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<li id="toc-Name" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Name"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1</span> <span>Name</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Name-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Foundation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Foundation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>Foundation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Foundation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Finnish_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Finnish_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Finnish War</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Finnish_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Town_fire" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Town_fire"> <div 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</a> <ul id="toc-Post-war-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Population" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Population"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Population</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Population-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Languages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Languages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Languages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Languages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Immigration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Immigration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Immigration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Immigration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Transport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Culture subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Other_sights" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_sights"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Other sights</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_sights-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Sport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Twin_towns" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Twin_towns"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Twin towns</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Twin_towns-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" 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class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Vaasa</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%A7" title="فآسا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="فآسا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0_(%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4)" title="Васа (горад) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Васа (горад)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0" title="Вааса – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Вааса" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0" title="Вааса – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Вааса" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa_(munisipyo)" title="Vaasa (munisipyo) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Vaasa (munisipyo)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%AC%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B1_(%CF%80%CF%8C%CE%BB%CE%B7)" title="Βάασα (πόλη) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βάασα (πόλη)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7" title="واسا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="واسا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%94%EC%82%AC_(%ED%95%80%EB%9E%80%EB%93%9C)" title="바사 (핀란드) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="바사 (핀란드)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%A1" title="Վաասա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վաասա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%81%C3%A6" title="Ваасæ – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Ваасæ" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa" title="Vasa – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Vasa" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%94_(%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%A8)" title="ואסה (עיר) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ואסה (עיר)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90" title="ვაასა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ვაასა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0" title="Вааса – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Вааса" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C4%81sa_(pils%C4%93ta)" title="Vāsa (pilsēta) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Vāsa (pilsēta)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa" title="Vasa – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vasa" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%A7" title="فآسا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="فآسا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0" title="Вааса – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Вааса" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5" title="ヴァーサ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヴァーサ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0" title="Вааса – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Вааса" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa" title="Vasa – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Vasa" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa" title="Vasa – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Vasa" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0" title="Вааса – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Вааса" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%A7" title="وآسا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="وآسا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-koi mw-list-item"><a href="https://koi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0_(%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80)" title="Васа (кар) – Komi-Permyak" lang="koi" hreflang="koi" data-title="Васа (кар)" data-language-autonym="Перем коми" data-language-local-name="Komi-Permyak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Перем коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0" title="Вааса – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Вааса" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Vaasa" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" 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.ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Vaasa</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Vasa</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category">City</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Vaasan kaupunki</i></span><br /><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Vasa stad</i></span><br /><span title="English-language text"><span lang="en">City of Vaasa</span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vaasa_2022_Montage.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Clockwise from top-left: Vaasa Market Hall, the ruins of Saint Mary Church, the Court of Appeal, the Holy Trinity Church, Vaasa railway station, the Port of Vaasa in Vaskiluoto, and Kurtenia House; and in the middle (from top to bottom) Vaasa City Hall, and the Kauppapuistikko esplanade"><img alt="Clockwise from top-left: Vaasa Market Hall, the ruins of Saint Mary Church, the Court of Appeal, the Holy Trinity Church, Vaasa railway station, the Port of Vaasa in Vaskiluoto, and Kurtenia House; and in the middle (from top to bottom) Vaasa City Hall, and the Kauppapuistikko esplanade" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Vaasa_2022_Montage.jpg/250px-Vaasa_2022_Montage.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="422" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Vaasa_2022_Montage.jpg/375px-Vaasa_2022_Montage.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Vaasa_2022_Montage.jpg/500px-Vaasa_2022_Montage.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1750" data-file-height="2952" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Clockwise from top-left: <a href="/wiki/Vaasa_Market_Hall" title="Vaasa Market Hall">Vaasa Market Hall</a>, the ruins of Saint Mary Church, the Court of Appeal, the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Church,_Vaasa" title="Holy Trinity Church, Vaasa">Holy Trinity Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vaasa_railway_station" title="Vaasa railway station">Vaasa railway station</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Vaasa" title="Port of Vaasa">Port of Vaasa</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vaskiluoto" title="Vaskiluoto">Vaskiluoto</a>, and Kurtenia House; and in the middle (from top to bottom) Vaasa City Hall, and the Kauppapuistikko esplanade</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vaasa.lippu.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Vaasa"><img alt="Flag of Vaasa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Vaasa.lippu.svg/70px-Vaasa.lippu.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Vaasa.lippu.svg/105px-Vaasa.lippu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Vaasa.lippu.svg/140px-Vaasa.lippu.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="421" data-file-height="421" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vaasa.vaakuna2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Vaasa"><img alt="Coat of arms of Vaasa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Vaasa.vaakuna2.svg/64px-Vaasa.vaakuna2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Vaasa.vaakuna2.svg/96px-Vaasa.vaakuna2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Vaasa.vaakuna2.svg/128px-Vaasa.vaakuna2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1151" data-file-height="1441" /></a></span><div 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class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Vaasa&params=63_06_N_021_37_E_type:city(70382)_region:FI"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">63°06′N</span> <span class="longitude">021°37′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">63.100°N 21.617°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">63.100; 21.617</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Finland" title="Regions of Finland">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ostrobothnia_(region)" 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href="/wiki/Charter" title="Charter">Charter</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2 October 1606<sup id="cite_ref-charles-ix_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charles-ix-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Vasa" title="House of Vasa">House of Vasa</a><sup id="cite_ref-charles-ix_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charles-ix-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_I_of_Russia" title="Nicholas I of Russia">Nicholas I of Russia</a> (1855–1917)<sup id="cite_ref-nikolai_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nikolai-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital city<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data">29 January 1918 – 3 May 1918<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/City_manager" title="City manager">City manager</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Tomas Häyry</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (2018-01-01)<sup id="cite_ref-total_area_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-total_area-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • City</div></th><td class="infobox-data">545.14 km<sup>2</sup> (210.48 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">364.84 km<sup>2</sup> (140.87 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">208.63 km<sup>2</sup> (80.55 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">66.65 km<sup>2</sup> (25.73 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_of_Finland" title="List of municipalities of Finland">210th largest</a> in Finland</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2024-10-31)<sup id="cite_ref-population_count_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-population_count-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • City</div></th><td class="infobox-data">70,382</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_of_Finland" title="List of municipalities of Finland">14th largest</a> in Finland</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">192.91/km<sup>2</sup> (499.6/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">65,414</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban density</th><td class="infobox-data">981.5/km<sup>2</sup> (2,542/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Finland" title="Languages of Finland">Population by native language</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-population_by_language_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-population_by_language-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Finnish_language" title="Finnish language">Finnish</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="7,001,647,093,798,944,000♠" style="display:none"></span>64.7% (official)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Finland_Swedish" title="Finland Swedish">Swedish</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="7,001,232,278,554,441,000♠" style="display:none"></span>23.2% (official)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Others</th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="7,001,120,540,634,608,000♠" style="display:none"></span>12.1%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/Demographics" class="mw-redirect" title="Demographics">Population by age</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-demography_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demography-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • 0 to 14</th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="7,001,149,916,359,492,000♠" style="display:none"></span>15%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • 15 to 64</th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="7,001,643,854,273,068,000♠" style="display:none"></span>64.4%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • 65 or older</th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="7,001,206,229,367,441,000♠" style="display:none"></span>20.6%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B02:00" title="UTC+02:00">UTC+02:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">EET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B03:00" title="UTC+03:00">UTC+03:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Summer_Time" title="Eastern European Summer Time">EEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Continental_subarctic_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Continental subarctic climate">Dfc</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vaasa.fi/">www<wbr />.vaasa<wbr />.fi</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Vaasa</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Finnish:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fi-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Finnish" title="Help:IPA/Finnish">[ˈʋɑːsɑ]</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>: <i lang="sv">Vasa</i>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Finland Swedish:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="sv-FI-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Swedish" title="Help:IPA/Swedish">[ˈvɑːsɑ]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/f\/f5\/Vasa.ogg\/Vasa.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Vasa.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" 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navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Sv-Vasa.ogg" title="File:Sv-Vasa.