Vanha-Espoo (
Finnish) or Gamla Esbo (
Swedish), literally "Old Espoo", is the largest metropolitain area of
Espoo
Espoo (, ; ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the west of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. Espoo is part of the Helsi ...
by area, a city in
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
, and the fifth largest by population. It covers part of the centre and northwest of the city. As of 2019, the population of the area is 41,077.
It contains the districts
Espoon keskus,
Gumböle,
Högnäs,
Järvenperä,
Karhusuo,
Karvasmäki,
Kaupunginkallio,
Kolmperä,
Kunnarla,
Kuurinniitty,
Muurala,
Nupuri,
Nuuksio
Nuuksio ( Finnish) or Noux ( Swedish) is a district of Espoo, a city in Finland, best known for the Nuuksio National Park. The Solvalla Sports Institute is also located in Nuuksio.
Etymology
The Finnish name, ''Nuuksio'', comes from the Swedis ...
,
Siikajärvi and
Vanha-Nuuksio.
See also
*
Districts of Espoo
This is an alphabetical list of the fifty districts of Espoo. Swedish names are given in parentheses.
* Bodom
* Espoon keskus (''Esbo centrum'')
* Espoonkartano (''Esbogård'')
* Espoonlahti (''Esboviken'')
* Gumböle
* Haukilahti (''Gäddv ...
References
Districts of Espoo
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