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Vantaa

Vantaa (; ) is a city

List of cities and towns in Finland

This is a 'list of towns in Finland'. In the year 1977 the juridical difference between cities, towns and Municipalities of Finland were removed. Today only municipalities are recognized, some of which are commonly referred to as towns ....
and municipality

Municipalities of Finland

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in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
. Helsinki

Helsinki

Espoo

Espoo is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland of Finland. With a population of approximately it is the second most populated city in Finland....
, and Kauniainen

Kauniainen

Kauniainen is a small List of cities and towns in Finland and a Municipalities of Finland of inhabitants in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Finland....
make up the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.

Vantaa, with its population of , is the fourth most populated city of Finland. The biggest airport in Finland, the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport

Helsinki-Vantaa Airport

Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in Vantaa, Finland, is the main airport of the Helsinki metropolitan region and the whole of Finland. It is located about from the center of Vantaa, Tikkurila, and from the Helsinki city centre....
, is located there. It also hosts a science centre, Heureka

Heureka

Heureka is a science center in Vantaa, Finland, north of Helsinki. Its purpose is to facilitate the access to scientific knowledge and to develop the methods of scientific education....
.

Vantaa is known for being the birthplace of the famous Finnish race driver Mika Häkkinen

Mika Häkkinen

Mika Pauli H?kkinen is a Finland auto racing and two-time Formula One champion. He was Michael Schumacher's greatest rival in F1. The German has said himself that H?kkinen is the rival he respected the most during his Formula One career....
. Mika Salo

Mika Salo

Mika Juhani Salo is a Finnish racing driver. He competed in Formula One between and . His best ranking was 10th in the world championship in 1999....
, another car racer, has also lived there in the district of Martinlaakso

Martinlaakso

Martinlaakso is a district in Vantaa, Finland. The Districts of Vantaa is similar to others in the region. Martinlaakso has its own train station, medical center, several shopping areas and an elementary-, middle- and High School....
.

In addition there is the city museum next to the railway station

Tikkurila railway station

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Vantaa (; ) is a city

List of cities and towns in Finland

Municipalities of Finland

||-||}The municipalities represent the local level of administration in Finland and act as the fundamental administrative units of the country....
in Finland

Finland

Helsinki

Espoo

Espoo is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland of Finland. With a population of approximately it is the second most populated city in Finland....
, and Kauniainen

Kauniainen

Helsinki-Vantaa Airport

Heureka

Mika Häkkinen

Mika Salo

Martinlaakso

Tikkurila railway station

Tikkurila railway station is located in Tikkurila, the administrative centre of Vantaa in the Helsinki metropolitan area. It is located approximately from Helsinki Central railway station and from Helsinki-Vantaa airport....
in Tikkurila. The museum is housed in the oldest station building in Finland, designed by Carl Albert Edelfelt and completed in 1861. There are exhibitions with various themes on local history.

Geography

Location

Vantaa encompasses , of which is water. Population density is . It borders Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the Capital and largest List of cities and towns in Finland of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea....
, the Finnish capital, which is to the south and southwest. Other neighbouring municipalities are Espoo

Espoo

Espoo is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland of Finland. With a population of approximately it is the second most populated city in Finland....
to the west, Nurmijärvi

Nurmijärvi

Nurmij?rvi is the most populated rural municipalities of Finland of Finland, located north of the Capital Helsinki.The proximity to Helsinki has led to a considerable growth of the major villages such as Klaukkala and Rajam?ki, which nowadays are considered dormitory towns of Helsinki....
, Kerava

Kerava

Kerava is a cities of Finland and municipalities of Finland in Finland.It is located in the provinces of Finland of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa regions of Finland....
and Tuusula

Tuusula

Tuusula , is a municipalities of Finland of Finland. It belongs to the Helsinki sub-region of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of ...
to the north and Sipoo

Sipoo

Sipoo is a municipalities of Finland of Finland. Its seat is in Nikkil?.It is the eastern neighbour of Helsinki and is located in the provinces of Finland of Southern Finland and is part of the Eastern Uusimaa regions of Finland....
to the east.