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>), in the years 1855–1917 known as <b>Nikolainkaupunki</b>, (<a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>: <i lang="sv">Nikolajstad</i>; <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">city of <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_I_of_Russia" title="Nicholas I of Russia">Nicholas</a></span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><sup id="cite_ref-nikolai_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nikolai-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is a <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">city</a> in <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a> and the regional capital of <a href="/wiki/Ostrobothnia_(region)" title="Ostrobothnia (region)">Ostrobothnia</a>. It is located on the west coast of the country, on the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Bothnia" title="Gulf of Bothnia">Gulf of Bothnia</a>. The population of Vaasa is approximately 70,000, while the <a href="/wiki/Vaasa_sub-region" title="Vaasa sub-region">sub-region</a> has a population of approximately 111,000. It is the 14th most populous <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Finland" title="Municipalities of Finland">municipality</a> in Finland, and the tenth most populous <a href="/wiki/List_of_urban_areas_in_Finland_by_population" title="List of urban areas in Finland by population">urban area</a> in the country. </p><p>Vaasa was granted its charter in 1606, during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Charles_IX_of_Sweden" title="Charles IX of Sweden">Charles IX of Sweden</a>, and is named after the Royal <a href="/wiki/House_of_Vasa" title="House of Vasa">House of Vasa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-charles-ix_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charles-ix-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is renowned as a significant <a href="/wiki/University" title="University">university</a> and <a href="/wiki/College" title="College">college</a> city in Finland.<sup id="cite_ref-koulu_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-koulu-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Vaasa is a <a href="/wiki/Bilingual" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilingual">bilingual</a> municipality with <a href="/wiki/Finnish_language" title="Finnish language">Finnish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a> as its official languages. The population consists of <span data-sort-value="7,001,647,093,798,944,000♠" style="display:none"></span>65% Finnish speakers, <span data-sort-value="7,001,232,278,554,441,000♠" style="display:none"></span>23% Swedish speakers, and <span data-sort-value="7,001,120,540,634,608,000♠" style="display:none"></span>12% speakers of other languages.<sup id="cite_ref-population_by_language_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-population_by_language-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The municipalities surrounding Ostrobothnia, such as <a href="/wiki/Korsholm" title="Korsholm">Korsholm</a> and <a href="/wiki/Malax" title="Malax">Malax</a>, have a <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_of_Finland_in_which_Finnish_is_not_the_sole_official_language" title="List of municipalities of Finland in which Finnish is not the sole official language">clear majority of Swedish speakers</a>. As a result, the Swedish language maintains a strong position in the city, making it the most significant <a href="/wiki/Culture" title="Culture">cultural</a> center for <a href="/wiki/Swedish-speaking_population_of_Finland" title="Swedish-speaking population of Finland">Swedish-Finns</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Vaasa is also home to Tropiclandia Water Park, located on <a href="/wiki/Vaskiluoto_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaskiluoto Island">Vaskiluoto Island</a> adjacent to a local <a href="/wiki/Spa" title="Spa">spa hotel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The now disassembled <a href="/wiki/Wasalandia_Amusement_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Wasalandia Amusement Park">Wasalandia Amusement Park</a>, which ceased operations in 2015 due to a small number of visitors, was located in the immediate vicinity of Tropiclandia.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Name">Name</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over the years, Vaasa has changed its name several times, due to alternative spellings, political decisions and language condition changes. At first it was called <b><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Mustasaari</i></span></b> or <b><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Mussor</i></span></b> after the village where it was founded in 1606, but just a few years later the name was changed to <i><b>Vasa</b></i> to honor the royal Swedish lineage. <a href="/wiki/Mustasaari" class="mw-redirect" title="Mustasaari">Mustasaari</a> (Finnish) or <a href="/wiki/Korsholm" title="Korsholm">Korsholm</a> (Swedish) remains as the name of the surrounding mostly rural municipality, which since 1973 surrounds the city. The city was known as Vasa between 1606 and 1855, <b><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Nikolajstad</i></span></b> (Swedish) and <b><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Nikolainkaupunki</i></span></b> (Finnish) between 1855 and 1917, named after the then late Czar <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_I_of_Russia" title="Nicholas I of Russia">Nicholas I of Russia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-nikolai_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nikolai-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Vasa</i></span></b> (Swedish) and <b><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Vaasa</i></span></b> (Finnish) after the <a href="/wiki/February_Revolution" title="February Revolution">February Revolution</a>, with the Finnish spelling of the name being the primary one from around 1930 when Finnish speakers became the majority in the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foundation">Foundation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Foundation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gamla_Vasa_1840-tal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Gamla_Vasa_1840-tal.jpg/220px-Gamla_Vasa_1840-tal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Gamla_Vasa_1840-tal.jpg/330px-Gamla_Vasa_1840-tal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Gamla_Vasa_1840-tal.jpg/440px-Gamla_Vasa_1840-tal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="989" data-file-height="602" /></a><figcaption>Old Vaasa in the 1840s by Johan Knutsson</figcaption></figure> <p>The history of <a href="/wiki/Korsholm" title="Korsholm">Korsholm</a> and also of Vaasa begins in the 14th century, when seafarers from the coastal region in central <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> disembarked at the present Old Vaasa, and the wasteland owners from <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Finland" title="Southwest Finland">Southwest Finland</a> came to guard their land. </p><p>In the middle of the century, Saint Mary's Church was built, and in the 1370s the building of the fortress at <a href="/wiki/Korsholm" title="Korsholm">Korsholm</a>, Crysseborgh, was undertaken, and served as an administrative centre of the <a href="/wiki/Vasa_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasa County">Vasa County</a>. King <a href="/wiki/Charles_IX_of_Sweden" title="Charles IX of Sweden">Charles IX of Sweden</a> founded the town of Mustasaari/Mussor on 2 October 1606,<sup id="cite_ref-charles-ix_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charles-ix-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> around the oldest harbour and trade point around the Korsholm church approximately seven kilometres (4.3 miles) to the southeast from the present city. In 1611, the town was chartered and renamed after the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Vasa" title="House of Vasa">Royal House of Vasa</a>. </p><p>Thanks to the sea connections, ship building and trade, especially tar trade, Vaasa flourished in the 17th century and most of the inhabitants earned their living from it. </p><p>In 1683, the three-subject or <a href="/wiki/Trivial_school_(Sweden_and_Finland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Trivial school (Sweden and Finland)">Trivial school</a> moved from <a href="/wiki/Nykarleby" title="Nykarleby">Nykarleby</a> to Vaasa, and four years later a new schoolhouse was built in Vaasa. The first <a href="/wiki/Library" title="Library">library</a> in Finland was founded in Vaasa in 1794. In 1793, Vaasa had 2,178 inhabitants, and in the year of the catastrophic town fire of 1852 the number had risen to 3,200. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Finnish_War">Finnish War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Finnish War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Finnish_War" title="Finnish War">Finnish War</a>, fought between <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> in 1808–1809, Vaasa suffered more than any other city. In June 1808, Vaasa was occupied by the Russian forces, and some of the local officials pledged allegiance to the occupying force. </p><p>On 25 June 1808 the Swedish colonel <a href="/wiki/Johan_Bergenstr%C3%A5hle" title="Johan Bergenstråhle">Johan Bergenstråhle</a> was sent with 1,500 troops and four cannons to free Vaasa from the 1,700 Russian troops who were led by generalmajor Nikolay Demidov. The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vaasa" title="Battle of Vaasa">Battle of Vaasa</a> started with the Swedish force disembarking north of Vaasa in <a href="/wiki/%C3%96sterhankmo" title="Österhankmo">Österhankmo</a> and advancing all the way to the city where they attacked with 1,100 troops, as some had to be left behind to secure the flank. There was heavy fighting in the streets and in the end the Swedish forces were repelled and forced to retreat back the way they came. </p><p>Generalmajor Demidov suspected that the inhabitants of Vaasa had taken to arms and helped the Swedish forces, even though the provincial governor had confiscated all weapons that spring, and he took revenge by letting his men plunder the city for several days. During those days 17 civilians were killed, property was looted and destroyed, many were assaulted and several people were taken to the village of Salmi in <a href="/wiki/Kuortane" title="Kuortane">Kuortane</a> where they had to endure the physical punishment called <a href="/wiki/Running_the_gauntlet" title="Running the gauntlet">running the gauntlet</a>. The massacre in Vaasa was exceptional during the Finnish war as the Russian forces had avoided that kind of cruelty that far. It was probably a result of the frustration the Russians felt because of intensive guerilla activity against them in the region. </p><p>On 30 June the Russian forces withdrew from Vaasa, and all officials that had pledged allegiance to Russia were discharged, and some were assaulted by locals. On 13 September the Russian forces returned and on the next day the decisive <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Oravais" title="Battle of Oravais">Battle of Oravais</a>, which was won by Russia, was fought some 50 kilometres (30 mi) further north. By winter 1808, the Russian forces had overrun all of Finland, and in the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Fredrikshamn" title="Treaty of Fredrikshamn">Treaty of Fredrikshamn</a> (17 September 1809) Sweden lost the whole eastern part of its realm. Vaasa would now become a part of the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Finland" title="Grand Duchy of Finland">Grand Duchy of Finland</a> within the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Town_fire">Town fire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Town fire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Korsholms_kyrka.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Korsholms_kyrka.jpg/220px-Korsholms_kyrka.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Korsholms_kyrka.jpg/330px-Korsholms_kyrka.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Korsholms_kyrka.jpg/440px-Korsholms_kyrka.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="740" /></a><figcaption>The Court of Appeal, nowadays the Church of Korsholm, survived the fire of 1852</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wasa_fr%C3%A5n_norr_-_Johan_Knutson_-_Finland_framst%C3%A4lldt_i_teckningar_-_109.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Wasa_fr%C3%A5n_norr_-_Johan_Knutson_-_Finland_framst%C3%A4lldt_i_teckningar_-_109.jpg/220px-Wasa_fr%C3%A5n_norr_-_Johan_Knutson_-_Finland_framst%C3%A4lldt_i_teckningar_-_109.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Wasa_fr%C3%A5n_norr_-_Johan_Knutson_-_Finland_framst%C3%A4lldt_i_teckningar_-_109.jpg/330px-Wasa_fr%C3%A5n_norr_-_Johan_Knutson_-_Finland_framst%C3%A4lldt_i_teckningar_-_109.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Wasa_fr%C3%A5n_norr_-_Johan_Knutson_-_Finland_framst%C3%A4lldt_i_teckningar_-_109.jpg/440px-Wasa_fr%C3%A5n_norr_-_Johan_Knutson_-_Finland_framst%C3%A4lldt_i_teckningar_-_109.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2700" data-file-height="2025" /></a><figcaption>Illustration in <a href="/wiki/Finland_framst%C3%A4ldt_i_teckningar" title="Finland framstäldt i teckningar">Finland framstäldt i teckningar</a> edited by <a href="/wiki/Zacharias_Topelius" class="mw-redirect" title="Zacharias Topelius">Zacharias Topelius</a> and published 1845–1852.</figcaption></figure> <p>The mainly wooden and densely built town was almost utterly destroyed in 1852. A fire started in a barn belonging to district court judge <a href="/w/index.php?title=J._F._Aur%C3%A9n&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="J. F. Aurén (page does not exist)">J. F. Aurén</a> on the morning of 3 August. At noon the whole town was ablaze and the fire lasted for many hours. By evening, most of the town had burned to the ground. Out of 379 buildings only 24 privately owned buildings had survived, among them the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Falander&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Falander (page does not exist)">Falander</a>–<a href="/wiki/Wasastjerna" class="mw-redirect" title="Wasastjerna">Wasastjerna</a> <a href="/wiki/Patrician_(post-Roman_Europe)" title="Patrician (post-Roman Europe)">patrician</a> house (built in 1780–1781) which now houses the Old Vaasa Museum. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal" class="mw-redirect" title="Court of Appeal">Court of Appeal</a> (built in 1775, nowadays the <a href="/wiki/Korsholm_Church" title="Korsholm Church">Church of Korsholm</a>), some Russian guard-houses along with a gunpowder storage and the buildings of the Vaasa provincial hospital (nowadays a psychiatric hospital) also survived the blaze. The ruins of the greystone church, the <a href="/wiki/Belfry_(architecture)" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfry (architecture)">belfry</a>, the town hall and the trivial school can still be found in their original places. Much of the archived material concerning Vaasa and its inhabitants was destroyed in the fire. According to popular belief, the fire got started when a careless visitor from Vörå fell asleep in Aurén's barn and dropped his pipe in the dry hay. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_town">New town</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: New town"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The new town of Nikolaistad (<a href="/wiki/Finnish_language" title="Finnish language">Finnish</a>: <i lang="fi">Nikolainkaupunki</i>), named after the late <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_I_of_Russia" title="Nicholas I of Russia">Tsar Nicholas I</a>, rose in 1862 about seven kilometres (4.3 miles) to the northwest from the old town. The town's coastal location offered good conditions for seafaring. The town plan was planned by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Axel_Setterberg" title="Carl Axel Setterberg">Carl Axel Setterberg</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Empire_style" title="Empire style">Empire style</a>. In the master plan the disastrous consequences of the fire were considered. Main streets in the new town were five broad avenues which divided the town into sections. Each block was divided by alleys. </p><p>The town was promptly renamed Vasa (Vaasa) after the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Revolution_of_1917" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Revolution of 1917">Tsar Nicholas II was overthrown</a> in 1917. