Vantaa
Vantaa – Vanda | |
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City | |
| Vantaan kaupunki Vanda stad City of Vantaa | |
.jpg) Clockwise from top-left: Kielotorni in Tikkurila, Helsinki Airport, Sotunki, Flamingo and Jumbo shopping centers, the Church of St. Lawrence, Ostari shopping center in Martinlaakso, and the Vaarala Church. | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Vantaa in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°17′40″N 025°02′25″E / 60.29444°N 25.04028°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region |  Uusimaa |
| Sub-region | Helsinki sub-region |
| Metropolitan area | Helsinki metropolitan area |
| Charter | 1351 |
| Köping | 1972 |
| City | 1974 |
| Seat | Tikkurila |
| Major hubs | Aviapolis, Hakunila, Kivistö, Koivukylä, Korso, Myyrmäki |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ritva Viljanen[1] |
| • Deputy mayors | Martti Lipponen, Jukka T. Salminen, Juha-Veikko Nikulainen, Elina Lehto-Häggroth[1] |
| • Sector directors | Heidi Nygren, Juha-Veikko Nikulainen[1] |
| Area (2018-01-01)[2] | |
| • Total | 240.35 km2 (92.80 sq mi) |
| • Land | 238.38 km2 (92.04 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.97 km2 (0.76 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 250th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-08-31)[3] | |
| • Total | 250,073 |
| • Rank | 4th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 1,049.05/km2 (2,717.0/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 70.9% (official) |
| • Swedish | 2.2% (official) |
| • Others | 26.9% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 17.2% |
| • 15 to 64 | 67.3% |
| • 65 or older | 15.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Unemployment rate | 7.8% |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www |
Vantaa (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋɑntɑː]; Swedish: Vanda, Finland Swedish: [ˈvɑnːdɑ]) is a city in Finland. It is located to the north of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population of Vantaa is approximately 250,000. It is the 4th most populous municipality in Finland. Vantaa is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, which has approximately 1.6 million inhabitants.
The administrative centre of Vantaa is located in the Tikkurila district. Vantaa lies in Southern Finland and shares borders with Helsinki, the Finnish capital, to the south, Espoo to the southwest, Nurmijärvi to the northwest, Kerava and Tuusula to the north, and Sipoo to the east. The city covers a total area of 240.35 square kilometres (92.80 sq mi), of which 1.97 km2 (0.76 sq mi) is water.[2]
Vantaa's significant attractions include Vantaa River (Vantaanjoki), which runs through the city before flowing into the Gulf of Finland. The Helsinki Airport, situated in Vantaa, serves as the largest airport in Finland and the primary airline hub for the Helsinki metropolitan area. Companies headquartered in Vantaa comprise Finnair, Finavia, R-kioski, Tikkurila Oyj, Veikkaus, and Metsähallitus. Additionally, Vantaa is home to Heureka, a science center.
Vantaa is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 71% Finnish speakers, 2% Swedish speakers (the lowest percentage out of any bilingual municipality in Finland), and 27% speakers of other languages, which is well above the national average.
- ^ a b c "City of Vantaa – City Management". Vantaa.fi. 14 April 2011. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-09-24. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
- ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.