Vantaa

Vantaa () is the fourth largest city in Finland (after Helsinki, Espoo and Tampere). It is part of the Greater Helsinki area. The most important parts of Vantaa are Tikkurila, Hakunila, Koivukylä, Korso, Martinlaakso and Myyrmäki. Tuusula, Kerava, Sipoo, Helsinki, Espoo and Nurmijärvi are neighbour communities and cities of Vantaa.

Vantaa has been a city since 1974. As of April 2014, the population was about 208,800. The current mayor is Juhani Paajanen.

The biggest airport in Finland, Helsinki-Vantaa, is in Central Vantaa.

Finnish and Swedish are the official languages of Vantaa. In 2006 Swedish was the mother language of 3.1 percent of population of Vantaa.

 Mayors of Vantaa 

 Lauri Lairala 1974-1989
 Pirjo Ala-Kapee 1989-1997
 Erkki Rantala 1997-2003
 Juhani Paajanen 2003-2011
 Jukka Peltomäki 2011
 Kari Nenonen 2012-2018
 Ritva Viljanen 2018-2023
 Pekka Timonen 2023-

Population growth

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 People who were born in Vantaa 

 Patrik Antonius, a professional poker player
 Sampsa Astala, a musician on Lordi
 Valtteri Filppula, a ice hockey player
 Jaakko Hintikka, a professor in Boston University
 Mika Häkkinen, Formula 1 world champion
 Sami Kapanen, an ice hockey player
 Ville Peltonen, an ice hockey player
 Jarkko Ruutu, an ice hockey player
 Tuomo Ruutu, an ice hockey player
 Eicca Toppinen, a cellist on Apocalyptica
 Ossi Väänänen an ice hockey player

 Other websites 
 The official Vantaa page , in Finnish, Swedish and English

References