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Capital_of_Finland">Capital of Finland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Capital of Finland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jaakarit_vaasan_torilla.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Jaakarit_vaasan_torilla.jpg/220px-Jaakarit_vaasan_torilla.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Jaakarit_vaasan_torilla.jpg/330px-Jaakarit_vaasan_torilla.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Jaakarit_vaasan_torilla.jpg/440px-Jaakarit_vaasan_torilla.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1282" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/J%C3%A4ger_Movement" title="Jäger Movement">Jaeger Battalion</a> on the city square of Vaasa in February 1918. The forces are being inspected by <a href="/wiki/General_Mannerheim" class="mw-redirect" title="General Mannerheim">General Mannerheim</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Finnish_Civil_War" title="Finnish Civil War">Finnish Civil War</a>, Vaasa was the capital of Finland from 29 January to 3 May 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a consequence of the occupation of central places and arresting of politicians in <a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a> the Senate decided to move the senators to Vaasa, where the <a href="/wiki/White_Guard_(Finland)" title="White Guard (Finland)">White Guards</a> that supported the Senate had a strong position and the contacts to the West were good.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Finland" title="Senate of Finland">Senate of Finland</a> began its work in Vaasa on 1 February 1918, and it had four members. The Senate held its sessions in the Town Hall. To express its gratitude to the town the Senate gave Vaasa the right to add the Cross of Freedom, independent Finland's oldest mark of honour designed by <a href="/wiki/Akseli_Gallen-Kallela" title="Akseli Gallen-Kallela">Akseli Gallen-Kallela</a>, to its <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a>, to the town's coat of arms.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The coat of arms is unusual not only in this respect, but also because of its non-standard shape and a crown are included. Because of its role in the civil war, Vaasa became known as "The White City". A Statue of Freedom, depicting a victorious White soldier, was erected in the town square. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war">Post-war</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Post-war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The language conditions in the city shifted in the 1930s, and the majority became Finnish-speaking. Therefore, the primary name also changed from "Vasa" to "Vaasa", according to Finnish spelling. </p><p>Post-war, Vaasa was industrialized, led by the electronics manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Stromberg_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stromberg (company)">Strömberg</a>, later merged into <a href="/wiki/ABB_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="ABB Group">ABB</a>. </p><p>In 2013 the municipality of <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A4h%C3%A4kyr%C3%B6" title="Vähäkyrö">Vähäkyrö</a> was merged into Vaasa. It is currently an <a href="/wiki/Exclave" class="mw-redirect" title="Exclave">exclave</a> area of the city, since it is surrounded by other municipalities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Near the <a href="/wiki/Polar_circle" title="Polar circle">Polar Circle</a>, Vaasa falls in <a href="/wiki/Subarctic_climate" title="Subarctic climate">continental subarctic climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a>: <i>Dfc</i>) with severe dry winters and almost warm summers. The prevailing direction of the winds, <a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic_Current" title="North Atlantic Current">North Atlantic Current</a> and the proximity of the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Bothnia" title="Gulf of Bothnia">Gulf of Bothnia</a> give the climate a certainly livability in spite of the latitude, similar to the south of <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a>, where continentality, proximity to the poles and moderation intersect.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Foehn_wind" title="Foehn wind">Föhn wind</a>, for example, passes over the <a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_Mountains" title="Scandinavian Mountains">Scandinavian Mountains</a> and leaves a milder and drier weather in the lee of the mountains where Vaasa is found, affecting especially in the winter which explains sunny days even in the season of short solar duration.<sup id="cite_ref-Ilmasto-opas.fi_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ilmasto-opas.fi-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> The location of some sea distance gives a seasonal delay of spring and summer at the same time that autumn and winter are affected late. The average annual temperature is 4.7 °C (normal from 1991 to 2020). The low <a href="/wiki/Ostrobothnia_(region)" title="Ostrobothnia (region)">Ostrobothnia</a> usually receives little snow but the contact of cold air with warmer and humid air can generate heavy snowfall. Early summer (as well as spring) tends to be drier and the wettest month does not coincide with the warmer month. End of April is usually the growing season with 250–300 mm approximately.<sup id="cite_ref-Ilmasto-opas.fi_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ilmasto-opas.fi-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The maritime breeze explains the difference in temperature, distribution of precipitation and sunshine, different from the Gulf of Finland, the Gulf of Bothnia brings the sea wind in places further distant about 50 km from the coast.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city gets more sun than inland places, although current log are unavailable.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The highest ever recorded temperature was 32.2 °C (89.6 °F), on 18 July 2018, although a record of 33.7 °C (92.7 °F) was recorded in the city center the same day, which in fact was the hottest day of Finland in 2018 by slightly edging a temperature recorded in Turku Artukainen of 33.6 °C (92.5 °F), also on 18 July 2018, making it the highest temperature ever recorded in Vaasa.</p><div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:100%; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Vaasa Airport, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1961 – present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFE8D2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7<br />(45.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6<br />(47.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br />(71.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6<br />(83.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.8<br />(89.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.2<br />(90.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.6<br />(88.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.7<br />(81.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.5<br />(65.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.2<br />(55.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8<br />(47.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">32.2<br />(90.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.5<br />(25.7) </td> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.4<br />(25.9) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6<br />(33.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0<br />(57.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.6<br />(69.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.8<br />(55.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9<br />(44.4) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6<br />(34.9) </td> <td style="background: #DEDEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.6<br />(29.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE9D4; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.6<br />(45.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #C2C2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.8<br />(19.8) </td> <td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.9<br />(19.6) </td> <td style="background: #D5D5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.1<br />(26.4) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.0<br />(35.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7<br />(47.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.6<br />(56.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.0<br />(60.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0<br />(57.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0<br />(48.2) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0<br />(39.2) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.0<br />(30.2) </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.6<br />(23.7) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3.7<br />(38.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #AEAEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−10.5<br />(13.1) </td> <td style="background: #ACACFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−10.8<br />(12.6) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.0<br />(19.4) </td> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.9<br />(28.6) </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3<br />(37.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4CA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3<br />(46.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(51.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6<br />(49.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3<br />(41.5) </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.3<br />(34.3) </td> <td style="background: #D2D2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.7<br />(25.3) </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.4<br />(16.9) </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−0.3<br />(31.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #2323FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−36.2<br />(−33.2) </td> <td style="background: #1616FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−38.6<br />(−37.5) </td> <td style="background: #4141FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−30.6<br />(−23.1) </td> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−18.1<br />(−0.6) </td> <td style="background: #BDBDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.6<br />(18.3) </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.4<br />(27.7) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6<br />(34.9) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.5<br />(31.1) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.0<br />(21.2) </td> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−15.6<br />(3.9) </td> <td style="background: #5050FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−27.9<br />(−18.2) </td> <td style="background: #2D2DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−34.4<br />(−29.9) </td> <td style="background: #1616FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−38.6<br />(−37.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #CCFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.0<br />(1.34) </td> <td style="background: #DEFFDE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(0.79) </td> <td style="background: #D6FFD6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(1.06) </td> <td style="background: #D5FFD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(1.06) </td> <td style="background: #D0FFD0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.0<br />(1.22) </td> <td style="background: #BCFFBC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.0<br />(1.69) </td> <td style="background: #A5FFA5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.0<br />(2.36) </td> <td style="background: #A1FFA1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.0<br />(2.48) </td> <td style="background: #9FFF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.0<br />(2.44) </td> <td style="background: #AEFFAE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.0<br />(2.13) </td> <td style="background: #B2FFB2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.0<br />(1.97) </td> <td style="background: #C1FFC1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.0<br />(1.61) </td> <td style="background: #BEFFBE; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">512<br />(20.15) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0 </td> <td style="background: #ADADFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0 </td> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0 </td> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0 </td> <td style="background: #9696FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">100 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #353535; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">29.1 </td> <td style="background: #909090; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71.9 </td> <td style="background: #BBBB41; color:#000000;" class="notheme">131.1 </td> <td style="background: #D6D600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">190.2 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">277.5 </td> <td style="background: #F1F112; color:#000000;" class="notheme">303.0 </td> <td style="background: #EAEA02; color:#000000;" class="notheme">282.8 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">220.0 </td> <td style="background: #BDBD34; color:#000000;" class="notheme">131.5 </td> <td style="background: #9A9A9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.6 </td> <td style="background: #4B4B4B; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.8 </td> <td style="background: #262626; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">20.9 </td> <td style="background: #C4C40A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,782.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/Finnish_Meteorological_Institute" title="Finnish Meteorological Institute">FMI</a><sup id="cite_ref-FMI_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FMI-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population">Population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city of Vaasa has 70,382 inhabitants, making it the 14th most populous municipality in Finland. The <a href="/wiki/Vaasa_sub-region" title="Vaasa sub-region">Vaasa region</a> has a population of 111,382. In Vaasa, 12.4% of the population has a foreign background, which is above the national average.