Subdivision

Vantaa is divided into 5 districts (finn. palvelualue): Tikkurila

Tikkurila

Tikkurila is a Districts of Vantaa of the Municipalities of Finland of Vantaa, Finland. Located in the eastern half of the Greater Helsinki, some 16 km north of the capital's downtown district, it is the administrative and commercial hub of Vantaa, although Myyrm?ki is a rival shopping centre within the municipality and Helsinki itself exert...
, Korso-Koivukylä, Hakunila

Hakunila

Hakunila , is a town located within eastern Vantaa, a city in southern Finland bordering Helsinki. It has a population of 10,936, and a population density of 3,645/km?....
, Myyrmäki

Myyrmäki

Myyrm?ki is a district of the city of Vantaa, Finland. The district has an area of 2.7 square kilometers and a population of about 14,500. It is home to Myyrmanni, a large shopping complex....
and Martinlaakso

Martinlaakso

History

The name Vantaa was taken into use in 1972 when the municipality gained market town

Market town

Market town or market right is a law term, originating in the medieval period, for a European settlement that has the right to host Market, distinguishing them from villages and city....
rights. The first record of the area is as Helsinge in 1351 when king Magnus II of Sweden granted salmon

Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of fish of the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the family are called trout,the difference is often attributed to the migratory life of the salmon as compared to the residential behaviour of trout, this holds true for the Atlantic salmon....
fishing rights on the river Vantaa to the Estonia

Estonia

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n Padise monastery

Monastery

Monastery , a term derived from the Greek language word ???ast?????, neut. of ???ast????? - monasterios denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of Monk, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in Cenobium or alone ....
. The municipality was formerly known as Helsingin maalaiskunta "Rural municipality of Helsinki". The rapids of river Vantaa were known as Helsingfors, from which the current Swedish name of Helsinki derives. In 1972, the municipality was renamed Vantaa and promoted to a market town (i.e. Vantaan kauppala), and in 1974, finally renamed Vantaan kaupunki "City of Vantaa".

On October 11, 2002, the city was shocked by the explosion of a bomb

Bomb

A bomb is any of a range of explosive devices that typically rely on the exothermic chemical reaction of an explosive material to produce an extremely sudden and violent release of energy....
in the local Myyrmanni shopping centre

Shopping mall

File:Nordstrom wing , Pentagon City Mall.jpgA shopping mall or shopping centre is a building or set of buildings which contain retail units, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit....
, killing 7, including the bomber, a 19-year-old chemistry student from the Espoo-Vantaa Institute of Technology (see Myyrmanni bombing

Myyrmanni bombing

The Myyrmanni bombing took place on October 11, 2002 in the Myyrm?ki, Vantaa, Finland, in Greater Helsinki, in the local Myyrmanni shopping mall....
).

Climate

Demographics

**Demographic evolution**
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

Politics

Municipal council

Composition of the City Council (2009–2012)
Party	Election results	Seats	Votes
National Coalition Party National Coalition Party (Finland) The National Coalition Party is a centre-right Politics of Finland party in Finland. The party was founded on December 9, 1918 by Conservatism fennomans....	28.1%	20	22 596
Social Democratic Party of Finland Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the most influential political party in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party ....	25.6%	18	20 599
Green League Green League The Green League , is a Green party political party in Finland. The current chairperson is Tarja Cronberg....	13.9%	9	11 150
True Finns True Finns True Finns is a political party in Finland, founded in 1995 following the dissolution of the Finnish Rural Party.The party is known for its anti-EU stance, and considered by most to be nationalistic....	9.8%	7	7 848
Left Alliance Left Alliance (Finland) The Left Alliance is a Green socialism political party in Finland. Its current chairman is Martti Korhonen, and it is a member of the Nordic Green Left Alliance....	7.7%	5	6 229
Center Party Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a Nordic Agrarian parties political party in Finland. It is one of the three largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party of Finland and the National Coalition Party ....	5.6%	4	4 516
Christian Democrats Christian Democrats (Finland) The Christian Democrats is a Politics of Finland party in Finland. The party was founded in 1958, chiefly from the Christian faction of the Conservatism National Coalition Party ....	3.7%	2	2 951
Swedish People's Party Swedish People's Party Swedish People's Party can mean:Swedish People's Party - a political party in FinlandLiberal People's Party - a political party in Sweden...	3,5%	2	2 838
Pro Vantaa	1,4%	0	1 111

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