Helsinki – FI1B1

EU regions: Finland > Mainland Finland > Uusimaa > Helsinki

Helsinki slovensky: FI1B1

Demographics

From Wikipedia :

Helsinki ( HEL-sink-ee or hel-SINK-ee; Finnish: [ˈhelsiŋki] ; Swedish: Helsingfors, Finland Swedish: [helsiŋˈforːs] ) is the capital, largest and most populous city in Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the Uusimaa region in southern Finland and has a population of 673,011. The city's urban area has a population of 1,268,296, making it by far the most populous urban area in Finland and the country's most important centre for politics, education, finance, culture and research. Helsinki is located 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Tallinn, Estonia, 400 km (250 mi) east of Stockholm, Sweden, and 300 km (190 mi) west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It has close historical links with these three cities.

Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen – and surrounding commuter towns, including the neighbouring municipality of Sipoo to the east – Helsinki forms the Greater Helsinki Metropolitan Area. It has a population of over 1.5 million. Often considered Finland's only metropolis, it is the world's northernmost metropolitan area with over one million inhabitants and the northernmost capital of an EU member state. Helsinki is the third largest municipality in the Nordic countries after Stockholm and Oslo, and its urban area is the second largest in the Nordic countries after Stockholm. The official languages are Finnish and Swedish.

Other: Uusimaa, Helsinki

Neighbours: Kanta-Häme, Päijänne Tavastia, Kymenlaakso, Southwest Finland

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Helsinki – FI1B1, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PFI1B1, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164