximately 70% o foreign companies operatin in Finland hae settled in the Helsinki region.