<sup id="cite_ref-statistics-finland-population-2023-final_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statistics-finland-population-2023-final-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238864702">.mw-parser-output .bar-chart{margin:0.5em;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border:1px solid #c0c0c0}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart caption{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart th,.mw-parser-output .bar-chart td{padding:1px;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart th[scope="col"]:not(.bar-chart-label-type){width:15em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart th[scope="row"]:not(.bar-chart-total){font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar{height:1.25em;width:40em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-line{background-color:#cedff2;height:1.25em;margin:0 0 0 0;z-index:0}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-comment{font-size:90%;padding-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-numbers{position:relative;top:-1.4em;height:1.25em;padding:0 0 0 2em;z-index:10;width:40em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-caption{border-top:1px solid #aaa}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-center{margin:0.5em auto}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-line{background-color:#74497e}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-line{background-color:#74497e}}</style> <table class="bar-chart"> <caption>Population size of Vaasa (and merged municipalities) 1990–2020<sup id="cite_ref-Stat-finland-population-38,000-persons_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stat-finland-population-38,000-persons-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" class="bar-chart-label-type">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 47em">Population </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1990 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 47em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:39.8em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 47em;"><span class="nowrap">58,394</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1995 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 47em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:41.1em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 47em;"><span class="nowrap">60,399</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2000 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 47em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:41.9em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 47em;"><span class="nowrap">61,470</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2005 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 47em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:42.2em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 47em;"><span class="nowrap">61,889</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2010 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 47em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:43.8em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 47em;"><span class="nowrap">64,345</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2015 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 47em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:46.1em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 47em;"><span class="nowrap">67,619</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2020 </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 47em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:46em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 47em;"><span class="nowrap">67,551</span></span></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 15915.284869129px; border-left-color:#C5C5C5"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#C5C5C5"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#C5C5C5"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 184.63791930554px; border-left-color:#00a693"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#00a693"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#00a693"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 169.0907655785px; border-left-color:#0056B9"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#0056B9"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#0056B9"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 153.28270598844px; border-left-color:#FFFFFF"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#FFFFFF"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#FFFFFF"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 135.83513899568px; border-left-color:#D52B1E"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#D52B1E"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#D52B1E"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 120.87923504096px; border-left-color:#165D31"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#165D31"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#165D31"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 105.1572499879px; border-left-color:#FFCD00"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#FFCD00"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#FFCD00"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:79.779443953857px 60.292954168902px 0 0; border-top-color:#002F6C"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#002F6C"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Population by mother tongue (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-statistics-finland-population-2023-final_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statistics-finland-population-2023-final-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#002F6C; color:white;"> </span> Finnish (64.7%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFCD00; color:black;"> </span> Swedish (23.2%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#165D31; color:white;"> </span> Arabic (1.1%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#D52B1E; color:white;"> </span> Russian (0.9%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;"> </span> English (0.9%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0056B9; color:white;"> </span> Ukrainian (0.7%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00a693; color:black;"> </span> Persian (0.6%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C5C5C5; color:black;"> </span> Other (7.8%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>The city of Vaasa is officially <a href="/wiki/Bilingual" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilingual">bilingual</a>, with both <a href="/wiki/Finnish_language" title="Finnish language">Finnish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a> as official languages. The majority of the population - 44,621 people or <span data-sort-value="7001647093798944254♠" style="display:none"></span>64.7% - speak Finnish as their first language. There are 16,017 <a href="/wiki/Swedish-speaking_population_of_Finland" title="Swedish-speaking population of Finland">Swedish speakers</a> in Vaasa, or <span data-sort-value="7001232278554440512♠" style="display:none"></span>23.2% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-statistics-finland-population-2023-final_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statistics-finland-population-2023-final-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span data-sort-value="7,001,120,540,634,608,000♠" style="display:none"></span>12.1% of the population of Vaasa have a <a href="/wiki/First_language" title="First language">mother tongue</a> other than Finnish or Swedish.<sup id="cite_ref-statistics-finland-population-2023-final_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statistics-finland-population-2023-final-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> and Swedish - or Finnish for Swedish speakers - are compulsory school subjects, functional bilingualism or trilingualism acquired through language studies is not uncommon. </p><p>At least 50 different languages are spoken in Vaasa. The most common foreign languages are <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> (1.1%), <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a> (0.9%), <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> (0.9%) and <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a> (0.7%).<sup id="cite_ref-statistics-finland-population-2023-final_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statistics-finland-population-2023-final-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Immigration">Immigration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Immigration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3"><b>Population by country of birth (2022)</b><sup id="cite_ref-Stat-finland-population-38,000-persons_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stat-finland-population-38,000-persons-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Nationality</th> <th>Population</th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a></td> <td>60,681</td> <td>89.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a></td> <td>784</td> <td>1.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></td> <td>349</td> <td>0.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a></td> <td>347</td> <td>0.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/45px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a></td> <td>336</td> <td>0.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></td> <td>283</td> <td>0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a></td> <td>269</td> <td>0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a></td> <td>236</td> <td>0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td> <td>226</td> <td>0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></td> <td>226</td> <td>0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></td> <td>206</td> <td>0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other</td> <td>4,045</td> <td>5.9 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>As of 2023<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, there were 8,564 persons with a migrant background living in Vaasa, or 12.4% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The number of residents who were born abroad was 8,564, or 12.4% of the population. The number of persons with foreign citizenship living in Vaasa was 5,886.<sup id="cite_ref-statistics-finland-population-2023-final_27-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statistics-finland-population-2023-final-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most foreign-born citizens came from the <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Stat-finland-population-38,000-persons_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stat-finland-population-38,000-persons-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The relative share of immigrants in Vaasa's population is above the national average. Moreover, the city's new residents are increasingly of foreign origin. This will increase the proportion of foreign residents in the coming years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2023, the <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_Finland" title="Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland">Evangelical Lutheran Church</a> was the largest religious group with 65.0% of the population of Vaasa. Other religious groups accounted for 2.4% of the population. 32.6% of the population had no religious affiliation.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vaasa_Vaskiluoto_power_plant_from_sea.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Vaasa_Vaskiluoto_power_plant_from_sea.jpg/220px-Vaasa_Vaskiluoto_power_plant_from_sea.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Vaasa_Vaskiluoto_power_plant_from_sea.jpg/330px-Vaasa_Vaskiluoto_power_plant_from_sea.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Vaasa_Vaskiluoto_power_plant_from_sea.jpg/440px-Vaasa_Vaskiluoto_power_plant_from_sea.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5116" data-file-height="2473" /></a><figcaption>The Vaskiluoto power stations in Vaskiluoto, Vaasa</figcaption></figure> <p>Vaasa is generally speaking an industrial town, with several industrial parks. Industry comprises one-fourth of jobs.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>There is a university (<a href="/wiki/University_of_Vaasa" title="University of Vaasa">University of Vaasa</a>), faculties of <a href="/wiki/%C3%85bo_Akademi" class="mw-redirect" title="Åbo Akademi">Åbo Akademi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hanken_School_of_Economics" title="Hanken School of Economics">Hanken</a>, and two <a href="/wiki/Ammattikorkeakoulu" class="mw-redirect" title="Ammattikorkeakoulu">universities of applied sciences</a> in the town. Many workers commute from <a href="/wiki/Korsholm" title="Korsholm">Korsholm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laihia" title="Laihia">Laihia</a>, and other municipalities nearby. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Vaskiluoto_power_stations" title="Vaskiluoto power stations">Vaskiluoto power stations</a> complex is situated on the island of <a href="/wiki/Vaskiluoto" title="Vaskiluoto">Vaskiluoto</a>, supplying electricity to the <a href="/wiki/Electrical_grid" title="Electrical grid">national grid</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/District_heat" class="mw-redirect" title="District heat">district heat</a> to the city.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The multi-use cargo and passenger <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Vaasa" title="Port of Vaasa">Port of Vaasa</a> is located in Vaskiluoto, connecting Vaasa with <a href="/wiki/Ume%C3%A5" title="Umeå">Umeå</a>, Sweden, and destinations further afield.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film production company <a href="/wiki/Future_Film" title="Future Film">Future Film</a> has its head office in Vaasa.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FFContactE_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FFContactE-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kotipizza" title="Kotipizza">Kotipizza</a> has its head office in the <i>Vaskiluodon Satamaterminaali</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Railwaystation_Vaasa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Railwaystation_Vaasa.jpg/220px-Railwaystation_Vaasa.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Railwaystation_Vaasa.jpg/330px-Railwaystation_Vaasa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Railwaystation_Vaasa.jpg/440px-Railwaystation_Vaasa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Vaasa_railway_station" title="Vaasa railway station">Vaasa railway station</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Main roads, including <a href="/wiki/Finnish_national_road_3" title="Finnish national road 3">highway 3</a> (<a href="/wiki/European_route_E12" title="European route E12">E12</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Finnish_national_road_8" title="Finnish national road 8">highway 8</a> (<a href="/wiki/European_route_E8" title="European route E8">E8</a>), connect Vaasa to <a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tampere" title="Tampere">Tampere</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oulu" title="Oulu">Oulu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pori" title="Pori">Pori</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4" title="Jyväskylä">Jyväskylä</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kokkola" title="Kokkola">Kokkola</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sein%C3%A4joki" title="Seinäjoki">Seinäjoki</a>. There are 419 kilometres (260 mi) from Helsinki to Vaasa, 330 kilometres (210 mi) from <a href="/wiki/Turku" title="Turku">Turku</a>, 244 kilometres (152 mi) from Tampere, 319 kilometres (198 mi) from Oulu, 121 kilometres (75 mi) from Kokkola, 99 kilometres (62 mi) from <a href="/wiki/Jakobstad" title="Jakobstad">Jakobstad</a>, 193 kilometres (120 mi) from Pori, 83 kilometres (52 mi) from <a href="/wiki/Lapua" title="Lapua">Lapua</a> and 78 kilometres (48 mi) from Seinäjoki. It is also a relatively short distance from Sweden to Vaasa. The tourist route called <a href="/wiki/Blue_Highway_(tourist_route)" title="Blue Highway (tourist route)">Blue Highway</a> also runs from the port of Vaasa and through the city. In 1962–1964, other Finnish cities introduced regional <a href="/wiki/Speed_limit" title="Speed limit">speed limits</a> of 50 km/h, but in Vaasa the limit was 60 km/h for a long time.