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The Greater Helsinki (Finnish: Suur-Helsinki, Swedish: Storhelsingfors), or the Helsinki metropolitan area, consists of the cities of Helsinki capital region and ten surrounding municipalities: Hyvinkää, Järvenpää, Kerava, Kirkkonummi, Nurmijärvi, Sipoo, Tuusula, Pornainen, Mäntsälä and Vihti.
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Helsinki is the capital of Finland and is its largest city. It was founded in the Middle Ages to be a Swedish rival to other ports on the Gulf of Finland , but it remained a small fishing village for over two centuries.
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Helsinki is the largest city in Finland. 604,380 (31.12.2012) people live in Helsinki, and 1,360,000 live in the Helsinki metropolitan area . Helsinki is in the south of Finland, on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. The city is in the Uusimaa region.
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Helsinki is the capital and most populous city in Finland. It is located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and serves as the seat of the Uusimaa region in southern Finland. Approximately 0.67 million people live in the municipality, with 1.25 million in the capital region, and 1.58 million in the metropolitan area.
Two of the three largest cities in Finland are situated in the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area—Helsinki and Espoo. In the largest cities of Finland, Tampere holds the third place after Helsinki and Espoo while also Helsinki-neighbouring Vantaa is the fourth.
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Oct 31, 2023 · 31.10.2023. Helsinki is the capital of Finland. It is located in southern Finland on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. Helsinki is the administrative centre of the country: it is where the Parliament of Finland convenes and where the ministries are located. Helsinki is also an important hub of business and culture.
Helsinki-nimen alkuperä. Keskiajalla, niin sanotun toisen ristiretken jälkeen, ruotsalaisten kolonisaatio ulottui myös Uudellemaalle. 1630-luvulla esitetyn käsityksen mukaan Helsingin seudun siirtolaiset olisivat tulleet 1200-luvun puolivälin tienoilla Keski-Ruotsista Hälsinglandin maakunnasta, ja Vantaanjokea olisi ryhdytty uudisasukkaiden mukaan kutsumaan nimellä Helsingå, mistä ...