Espoo

Espoo Espoo–Esbo
Ceety
Espoon kaupunki Esbo stad
Skyline o Espoo
Coat airms
Location o Espoo in Finland
Coordinates:60°12′20″N024°39′20″E
Kintra	Finland
Region	Uusimaa
Sub-region	Greater Helsinki
Chairter	1458
Ceety	1972
Govrenment
•Ceety manager	Jukka Mäkelä
Area (2018-01-01)
• Total	528.03 km2(203.87 sq mi)
• Laund	312.26 km2(120.56 sq mi)
• Water	215.88 km2(83.35 sq mi)
Area rank	230t lairgestin Finland
Population (2023-02-28)
• Total	306,792
• Rank	2nt lairgestin Finland
• Density	982.49/km2(2,544.6/sq mi)
Population bi native leid
•Finnish	7,001,836,009,999,900,000♠83.6% (offeecial)
•Swadish	7,000,830,000,000,000,000♠8.3% (offeecial)
• Ithers	7,000,800,000,000,000,000♠8%
Population by age
• 0 tae 14	7,001,197,000,000,000,000♠19.7%
• 15 tae 64	7,001,698,000,000,000,000♠69.8%
• 65 or aulder	7,001,105,000,000,000,000♠10.5%
Time zone	UTC+2(EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3(EEST)
Website	www.espoo.fi(in Finnish)(in Swadish)(in Inglis)

Espoo(Finnish pronunciation:[ˈespoː];Swadish:Esbo,[ˈɛsbo]) is the seicont lairgestceetyanmunicipalityinFinland.The population o the ceety o Espoo is 234,930 (Mairch 31, 2010). It is pairt o theHelsinki Metropolitan Auriealang wi the ceeties oHelsinki,Vantaa,anKauniainen.Espoo shares its eastren mairch wi Helsinki an Vantaa, while enclosing Kauniainen. The day, Espoo is the anerlie municipality in Finland tae fully enclose anither municipality. The ceety is on the shore o theGulf o Finland,in the region oUusimaa.

Ither bordering municipalities o Espoo arNurmijärvianVihtiin the north anKirkkonummiin the wast. Thenaitional parkoNuuksiois situated in northwast Espoo.

Espoo encompasses 528 square kilometres (204 sq mi), o which 312 km2 (120 sq mi) is land.

Espoo haes several local regional centers. Espoo is sicweys dividit intae seiven major auries (Finnish:suuralueet,Swadish:storområden):Vanha-Espoo(wiadministrative center),Suur-Espoonlahti,Pohjois-Espoo,Suur-Kauklahti,Suur-Leppävaara,Suur-MatinkyläanSuur-Tapiola.

TheHelsinki University o Technologyis based inOtaniemi,Espoo, alang wi a thriving science community that includes numerous startups an organisations sic asVTT– the Technical Research Center o Finland.Nokia,the telecommunications company, is headquartered inKeilaniemi,Espoo, alang wi ither heich-tech companies sic asKONE,TeklaanFortum.

The ceety o Espoo is offeeciallybilingual.The majority o the population speaksFinnishas thair mither tongue an thay staund at 83.6% o the population. The minority speaksFinland Swadishan thay staund at 8.3 percent o the population. Espoo's population that haes afirst leidither than Finnish or Swadish staund at 8% o the population.

Internaitional relations

Relatit page:Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Finland

Twin touns – Sister ceeties

Espoo istwinnedwi:

Esztergom,Hungary Gatchina,Roushie Irving, Texas,Unitit States Køge,Denmark Mumbai,Indie Kongsberg,Norawa

Kristianstad,Swaden Nõmme,Estonie Sauðárkrókur,Iceland Shanghai,Cheenae Sochi,Roushie