Greater Helsinki

**Greater Helsinki** (, Swadish: *Helsingforsregionen*, *Storhelsingfors*) an the smawer **Helsinki Metropolitan Aurie** or **(Finnish) Caipital Region** (*Pääkaupunkiseutu*, *Huvudstadsregionen*) refer tae twa regions o different size surroondin Helsinki, the caipital o Finland. Greater Helsinki is sometimes incorrectly cried (the) *Helsinki Region* due tae an incorrect direct translation o the Finnish an Swadish terms *Helsingin seutu* an *Helsingforsregionen*. (*Suur-Helsinki* an *Storhelsingfors* are sometimes an aw uised tae refer tae the metropolitan aurie.)

These regions are locatit in the sooth o Finland, on the coast o the Gulf o Finland, which is pairt o the Baltic Sea. The smawer region includes Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo, an Kauniainen an haes a population o aboot ane million. 
The Helsinki region is the lairgest urbanised aurie in the kintra, an is bi far the maist important economic, cultural, as well as scientific region of Finland. Aicht oot o Finland's 20 universities an maist o the heidquarters o notable companies an govrenmental institutions are locatit in Greater Helsinki, as is Finland's main aviation hub, Helsinki Airport, which is locatit in Vantaa.

## Terminology

In the strictest sense, the Finnish Caipital Region consists o fower municipalities wi ceety status, Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo an Kauniainen, whose total population is aboot ane million (2007). This aurie is maist aften cried the *Helsinki Metropolitan Aurie* or *Caipital region* in Scots, *Pääkaupunkiseutu* in Finnish, an *Huvudstadsregionen* in Swadish, although the uise o the terms is no especially consistent. Sometimes it is cried the *"YTV aurie"*, referrin tae YTV, or the Helsinki Metropolitan Aurie Cooncil, which serves as a co-operation agency for the fower central municipalities, mainly providin for regional public transport an waste management services. The vast majority o the inhabitants live in the urban auries o the ceeties, but athin the bundaries o these ceeties there are an aw non-urban an suburban auries.

Commonly aboot aicht mair municipalities are considered tae be pairt o Greater Helsinki, as they can be considered as commuter touns an exurbs o Helsinki. When Hyvinkää, Järvenpää, Kerava, Kirkkonummi, Nurmijärvi, Sipoo, Tuusula, and Vihti are includit, the number o inhabitants rises tae 1.2 million. Aw o the municipalities belang tae the region o Uusimaa, includin Sipoo, locatit on the coast east o Vantaa, which belangit tae Eastren Uusimaa.

Statistics Finland define the commuter belt o Helsinki (*Helsingin työssäkäyntialue*, *Helsingfors pendlingsområde*) tae include a total o 24 municipalities, with a land aurie o 7,359.80&nbsp;km2 an a population o 1,431,108 as o 31 December 2007. In addition tae that, there are fowk frae as far as Lahti an even Tampere commutin tae Helsinki daily.

## Statistics

The table belaw leets population, aurie, an population density for the lairgest municipalities o the Greater Helsinki aurie. (Note that "Helsinki Metropolitan Aurie" an the ither terms uised are no firmly established an mey vary in different contexts.) 

## See an aw
* Metropolitan aurie
* Leet o metropolitan auries in Europe
* Lairgest urban auries o the European Union
* Leet o metropolitan auries o Swaden

## References

## Freemit airtins
*Guide map o the Helsinki Region 
*ThisisFinland: Helsinki: A veritable mini-metropolis
*YTV, the Helsinki Metropolitan Aurie Cooncil 
*Mercatin steid for the Helsinki Region
*Helsinki region portal