Vantaa

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 Vantaa – Vanda
Ceety
Vantaan kaupunki Vanda stad
Coat airms
Location o Vantaa in Finland
Coordinates: 60°17′40″N 025°02′25″E
Kintra	Finland
Region	Uusimaa
Sub-region	Greater Helsinki
Chairter	1351
Ceety	1974
Govrenment
• Ceety manager	Kari Nenonen
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	240.35 km2 (92.80 sq mi)
• Laund	238.37 km2 (92.04 sq mi)
• Water	1.97 km2 (0.76 sq mi)
Area rank	250t lairgest in Finland
Population  (2023-02-28)[2]
• Total	243,496
• Rank	4t lairgest in Finland
• Density	1021.5/km2 (2,646/sq mi)
Population bi native leid [3]
• Finnish	7,001,886,000,000,000,000♠88.6% (offeecial)
• Swadish	7,000,300,000,000,000,000♠3% (offeecial)
• Ithers	7,000,840,000,000,000,000♠8.4%
Population by age [4]
• 0 tae 14	7,001,185,000,000,000,000♠18.5%
• 15 tae 64	7,001,705,000,000,000,000♠70.5%
• 65 or aulder	7,001,111,000,000,000,000♠11.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Unemployment rate	7.8%
Website	www.vantaa.fi

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

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

Location

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

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

Climate diagram

Demographics

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

Companies that hae thair heidquarters in Vantaa (at the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport) include Finnair, Finavia, Air Finland an Blue1.^[5][6][7]

Internaitional relations

Twin touns an sister ceeties

Vantaa is twinned wi:

Askim, Norawa (1951) Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany (1987) Huddinge, Swaden (1951) Jinan, Cheenae (2001) Kineshma, Roushie (1969)

Kongens Lyngby, Denmark (1951) Matte Yehuda Regional Cooncil, Israel (1967) Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic (1978) Nuuk, Greenland (1965)

Destrict o Rastatt, Germany (1968) Salgótarján, Hungary (1976) Seyðisfjörður, Iceland (1980) Słupsk, Poland (1987)

Mayors

• Lauri Lairala 1974–1989
• Pirjo Ala-Kapee 1989–1997
• Erkki Rantala 1997–2003
• Juhani Paajanen 2003-

Science centre Heureka

Cultur

Muisic

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

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

1. "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. http://www.finavia.fi/about_finavia/contact Archived 2010-02-17 at the Wayback Machine Contact Information]." Finavia. Retrieved on 15 February 2010.
6. "Oy Air Finland Ltd in English." Air Finland. Retrieved on 25 February 2010.
7. "Privacy Policy Archived 2012-03-10 at the Wayback Machine

Freemit airtins

Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Vantaa.

• City of Vantaa – Offeecial wabsteid
• Map o Vantaa
• The Finnish Science Center
• Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport
• Vantaa Ceety Museum Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Helsinki.fi – Helsinki region in a nutshell