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Greater Helsinki
Greater Helsinki (Finnish: Helsingin seutu,
Suur-Helsinki, Swedish: Helsingforsregionen, Greater Helsinki
Storhelsingfors) is the metropolitan area Helsingin seutu –
surrounding Helsinki, the capital city of Finland.
Helsingforsregionen
It includes the smaller Capital Region
(Pääkaupunkiseutu, Huvudstadsregionen) Metropolitan area
urban area.

The smaller Capital Region consists of the

central cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo, and
Kauniainen and has a population of
approximately 1.21 million. The Greater Helsinki
region is the largest urbanised area in the
country with 1,536,810[1] inhabitants and is by
far the most important economic, cultural, and
scientific region of Finland. Five out of Finland's
14 universities[note 1] and most of the
headquarters of notable companies and
governmental institutions are located in Greater
Helsinki, as is Finland's main airline hub and
airport, Helsinki Airport, which is located in
Vantaa.

These regions are located in the south of Country Finland

Finland, on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, Region Uusimaa
which is part of the Baltic Sea. They area a part Seat Helsinki
of the region of Uusimaa.
Area
The term "Helsinki Metropolitan Area" and the • Land 3,697.52 km2 (1,427.62 sq mi)
other terms used are not firmly established and • Capital 770.26 km2 (297.40 sq mi)
may vary in different contexts. Greater Helsinki Region
is sometimes incorrectly called (the) Helsinki Population (2021-12-31)
Region due to an incorrect direct translation of • Total 1,536,810
the Finnish and Swedish terms Helsingin seutu • Density 415.6/km2 (1,076/sq mi)
and Helsingforsregionen. • Capital 1,205,835
Region
Website www.helsinkiregion.fi (http://ww
Contents w.helsinkiregion.fi/www/HS/en)

Terminology
Capital Region
Greater Helsinki
Other definitions
Statistics
See also

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Notes
References
External links

Terminology

Capital Region

In the strictest sense, the Finnish Capital Region consists of four municipalities with city title,
Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen, whose total population is about 1.1 million (2014).
This area is most often called the Capital region in English, Pääkaupunkiseutu in Finnish, and
Huvudstadsregionen in Swedish, although the use of the terms is not especially consistent. The
vast majority of the inhabitants live in the urban areas of the cities, but within the boundaries of
these cities there are also suburban and rural areas.

Greater Helsinki

Commonly about ten more municipalities are considered to be part of Greater Helsinki, as they
can be considered to be commuter towns and exurbs of Helsinki. When Hyvinkää, Järvenpää,
Kerava, Kirkkonummi, Nurmijärvi, Sipoo, Tuusula, Mäntsälä, Pornainen and Vihti are included,
the number of inhabitants rises to 1.4 million. All of the municipalities belong to the region of
Uusimaa. Of these, Järvenpää, Kerava, Tuusula, Nurmijärvi, Sipoo, Kirkkonummi, Mäntsälä
and Vihti have parts of the urban area within them. Additionally, the cities of Porvoo, Lohja,
and to some extent Riihimäki, which have very close ties, motorway and (in the case of
Riihimäki) commuter train accesses, and are fairly close to the capital, are nowadays often
included in regional planning, which raises the total population to about 1,550,000.

Other definitions

As a part of the "Urban audit" project, Eurostat has attempted to standardise the concept of a
'metropolitan area'. According to this study the Metropolitan area of Helsinki consists of the
kernel of Helsinki: Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, and Kauniainen. The Helsinki Larger Urban Area
(Helsingin seutu in Finnish) consists of 12 cities and municipalities: the kernel of Helsinki and
the aforementioned eight municipalities.[2]

Statistics Finland define the commuter belt of Helsinki (Helsingin työssäkäyntialue,

Helsingfors pendlingsområde) to include a total of 24 municipalities, with a land area of
7,359.80 km2 and a population of 1,431,108 as of 31 December 2007.[3][4] In addition to that,
there are people from as far as Lahti and even Tampere commuting to Helsinki daily.

Statistics Finland also defines the Helsinki urban area according to the official Finnish definion
of an urban area (taajama in Finnish). Urban areas in Finland are defined as inhabited areas of
at least 200 people with a maximum distance of 200 metres (660 ft) between buildings.[5][6]
The Helsinki urban area is the largest of its kind in Finland, and encompasses land throughout
Greater Helsinki, with notable gaps around forests and other less-densely populated areas.

