Vantaa (Finnish pronunciation:; Swadish: Vanda) is a ceety an municipality in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo, an Kauniainen mak up the Greater Helsinki aurie.
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. 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
Vantaa is dividit intae seiven destricts (Finnish: palvelualueet, Swadish: storområden): Myyrmäki (Myrbacka), Tikkurila (Dickursby), Hakunila (Håkansböle), Korso, Koivukylä (Björkby) an Aviapolis.
Climate
Demographics
| 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.
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-
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.
Freemit airtins
- City of Vantaa– Offeecial wabsteid
- Archived 2021-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- 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