Vantaa (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋɑntɑː]; Swedish: Vanda) is a city and municipality in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen make up the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.
Vantaa, with its population of 203,177 (31 January 2012), is the fourth most populated city of Finland. The biggest airport in Finland, the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, is located there. It also hosts a science centre, Heureka.
The city is bilingual, with a majority (88.6 %) be...
More
Vantaa (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋɑntɑː]; Swedish: Vanda) is a city and municipality in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen make up the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.
Vantaa, with its population of 203,177 (31 January 2012), is the fourth most populated city of Finland. The biggest airport in Finland, the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, is located there. It also hosts a science centre, Heureka.
The city is bilingual, with a majority (88.6 %) being Finnish speakers and minority (3%) speakers of Finland Swedish. Vantaa's residents that speak a native language other than Finnish or Swedish stand at 8.4% of the population.
Vantaa encompasses 240.34 square kilometres (92.80 sq mi), of which 1.97 km (0.76 sq mi) is water. Population density is 852.36 /km (2,207.6 /sq mi). It borders Helsinki, the Finnish capital, which is to the south and southwest. Other neighbouring municipalities are Espoo to the west, Nurmijärvi, Kerava and Tuusula to the north and Sipoo to the east.
Vantaa is divided...
Less
