Vantaa
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Vantaa (Swedish: Vanda) 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 March 2007, the population (number of people) was 190,580. The current mayor is Juhani Paajanen.
The biggest airport in Finland, Helsinki-Vantaa, is located 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 [change]
- Lauri Lairala 1974-1989
- Pirjo Ala-Kapee 1989-1997
- Erkki Rantala 1997-2003
- Juhani Paajanen 2003-
People who were born in Vantaa [change]
- 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 [change]
- The official Vantaa page, in Finnish, Swedish and English
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