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Vaasa_Airport" title="Vaasa Airport">Vaasa Airport</a> is located about nine kilometers southeast of the city center. <a href="/wiki/Finnair" title="Finnair">Finnair</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_Airlines" title="Scandinavian Airlines">Scandinavian Airlines</a> operate from Vaasa Airport,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Air_Shuttle" title="Norwegian Air Shuttle">Norwegian Air Shuttle</a> terminated the Vaasa–Helsinki route on 10 January 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is scheduled traffic from Vaasa Airport to Helsinki (flight time 45 min) and <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a> (flight time 1 h 5 min).<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ostrobothnian_Museum" title="Ostrobothnian Museum">Ostrobothnian Museum</a></li> <li>Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art</li> <li>Vaasa Car & Motor Museum</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_sights">Other sights</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Other sights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty_(Finland)" title="Statue of Liberty (Finland)">Statue of Liberty</a> (<i>Suomen Vapaudenpatsas</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%B6derfj%C3%A4rden" title="Söderfjärden">Söderfjärden</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sport">Sport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vaasan_Sport" title="Vaasan Sport">Vaasan Sport</a>, men's <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a> team playing in the <a href="/wiki/Liiga" title="Liiga">Liiga</a>, home ice is <a href="/wiki/Vaasan_S%C3%A4hk%C3%B6_Areena" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaasan Sähkö Areena">Vaasan Sähkö Areena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaasan_Mailattaret" title="Vaasan Mailattaret">Vaasan Mailattaret</a>, a women's Finnish baseball team playing in the <a href="/wiki/Superpesis" title="Superpesis">Superpesis</a>, home ground is <a href="/wiki/Hietalahti_Pes%C3%A4pallo_Stadium" title="Hietalahti Pesäpallo Stadium">Hietalahti Pesäpallo Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaasan_Sport_Naiset" title="Vaasan Sport Naiset">Vaasan Sport Naiset</a>, women's ice hockey team playing in the <a href="/wiki/Naisten_Liiga_(ice_hockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Naisten Liiga (ice hockey)">Naisten Liiga</a>, home ice is Vaasan Sähkö Areena</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaasan_Palloseura" title="Vaasan Palloseura">Vaasan Palloseura</a>, men's <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> club playing in the <a href="/wiki/Veikkausliiga" title="Veikkausliiga">Veikkausliiga</a>, home ground is <a href="/wiki/Hietalahti_Stadium" title="Hietalahti Stadium">Hietalahti Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasa_IFK" title="Vasa IFK">Vasa IFK</a>, men's football club playing in the <a href="/wiki/Ykk%C3%B6nen" title="Ykkönen">Ykkönen</a>, home ground is <a href="/wiki/Hietalahti_Stadium" title="Hietalahti Stadium">Hietalahti Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FC_Kiisto" title="FC Kiisto">FC Kiisto</a>, men's football club playing in the <a href="/wiki/Kolmonen" title="Kolmonen">Kolmonen</a>, home ground is <a href="/wiki/Hietalahti_Stadium" title="Hietalahti Stadium">Hietalahti Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaasa_RC" title="Vaasa RC">Vaasa Rugby Club</a> <ul><li>Vaasa Wolves, inactive men's rugby union team, played in the <a href="/wiki/Finnish_Championship_League" title="Finnish Championship League">Finnish Championship Rugby League</a> until 2019</li> <li>Vaasa Foxes, women's <a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens" title="Rugby sevens">rugby sevens</a> team playing in the Finnish Championship 7's Series</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vaasan_ammattikorkeakoulu_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Vaasan_ammattikorkeakoulu_2018.jpg/220px-Vaasan_ammattikorkeakoulu_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Vaasan_ammattikorkeakoulu_2018.jpg/330px-Vaasan_ammattikorkeakoulu_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Vaasan_ammattikorkeakoulu_2018.jpg/440px-Vaasan_ammattikorkeakoulu_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4592" data-file-height="3064" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Vaasa_University_of_Applied_Sciences" title="Vaasa University of Applied Sciences">Vaasa University of Applied Sciences</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Vaasa has three universities. The largest one is the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Vaasa" title="University of Vaasa">University of Vaasa</a>, which is located in the neighbourhood of Palosaari. Palosaari is a peninsula near the center of Vaasa, connected to it by bridges. The other two universities are <a href="/wiki/%C3%85bo_Akademi" class="mw-redirect" title="Åbo Akademi">Åbo Akademi</a>, headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Turku" title="Turku">Turku</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Hanken_School_of_Economics" title="Hanken School of Economics">Hanken School of Economics</a> headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a>. Unique to Vaasa is the Finland-Swedish teachers training school <a href="/wiki/Vasa_%C3%B6vningsskola" title="Vasa övningsskola">Vasa övningsskola</a>, part of Åbo Akademi. The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Helsinki" title="University of Helsinki">University of Helsinki</a> also has a small unit, specialized in law studies, in the city centre. </p><p>The city has two universities of applied sciences: <a href="/wiki/Vaasa_Ammattikorkeakoulu_University_of_Applied_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaasa Ammattikorkeakoulu University of Applied Sciences">Vaasa University of Applied Sciences (former Vaasa Polytechnic)</a>, located right next to the University of Vaasa, and <a href="/wiki/Novia_University_of_Applied_Sciences" title="Novia University of Applied Sciences">Novia University of Applied Sciences</a> (former Swedish University of Applied Sciences). </p><p>City has about 13,000 university students and about 4,000 vocational school students.<sup id="cite_ref-koulu_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-koulu-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Toivo_Kuula.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Toivo_Kuula.jpg/220px-Toivo_Kuula.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Toivo_Kuula.jpg/330px-Toivo_Kuula.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Toivo_Kuula.jpg/440px-Toivo_Kuula.jpg 2x" data-file-width="659" data-file-height="426" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Toivo_Kuula" title="Toivo Kuula">Toivo Kuula</a></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 24em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fanny_Churberg" title="Fanny Churberg">Fanny Churberg</a> (1845–1892) – Painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daco_Junior" title="Daco Junior">Sebastian Da Costa</a> – Finnish singer and rapper</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seppo_Evwaraye" title="Seppo Evwaraye">Seppo Evwaraye</a> – Professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabbe_Gr%C3%B6nblom" title="Rabbe Grönblom">Rabbe Grönblom</a> – Businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kai_Hahto" title="Kai Hahto">Kai Hahto</a> - Metal Drummer/drum teacher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanny_Hammarstr%C3%B6m" title="Nanny Hammarström">Nanny Hammarström</a> (1870–1953) – Author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarl_Hemmer" title="Jarl Hemmer">Jarl Hemmer</a> – Author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edvin_Hevonkoski" title="Edvin Hevonkoski">Edvin Hevonkoski</a> – Sculptor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikaela_Ingberg" title="Mikaela Ingberg">Mikaela Ingberg</a> – Javelin thrower</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fritz_Jakobsson" title="Fritz Jakobsson">Fritz Jakobsson</a> – Painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vesa_Jokinen" title="Vesa Jokinen">Vesa 'Vesku' Jokinen</a> – Musician, the lead singer of <a href="/wiki/Klamydia" title="Klamydia">Klamydia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikael_Jungner" title="Mikael Jungner">Mikael Jungner</a> – MD of <a href="/wiki/Yleisradio" class="mw-redirect" title="Yleisradio">Yleisradio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuli_Kivim%C3%A4ki" title="Samuli Kivimäki">Samuli Kivimäki</a> - professional ice hockey player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heli_Koivula-Kruger" title="Heli Koivula-Kruger">Heli Koivula-Kruger</a> – Athlete</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susanna_%27Suski%27_Korvala" class="mw-redirect" title="Susanna 'Suski' Korvala">Susanna 'Suski' Korvala</a> – Singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Kurt%C3%A9n" title="Björn Kurtén">Björn Kurtén</a> – Paleontologist, author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joachim_Kurt%C3%A9n" title="Joachim Kurtén">Joachim Kurtén</a> – Businessman, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toivo_Kuula" title="Toivo Kuula">Toivo Kuula</a> – Composer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_Alexander_Lev%C3%B3n" title="August Alexander Levón">August Alexander Levón</a> – Industrialist, businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jani_Liimatainen" title="Jani Liimatainen">Jani Liimatainen</a> – Guitar player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matias_M%C3%A4kynen" title="Matias Mäkynen">Matias Mäkynen</a> – Politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandor_Mikola" class="mw-redirect" title="Nandor Mikola">Nandor Mikola</a> – Painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camilla_Nylund" title="Camilla Nylund">Camilla Nylund</a> – Opera singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorma_Ojaharju" title="Jorma Ojaharju">Jorma Ojaharju</a> – Author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oskar_Osala" title="Oskar Osala">Oskar Osala</a> – Ice hockey player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sari_Krooks" title="Sari Krooks">Sari Krooks</a> – Ice hockey player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pekka_Puska" title="Pekka Puska">Pekka Puska</a> – Doctor, expert on public health, politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viljo_Revell" title="Viljo Revell">Viljo Revell</a> – Architect, works included <a href="/wiki/Toronto_City_Hall" title="Toronto City Hall">Toronto City Hall</a> in Canada.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camilla_Richardsson" title="Camilla Richardsson">Camilla Richardsson</a> – Middle-distance runner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seppo_Sanaksenaho" title="Seppo Sanaksenaho">Seppo Sanaksenaho</a> – Mayor of Vaasa 1997–2001, Deputy Mayor 1979–1996</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leif_Segerstam" title="Leif Segerstam">Leif Segerstam</a> – Musician, composer, conductor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monica_Aspelund" title="Monica Aspelund">Monica Aspelund</a> – Singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Axel_Setterberg" title="Carl Axel Setterberg">Carl Axel Setterberg</a> – Architect, creator of the new Vaasa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pekka_Strang" title="Pekka Strang">Pekka Strang</a> – Actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jani_Toivola" title="Jani Toivola">Jani Toivola</a> – Member of parliament, actor, television host (<a href="/wiki/Idols_(Finland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Idols (Finland)">Finnish Idols 2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Voice_TV" title="The Voice TV">The Voice TV</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onni_Tommila" title="Onni Tommila">Onni Tommila</a> – Actor (<a href="/wiki/Big_Game_(2014_film)" title="Big Game (2014 film)">Big Game</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rare_Exports:_A_Christmas_Tale" title="Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale">Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allu_Tuppurainen" title="Allu Tuppurainen">Allu Tuppurainen</a> – Actor, creator of <a href="/wiki/R%C3%B6lli" title="Rölli">Rölli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenny_Wilhelms" title="Jenny Wilhelms">Jenny Wilhelms</a> – Musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Gustaf_Wolff" title="Carl Gustaf Wolff">Carl Gustaf Wolff</a> – Businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathilda_Wrede" title="Mathilda Wrede">Mathilda Wrede</a> – "Friend of the inmates"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yrj%C3%B6_Sakari_Yrj%C3%B6-Koskinen" title="Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen">Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen</a> (Georg Zacharias Forsman) – Politician, professor, <a href="/wiki/Fennoman" class="mw-redirect" title="Fennoman">fennoman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A5kan_Nyblom" title="Håkan Nyblom">Håkan Nyblom</a> – <a href="/wiki/Finns" title="Finns">Finnish</a> <a href="/wiki/Wrestler" class="mw-redirect" title="Wrestler">wrestler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miika_Koivisto" title="Miika Koivisto">Miika Koivisto</a> – Ice hockey player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jukka_Seppo" class="mw-redirect" title="Jukka Seppo">Jukka Seppo</a> - Ice hockey player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauri_T%C3%A4hk%C3%A4" title="Lauri Tähkä">Lauri Tähkä</a> - Singer/songwriter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vappu_Taipale" title="Vappu Taipale">Vappu Taipale</a> - Psychiatrist and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juha_Tapio" title="Juha Tapio">Juha Tapio</a> - Singer, lyricist, composer and guitarist</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns">Twin towns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Twin towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Finland" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland">List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland</a></div> <p>As of 2006<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Vaasa has <a href="/wiki/Town_twinning" class="mw-redirect" title="Town twinning">town twinning</a> treaties or treaties of cooperation signed with the following ten cities:<sup id="cite_ref-Malmö_twinning_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malmö_twinning-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; background:#FFFFEF; float:left;"> <tbody><tr> <th>City </th> <th>Province </th> <th>Country </th> <th>Year </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Malm%C3%B6" title="Malmö">Malmö</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sk%C3%A5nes_vapen.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Sk%C3%A5nes_vapen.svg/20px-Sk%C3%A5nes_vapen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Sk%C3%A5nes_vapen.svg/30px-Sk%C3%A5nes_vapen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Sk%C3%A5nes_vapen.svg/40px-Sk%C3%A5nes_vapen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Scania" title="Scania">Scania</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> </td> <td>1940<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_1"><a href="#endnote_1">1</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ume%C3%A5" title="Umeå">Umeå</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:V%C3%A4sterbottens_vapen.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/V%C3%A4sterbottens_vapen.svg/20px-V%C3%A4sterbottens_vapen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/V%C3%A4sterbottens_vapen.svg/30px-V%C3%A4sterbottens_vapen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/V%C3%A4sterbottens_vapen.svg/40px-V%C3%A4sterbottens_vapen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A4sterbotten" title="Västerbotten">Västerbotten</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> </td> <td>1940<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_2"><a href="#endnote_2">2</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Harstad" class="mw-redirect" title="Harstad">Harstad</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Troms_v%C3%A5pen.