Statistics

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The table below lists population, area, and population density for the largest municipalities of
the Greater Helsinki area. (Note that "Helsinki Metropolitan Area" and the other terms used are
not firmly established and may vary in different contexts.) The commuter towns of Lohja and
Porvoo are not usually included, though, if they were (considering their proximity to Helsinki
and their high commuting rate), they would raise the overall population above 1.5 million
people. Hyvinkää, Järvenpää, Nurmijärvi, Tuusula, Mäntsälä and Pornainen, which have been
designated as municipalities in Central Uusimaa in recent decades, have shown clear population
growth due to their urban but also loose rural environment. These are also known as "Kuuma-
kunnat" (literally means "hot municipalities").[7]

Municipality Area Population Population density

(2021-12-31)

Helsinki 213.75 km² 658,864 3,082.4/km²

Espoo 312.26 km² 297,354 952.26/km²

Vantaa 238.37 km² 239,216 1,003.55/km²

Kauniainen 5.88 km² 10,401 1,768.88/km²

Capital region 770.26 km² 1,205,835 1,565.49/km²

Hyvinkää 322.62 km² 46,858 145.24/km²

Mäntsälä 580.84 km² 20,839 35.88/km²

Pornainen 146.50 km² 5,066 34.58/km²

Järvenpää 37.55 km² 45,237 1,204.71/km²

Kerava 30.62 km² 37,244 1,216.33/km²

Kirkkonummi 366.10 km² 40,441 110.46/km²

Nurmijärvi 361.84 km² 44,136 121.98/km²

Sipoo 339.62 km² 22,186 65.33/km²

Tuusula 219.51 km² 39,727 180.98/km²

Vihti 522.06 km² 29,241 56.01/km²

Commuter towns 2,927.26 km² 330,975 113.07/km²

Metropolitan area (Greater Helsinki) 3,697.52 km² 1,536,810 415.63/km²

See also
▪ Helsinki Metropolitan Area Libraries
▪ Metropolitan area
▪ Largest European metropolitan areas
▪ Largest metropolitan areas in the Nordic countries
▪ List of urban areas in the Nordic countries
▪ Largest urban areas of the European Union
▪ Helsinki urban area
▪ Greater Tampere

Notes

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1. These are Aalto University, the University of Helsinki, the University of the Arts Helsinki, the
Hanken School of Economics, and the National Defence University.

References
1. "City information and statistics" (http://www.helsinginseutu.fi/hki/HS/The+Region+of+Helsink
i/City+information+and+statistics). www.helsinginseutu.fi. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
2. http://circa.europa.eu/Public/irc/dsis/urbstat/library?l=/urban_audit_reports
/urban_audit_2006/final_reportpdf_18/_EN_1.0_&a=d
3. Statistics Finland; Population by sex, area and change of population 31.12.2007; Commuter
belts and municipalities 2008 (http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/Varvalagg.asp?ma=010%5Fvaera
k%5Ftau%5F123%5Fsv&ti=Folkm%E4ngd+efter+k%F6n+och+omr%E5de+samt+f%F6r%E
4ndringen+av+folkm%E4ngden+31%2E12%2E2007&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/
&lang=2&xu=&yp=&nr=1&aggfile(1)=%2D+Pendlingsomr%E5der+och+kommuner+2008&pr
evagg=NNN&mapname=&multilang=sv) In Swedish, table unavailable in English. Accessed
on 2008-09-08.
4. National Land Survey of Finland; pdf-file 'Pinta-alatilasto', downloadable from page. (http://w
ww.maanmittauslaitos.fi/ru/default.asp?id=0&docid=3444) Archived (https://archive.today/20
110520060500/http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/ru/default.asp?id=0&docid=3444)
2011-05-20 at archive.today Areas of municipalities in Finland. Accessed on 2008-09-08.
5. "Taajamissa asuu 84 prosenttia väestöstä" (http://www.stat.fi/ajk/tiedotteet/v2008/tiedote_00
1_2008-01-15.html). Statistics Finland (in Finnish). 15 January 2008. Retrieved 20 February
2017.
6. Facta (encyclopedia) part 16, page 203, finnish
7. Kuuma.fi (https://www.kuuma.fi/)

External links
▪ ThisisFinland: Helsinki: A veritable mini-metropolis (http://finland.fi/public/default.aspx?conte
ntid=160092&contentlan=2&culture=en-US)
▪ HSL, Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (https://www.hsl.fi/en)

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