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Vaasa
Vasa (Swedish) | |
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City | |
| Vaasan kaupunki Vasa stad City of Vaasa | |
 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 | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Vaasa in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°06′N 021°37′E / 63.100°N 21.617°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region |  Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Vaasa |
| Charter | 2 October 1606[1] |
| Named for | House of Vasa[1] Nicholas I of Russia (1855–1917)[2] |
| Capital city[a] | 29 January 1918 – 3 May 1918[3] |
| Government | |
| • City manager | Tomas Häyry |
| Area (2018-01-01)[4] | |
• City | 545.14 km2 (210.48 sq mi) |
| • Land | 364.84 km2 (140.87 sq mi) |
| • Water | 208.63 km2 (80.55 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 66.65 km2 (25.73 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 210th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-12-31)[5] | |
• City | 70,374 |
| • Rank | 14th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 192.89/km2 (499.6/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 65,414 |
| • Urban density | 981.5/km2 (2,542/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 63.2% (official) |
| • Swedish | 23% (official) |
| • Others | 13.8% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 15% |
| • 15 to 64 | 64.4% |
| • 65 or older | 20.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfc |
| Website | www |
Vaasa (Finnish: [ˈʋɑːsɑ]; Swedish: Vasa, Finland Swedish: [ˈvɑːsɑ] ⓘ, Sweden Swedish: [ˈvɑ̂ːsa] ⓘ), formerly known as Nikolaistad (Finnish: Nikolainkaupunki; lit. 'city of Nicholas'),[2] is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Ostrobothnia. It is located on the west coast of the country, on the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Vaasa is approximately 70,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 111,000. It is the 14th most populous municipality in Finland, and the tenth most populous urban area in the country.
Vaasa was granted its charter in 1606, during the reign of Charles IX of Sweden, and is named after the Royal House of Vasa.[1] During the Finnish Civil War in 1918, Vaasa was briefly the capital of the White Finland and hosted the Senate of Finland.
The city is home to several institutions of higher education: the University of Vaasa, the Vaasa University of Applied Sciences, the Novia University of Applied Sciences, and some faculties of the Åbo Akademi University, the University of Helsinki, and the Hanken School of Economics.
Vaasa is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 63% Finnish speakers, 23% Swedish speakers, and 14% speakers of other languages.[6] The municipalities surrounding Vaasa, such as Korsholm and Malax, have a clear majority of Swedish speakers. As a result, the Swedish language maintains a strong position in the city, making it the most significant cultural center for Swedish-Finns.[9][10][11]
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britannicawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Population increased most in Uusimaa in 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 23 January 2025. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 4 April 2025. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ Vaasa (Vasa) – Åbo Akademi University
- ^ Vaasan monipuolinen kulttuuri – Rannikkoseudun Sanomat (in Finnish)
- ^ FinWest: Vaasa – viihdyttävä kesäkaupunki (in Finnish)
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