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Troms_v%C3%A5pen.svg/20px-Troms_v%C3%A5pen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Troms_v%C3%A5pen.svg/30px-Troms_v%C3%A5pen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Troms_v%C3%A5pen.svg/40px-Troms_v%C3%A5pen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Troms" title="Troms">Troms</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> </td> <td>1949<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_2"><a href="#endnote_2">2</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Helsing%C3%B8r" title="Helsingør">Helsingør</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Capital_Region_of_Denmark" title="Capital Region of Denmark">Capital Region of Denmark</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> </td> <td>1949<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_2"><a href="#endnote_2">2</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A4rnu" title="Pärnu">Pärnu</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P%C3%A4rnumaa_lipp.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/P%C3%A4rnumaa_lipp.svg/24px-P%C3%A4rnumaa_lipp.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/P%C3%A4rnumaa_lipp.svg/36px-P%C3%A4rnumaa_lipp.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/P%C3%A4rnumaa_lipp.svg/48px-P%C3%A4rnumaa_lipp.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="471" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A4rnu_County" title="Pärnu County">Pärnu County</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a> </td> <td>1956<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_2"><a href="#endnote_2">2</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Schwerin" title="Schwerin">Schwerin</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Mecklenburg-Western_Pomerania.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Mecklenburg-Western_Pomerania.svg/24px-Flag_of_Mecklenburg-Western_Pomerania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Mecklenburg-Western_Pomerania.svg/36px-Flag_of_Mecklenburg-Western_Pomerania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Mecklenburg-Western_Pomerania.svg/48px-Flag_of_Mecklenburg-Western_Pomerania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" title="Mecklenburg-Vorpommern">Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> </td> <td>1965<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_2"><a href="#endnote_2">2</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kiel" title="Kiel">Kiel</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Schleswig-Holstein.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Schleswig-Holstein.svg/24px-Flag_of_Schleswig-Holstein.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Schleswig-Holstein.svg/36px-Flag_of_Schleswig-Holstein.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Schleswig-Holstein.svg/48px-Flag_of_Schleswig-Holstein.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Schleswig-Holstein" title="Schleswig-Holstein">Schleswig-Holstein</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> </td> <td>1967<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_2"><a href="#endnote_2">2</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0umperk" title="Šumperk">Šumperk</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Olomouc_Region.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Olomouc_Region.svg/24px-Flag_of_Olomouc_Region.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Olomouc_Region.svg/36px-Flag_of_Olomouc_Region.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Olomouc_Region.svg/48px-Flag_of_Olomouc_Region.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Olomouc_Region" title="Olomouc Region">Olomouc Region</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a> </td> <td>1984<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_2"><a href="#endnote_2">2</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Morogoro" title="Morogoro">Morogoro</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania"><img alt="Tanzania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Morogoro_Region" title="Morogoro Region">Morogoro Region</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a> </td> <td>1988<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_3"><a href="#endnote_3">3</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bellingham,_Washington" title="Bellingham, Washington">Bellingham</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Washington.svg/23px-Flag_of_Washington.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Washington.svg/35px-Flag_of_Washington.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flag_of_Washington.svg/46px-Flag_of_Washington.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1106" data-file-height="658" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Washington_(state)" title="Washington (state)">Washington</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td>2009<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_4"><a href="#endnote_4">4</a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <p><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_1"><b><a href="#ref_1">^1</a></b></span> Godfather Town<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_2"><b><a href="#ref_2">^2</a></b></span> Twin Town<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_3"><b><a href="#ref_3">^3</a></b></span> Cooperation Treaty<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_4"><b><a href="#ref_4">^4</a></b></span> Sister City<br /></small> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 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War">Finnish Civil War</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Statistics Finland classifies a person as having a "foreign background" if both parents or the only known parent were born abroad.<sup id="cite_ref-statistics-finland-persons-with-foreign-background_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statistics-finland-persons-with-foreign-background-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaasa&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-charles-ix-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-charles-ix_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-charles-ix_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-charles-ix_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-charles-ix_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000004424888.html">HS: Kaarle IX perusti Vaasan 1606</a> (in Finnish)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nikolai-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nikolai_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/16px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/24px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="padding:0px"><table class="navbox-columns-table" style="border-spacing: 0px; text-align:left;width:100%;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td class="navbox-list" style="padding:0px;padding:0.5em 0.5em;width:10em;"><div> <table style="white-space:nowrap; line-height:1.2em; text-align:right"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <i><b><a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a></b></i></td><td> 1,605,030</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 2.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/16px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/24px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/32px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <i><b><a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a></b></i></td><td> 1,330,993</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 3.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/16px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/24px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <i><b><a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a></b></i></td><td> 1,268,296</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 4.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/16px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/24px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <i><b><a href="/wiki/Oslo" title="Oslo">Oslo</a></b></i></td><td> 1,019,513</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 5.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gothenburg" title="Gothenburg">Gothenburg</a></td><td> 599,011</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 6.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Malm%C3%B6" title="Malmö">Malmö</a></td><td> 339,313</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 7.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/16px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/24px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tampere" title="Tampere">Tampere</a></td><td> 334,112</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 8.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/16px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/24px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/32px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Aarhus" title="Aarhus">Aarhus</a></td><td> 280,534</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 9.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/16px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/24px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bergen" title="Bergen">Bergen</a></td><td> 259,958</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 10.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/16px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/24px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Turku" title="Turku">Turku</a></td><td> 252,468</td></tr></tbody></table> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;padding:0.5em 0.5em;width:10em;"><div> <table style="white-space:nowrap; line-height:1.2em; text-align:right"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 11.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/16px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/24px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Stavanger_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stavanger (city)">Stavanger</a>/<a href="/wiki/Sandnes" title="Sandnes">Sandnes</a></td><td> 237,369</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 12.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland"><img alt="Iceland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/16px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/24px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></span> <i><b><a href="/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk" title="Reykjavík">Reykjavík</a></b></i></td><td> 228,231</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 13.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/16px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/24px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Oulu" title="Oulu">Oulu</a></td><td> 208,939</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 14.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/16px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/24px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Trondheim" title="Trondheim">Trondheim</a></td><td> 186,364</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 15.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/16px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/24px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/32px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Odense" title="Odense">Odense</a></td><td> 180,302</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 16.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Uppsala" title="Uppsala">Uppsala</a></td><td> 177,074</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 17.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upplands_V%C3%A4sby_och_Sollentuna" class="extiw" title="sv:Upplands Väsby och Sollentuna">Upplands Väsby och Sollentuna</a></td><td> 149,461</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 18.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/16px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/24px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/32px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Aalborg" title="Aalborg">Aalborg</a></td><td> 140,897</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 19.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A4ster%C3%A5s" title="Västerås">Västerås</a></td><td> 128,534</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 20.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/%C3%96rebro" title="Örebro">Örebro</a></td><td> 126,009</td></tr></tbody></table> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;padding:0.5em 0.5em;width:10em;"><div> <table style="white-space:nowrap; line-height:1.2em; text-align:right"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 21.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/16px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/24px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lahti" title="Lahti">Lahti</a></td><td> 119,068</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 22.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/16px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/24px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4" title="Jyväskylä">Jyväskylä</a></td><td> 117,974</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 23.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/16px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/24px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fredrikstad" title="Fredrikstad">Fredrikstad</a>/<a href="/wiki/Sarpsborg" title="Sarpsborg">Sarpsborg</a></td><td> 116,373</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 24.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Link%C3%B6ping" title="Linköping">Linköping</a></td><td> 115,672</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 25.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Helsingborg" title="Helsingborg">Helsingborg</a></td><td> 113,816</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 26.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/16px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/24px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kristiansand_(town)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kristiansand (town)">Kristiansand</a></td><td> 111,633</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 27.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/16px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/24px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Drammen_(town)" class="mw-redirect" title="Drammen (town)">Drammen</a></td><td> 109,416</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 28.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6nk%C3%B6ping" title="Jönköping">Jönköping</a></td><td> 100,259</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 29.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Norrk%C3%B6ping" title="Norrköping">Norrköping</a></td><td> 97,854</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 30.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lund" title="Lund">Lund</a></td><td> 94,393</td></tr></tbody></table> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;padding:0.5em 0.5em;width:10em;"><div> <table style="white-space:nowrap; line-height:1.2em; text-align:right"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 31.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway"><img alt="Norway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/16px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/24px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Porsgrunn" title="Porsgrunn">Porsgrunn</a>/<a href="/wiki/Skien" title="Skien">Skien</a></td><td> 93,778</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 32.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ume%C3%A5" title="Umeå">Umeå</a></td><td> 90,412</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 33.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/16px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/24px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kuopio" title="Kuopio">Kuopio</a></td><td> 88,520</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 34.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/16px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/24px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pori" title="Pori">Pori</a></td><td> 84,026</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 35.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A4vle" title="Gävle">Gävle</a></td><td> 77,586</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 36.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/S%C3%B6dert%C3%A4lje" title="Södertälje">Södertälje</a></td><td> 75,773</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 37.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bor%C3%A5s" title="Borås">Borås</a></td><td> 73,980</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 38.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/16px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/24px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/32px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Esbjerg" title="Esbjerg">Esbjerg</a></td><td> 72,398</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 39.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Halmstad" title="Halmstad">Halmstad</a></td><td> 71,316</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 40.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A4xj%C3%B6" title="Växjö">Växjö</a></td><td> 71,009</td></tr></tbody></table> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;padding:0.5em 0.5em;width:10em;"><div> <table style="white-space:nowrap; line-height:1.2em; text-align:right"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 41.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Eskilstuna" title="Eskilstuna">Eskilstuna</a></td><td> 70,342</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 42.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/16px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/24px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Joensuu" title="Joensuu">Joensuu</a></td><td> 67,811</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 43.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Karlstad" title="Karlstad">Karlstad</a></td><td> 65,856</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 44.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/16px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/24px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Vaasa</a></td><td> 65,414</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 45.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/16px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/24px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/32px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Randers" title="Randers">Randers</a></td><td> 62,482</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 46.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/16px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/24px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/32px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kolding" title="Kolding">Kolding</a></td><td> 61,121</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 47.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/16px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/24px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/32px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Horsens" title="Horsens">Horsens</a></td><td> 59,449</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 48.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/16px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/24px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/32px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sundsvall" title="Sundsvall">Sundsvall</a></td><td> 58,807</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 49.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/16px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/24px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/32px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vejle" title="Vejle">Vejle</a></td><td> 57,655</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 50.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/16px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/24px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lappeenranta" title="Lappeenranta">Lappeenranta</a></td><td> 55,743</td></tr></tbody></table> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="50_most_populous_municipalities_in_Finland" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Helsinki.vaakuna.svg/30px-Helsinki.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="578" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a></td><td> 683,669</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 2.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Espoo" title="Espoo"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Espoo.vaakuna.svg/15px-Espoo.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Espoo.vaakuna.svg/23px-Espoo.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Espoo.vaakuna.svg/30px-Espoo.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="449" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Espoo" title="Espoo">Espoo</a></td><td> 319,811</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 3.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tampere" title="Tampere"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Tampere.vaakuna.svg/15px-Tampere.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Tampere.vaakuna.svg/23px-Tampere.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Tampere.vaakuna.svg/30px-Tampere.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="569" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Tampere" title="Tampere">Tampere</a></td><td> 260,051</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 4.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Vantaa" title="Vantaa"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Vantaa.vaakuna.svg/15px-Vantaa.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Vantaa.vaakuna.svg/23px-Vantaa.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Vantaa.vaakuna.svg/30px-Vantaa.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="540" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Vantaa" title="Vantaa">Vantaa</a></td><td> 251,070</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 5.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Oulu" title="Oulu"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Oulu.vaakuna.svg/15px-Oulu.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Oulu.vaakuna.svg/23px-Oulu.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Oulu.vaakuna.svg/30px-Oulu.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="501" data-file-height="581" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Oulu" title="Oulu">Oulu</a></td><td> 216,174</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 6.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turku" title="Turku"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Turku.vaakuna.svg/15px-Turku.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Turku.vaakuna.svg/23px-Turku.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Turku.vaakuna.svg/30px-Turku.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="501" data-file-height="831" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Turku" title="Turku">Turku</a></td><td> 205,949</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 7.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4" title="Jyväskylä"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4.vaakuna.svg/15px-Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4.vaakuna.svg/23px-Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4.vaakuna.svg/30px-Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="757" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4" title="Jyväskylä">Jyväskylä</a></td><td> 149,263</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 8.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kuopio" title="Kuopio"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Kuopio.vaakuna.svg/15px-Kuopio.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Kuopio.vaakuna.svg/23px-Kuopio.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Kuopio.vaakuna.svg/30px-Kuopio.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="793" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kuopio" title="Kuopio">Kuopio</a></td><td> 125,597</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 9.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lahti" title="Lahti"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Lahti.vaakuna.svg/15px-Lahti.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Lahti.vaakuna.svg/23px-Lahti.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Lahti.vaakuna.svg/30px-Lahti.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="565" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Lahti" title="Lahti">Lahti</a></td><td> 121,447</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 10.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Pori" title="Pori"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Porin_vaakuna.svg/15px-Porin_vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Porin_vaakuna.svg/23px-Porin_vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Porin_vaakuna.svg/30px-Porin_vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="585" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Pori" title="Pori">Pori</a></td><td> 83,375</td></tr></tbody></table> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;padding:0.5em 0.5em;width:10em;"><div> <table style="white-space:nowrap; line-height:1.2em; text-align:right"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 11.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Joensuu" title="Joensuu"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Joensuu.vaakuna.svg/15px-Joensuu.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Joensuu.vaakuna.svg/23px-Joensuu.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Joensuu.vaakuna.svg/30px-Joensuu.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="588" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Joensuu" title="Joensuu">Joensuu</a></td><td> 78,764</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 12.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kouvola" title="Kouvola"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Kouvola.vaakuna.2009.svg/15px-Kouvola.vaakuna.2009.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Kouvola.vaakuna.2009.svg/23px-Kouvola.vaakuna.2009.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Kouvola.vaakuna.2009.svg/30px-Kouvola.vaakuna.2009.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="557" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kouvola" title="Kouvola">Kouvola</a></td><td> 78,514</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 13.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lappeenranta" title="Lappeenranta"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Lappeenranta.vaakuna.svg/15px-Lappeenranta.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Lappeenranta.vaakuna.svg/23px-Lappeenranta.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Lappeenranta.vaakuna.svg/30px-Lappeenranta.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="625" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Lappeenranta" title="Lappeenranta">Lappeenranta</a></td><td> 73,481</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 14.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Vaasa.vaakuna2.svg/15px-Vaasa.vaakuna2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Vaasa.vaakuna2.svg/23px-Vaasa.vaakuna2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Vaasa.vaakuna2.svg/30px-Vaasa.vaakuna2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1151" data-file-height="1441" /></a></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Vaasa</a></td><td> 70,382</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 15.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A4meenlinna" title="Hämeenlinna"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/H%C3%A4meenlinna.vaakuna.svg/15px-H%C3%A4meenlinna.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/H%C3%A4meenlinna.vaakuna.svg/23px-H%C3%A4meenlinna.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/H%C3%A4meenlinna.vaakuna.svg/30px-H%C3%A4meenlinna.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="570" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A4meenlinna" title="Hämeenlinna">Hämeenlinna</a></td><td> 68,421</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 16.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sein%C3%A4joki" title="Seinäjoki"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Sein%C3%A4joki.vaakuna.svg/15px-Sein%C3%A4joki.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Sein%C3%A4joki.vaakuna.svg/23px-Sein%C3%A4joki.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Sein%C3%A4joki.vaakuna.svg/30px-Sein%C3%A4joki.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="572" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Sein%C3%A4joki" title="Seinäjoki">Seinäjoki</a></td><td> 66,556</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 17.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Rovaniemi" title="Rovaniemi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Rovaniemi.vaakuna.svg/15px-Rovaniemi.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Rovaniemi.vaakuna.svg/23px-Rovaniemi.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Rovaniemi.vaakuna.svg/30px-Rovaniemi.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="568" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Rovaniemi" title="Rovaniemi">Rovaniemi</a></td><td> 65,673</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 18.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mikkeli" title="Mikkeli"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Mikkeli.vaakuna.svg/15px-Mikkeli.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Mikkeli.vaakuna.svg/23px-Mikkeli.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Mikkeli.vaakuna.svg/30px-Mikkeli.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="780" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Mikkeli" title="Mikkeli">Mikkeli</a></td><td> 51,960</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 19.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Porvoo" title="Porvoo"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Porvoo.vaakuna.svg/15px-Porvoo.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Porvoo.vaakuna.svg/23px-Porvoo.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Porvoo.vaakuna.svg/30px-Porvoo.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="312" data-file-height="317" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Porvoo" title="Porvoo">Porvoo</a></td><td> 51,698</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 20.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Salo,_Finland" title="Salo, Finland"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Halikko_vaakuna.svg/15px-Halikko_vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Halikko_vaakuna.svg/23px-Halikko_vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Halikko_vaakuna.svg/30px-Halikko_vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="565" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Salo,_Finland" title="Salo, Finland">Salo</a></td><td> 50,890</td></tr></tbody></table> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;padding:0.5em 0.5em;width:10em;"><div> <table style="white-space:nowrap; line-height:1.2em; text-align:right"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 21.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kotka" title="Kotka"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Kotka.vaakuna.svg/15px-Kotka.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Kotka.vaakuna.svg/23px-Kotka.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Kotka.vaakuna.svg/30px-Kotka.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="575" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kotka" title="Kotka">Kotka</a></td><td> 50,336</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 22.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kokkola" title="Kokkola"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Kokkola.vaakuna.svg/15px-Kokkola.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Kokkola.vaakuna.svg/23px-Kokkola.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Kokkola.vaakuna.svg/30px-Kokkola.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="788" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kokkola" title="Kokkola">Kokkola</a></td><td> 48,372</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 23.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hyvink%C3%A4%C3%A4" title="Hyvinkää"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Hyvinkaa.vaakuna.svg/15px-Hyvinkaa.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Hyvinkaa.vaakuna.svg/23px-Hyvinkaa.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Hyvinkaa.vaakuna.svg/30px-Hyvinkaa.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="553" data-file-height="631" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Hyvink%C3%A4%C3%A4" title="Hyvinkää">Hyvinkää</a></td><td> 47,041</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 24.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/J%C3%A4rvenp%C3%A4%C3%A4" title="Järvenpää"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Jarvenpaa.vaakuna.svg/15px-Jarvenpaa.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Jarvenpaa.vaakuna.svg/23px-Jarvenpaa.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Jarvenpaa.vaakuna.svg/30px-Jarvenpaa.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="453" data-file-height="504" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/J%C3%A4rvenp%C3%A4%C3%A4" title="Järvenpää">Järvenpää</a></td><td> 46,795</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 25.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lohja" title="Lohja"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Lohja.vaakuna.svg/15px-Lohja.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Lohja.vaakuna.svg/23px-Lohja.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Lohja.vaakuna.svg/30px-Lohja.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="550" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Lohja" title="Lohja">Lohja</a></td><td> 45,670</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 26.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nurmij%C3%A4rvi" title="Nurmijärvi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Nurmijarvi.vaakuna.svg/15px-Nurmijarvi.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Nurmijarvi.vaakuna.svg/23px-Nurmijarvi.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Nurmijarvi.vaakuna.svg/30px-Nurmijarvi.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="553" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Nurmij%C3%A4rvi" title="Nurmijärvi">Nurmijärvi</a></td><td> 44,991</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 27.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Tuusula" title="Tuusula"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Tuusula.vaakuna.svg/15px-Tuusula.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Tuusula.vaakuna.svg/23px-Tuusula.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Tuusula.vaakuna.svg/30px-Tuusula.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="554" data-file-height="637" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Tuusula" title="Tuusula">Tuusula</a></td><td> 42,112</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 28.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kirkkonummi" title="Kirkkonummi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Kirkkonummi.vaakuna.svg/15px-Kirkkonummi.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Kirkkonummi.vaakuna.svg/23px-Kirkkonummi.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Kirkkonummi.vaakuna.svg/30px-Kirkkonummi.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="382" data-file-height="461" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kirkkonummi" title="Kirkkonummi">Kirkkonummi</a></td><td> 41,610</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 29.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Rauma,_Finland" title="Rauma, Finland"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Rauma.vaakuna.svg/15px-Rauma.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Rauma.vaakuna.svg/23px-Rauma.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Rauma.vaakuna.svg/30px-Rauma.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="359" data-file-height="628" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Rauma,_Finland" title="Rauma, Finland">Rauma</a></td><td> 38,957</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 30.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kerava" title="Kerava"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Kerava.vaakuna.svg/15px-Kerava.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Kerava.vaakuna.svg/23px-Kerava.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Kerava.vaakuna.svg/30px-Kerava.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="570" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kerava" title="Kerava">Kerava</a></td><td> 38,444</td></tr></tbody></table> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;padding:0.5em 0.5em;width:10em;"><div> <table style="white-space:nowrap; line-height:1.2em; text-align:right"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 31.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kaarina" title="Kaarina"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Piikki%C3%B6.vaakuna.svg/15px-Piikki%C3%B6.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Piikki%C3%B6.vaakuna.svg/23px-Piikki%C3%B6.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Piikki%C3%B6.vaakuna.svg/30px-Piikki%C3%B6.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="550" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kaarina" title="Kaarina">Kaarina</a></td><td> 36,538</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 32.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kajaani" title="Kajaani"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Kajaani.vaakuna.svg/15px-Kajaani.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Kajaani.vaakuna.svg/23px-Kajaani.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Kajaani.vaakuna.svg/30px-Kajaani.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="572" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kajaani" title="Kajaani">Kajaani</a></td><td> 36,517</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 33.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nokia,_Finland" title="Nokia, Finland"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Nokia.vaakuna.svg/15px-Nokia.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Nokia.vaakuna.svg/23px-Nokia.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Nokia.vaakuna.svg/30px-Nokia.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="563" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Nokia,_Finland" title="Nokia, Finland">Nokia</a></td><td> 36,083</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 34.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kangasala" title="Kangasala"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Kangasala.vaakuna.svg/15px-Kangasala.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Kangasala.vaakuna.svg/23px-Kangasala.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Kangasala.vaakuna.svg/30px-Kangasala.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="547" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kangasala" title="Kangasala">Kangasala</a></td><td> 33,905</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 35.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Yl%C3%B6j%C3%A4rvi" title="Ylöjärvi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Yl%C3%B6j%C3%A4rvi.vaakuna.svg/15px-Yl%C3%B6j%C3%A4rvi.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Yl%C3%B6j%C3%A4rvi.vaakuna.svg/23px-Yl%C3%B6j%C3%A4rvi.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Yl%C3%B6j%C3%A4rvi.vaakuna.svg/30px-Yl%C3%B6j%C3%A4rvi.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="565" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Yl%C3%B6j%C3%A4rvi" title="Ylöjärvi">Ylöjärvi</a></td><td> 33,651</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 36.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Savonlinna" title="Savonlinna"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Savonlinna.vaakuna.svg/15px-Savonlinna.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Savonlinna.vaakuna.svg/23px-Savonlinna.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Savonlinna.vaakuna.svg/30px-Savonlinna.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="506" data-file-height="822" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Savonlinna" title="Savonlinna">Savonlinna</a></td><td> 31,597</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 37.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Vihti" title="Vihti"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Vihti.vaakuna.svg/15px-Vihti.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Vihti.vaakuna.svg/23px-Vihti.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Vihti.vaakuna.svg/30px-Vihti.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="540" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Vihti" title="Vihti">Vihti</a></td><td> 28,747</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 38.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Riihim%C3%A4ki" title="Riihimäki"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Riihim%C3%A4ki.vaakuna.svg/15px-Riihim%C3%A4ki.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Riihim%C3%A4ki.vaakuna.svg/23px-Riihim%C3%A4ki.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Riihim%C3%A4ki.vaakuna.svg/30px-Riihim%C3%A4ki.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="650" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Riihim%C3%A4ki" title="Riihimäki">Riihimäki</a></td><td> 28,663</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 39.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Raseborg" title="Raseborg"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Raasepori.vaakuna.svg/15px-Raasepori.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Raasepori.vaakuna.svg/23px-Raasepori.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Raasepori.vaakuna.svg/30px-Raasepori.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="605" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Raseborg" title="Raseborg">Raseborg</a></td><td> 27,108</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 40.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Raisio" title="Raisio"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Raisio.vaakuna.svg/15px-Raisio.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Raisio.vaakuna.svg/23px-Raisio.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Raisio.vaakuna.svg/30px-Raisio.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="575" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Raisio" title="Raisio">Raisio</a></td><td> 25,595</td></tr></tbody></table> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;padding:0.5em 0.5em;width:10em;"><div> <table style="white-space:nowrap; line-height:1.2em; text-align:right"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 41.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lemp%C3%A4%C3%A4l%C3%A4" title="Lempäälä"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Lemp%C3%A4%C3%A4l%C3%A4.vaakuna.svg/15px-Lemp%C3%A4%C3%A4l%C3%A4.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Lemp%C3%A4%C3%A4l%C3%A4.vaakuna.svg/23px-Lemp%C3%A4%C3%A4l%C3%A4.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Lemp%C3%A4%C3%A4l%C3%A4.vaakuna.svg/30px-Lemp%C3%A4%C3%A4l%C3%A4.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="536" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Lemp%C3%A4%C3%A4l%C3%A4" title="Lempäälä">Lempäälä</a></td><td> 24,875</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 42.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Imatra" title="Imatra"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Imatra.vaakuna.svg/15px-Imatra.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Imatra.vaakuna.svg/23px-Imatra.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Imatra.vaakuna.svg/30px-Imatra.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="499" data-file-height="619" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Imatra" title="Imatra">Imatra</a></td><td> 24,784</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 43.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Raahe" title="Raahe"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Raahe.vaakuna.svg/15px-Raahe.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Raahe.vaakuna.svg/23px-Raahe.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Raahe.vaakuna.svg/30px-Raahe.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="579" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Raahe" title="Raahe">Raahe</a></td><td> 23,559</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 44.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sastamala" title="Sastamala"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Karkku.vaakuna.svg/15px-Karkku.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Karkku.vaakuna.svg/23px-Karkku.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Karkku.vaakuna.svg/30px-Karkku.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="570" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Sastamala" title="Sastamala">Sastamala</a></td><td> 23,530</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 45.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hollola" title="Hollola"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Hollola.vaakuna.svg/15px-Hollola.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Hollola.vaakuna.svg/23px-Hollola.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Hollola.vaakuna.svg/30px-Hollola.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="580" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Hollola" title="Hollola">Hollola</a></td><td> 22,834</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 46.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sipoo" title="Sipoo"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Sipoo.vaakuna.svg/15px-Sipoo.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Sipoo.vaakuna.svg/23px-Sipoo.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Sipoo.vaakuna.svg/30px-Sipoo.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="571" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Sipoo" title="Sipoo">Sipoo</a></td><td> 22,789</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 47.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Siilinj%C3%A4rvi" title="Siilinjärvi"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Siilinj%C3%A4rvi.vaakuna.svg/15px-Siilinj%C3%A4rvi.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Siilinj%C3%A4rvi.vaakuna.svg/23px-Siilinj%C3%A4rvi.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Siilinj%C3%A4rvi.vaakuna.svg/30px-Siilinj%C3%A4rvi.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="570" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Siilinj%C3%A4rvi" title="Siilinjärvi">Siilinjärvi</a></td><td> 21,240</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 48.</td><td style="text-align:left"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Pirkkala" title="Pirkkala"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Pirkkala.vaakuna.svg/15px-Pirkkala.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" 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