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The population of Turku is approximately 206,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 315,000. It is the 6th most populous municipality in Finland, and the third most populous urban area in the country after Helsinki and Tampere. Turku is Finland's oldest city. [1]
The Turku metropolitan area has a population of about 315,000, making it the third largest region in Finland after Helsinki and Tampere. The terms Turku metropolitan area, Turku region, Turku city region, Greater Turku and the other terms used are not fixed and may vary in different contexts.
Turku sub-region is a subdivision of Southwest Finland in Finland. It is the third most populous sub-region in Finland with about 351,000 inhabitants after Helsinki and Tampere . The sub-regions [ 1 ] are used for statistical purposes. [ 2 ]
The following is a list of cities and towns (Finnish: kaupunki, Swedish: stad) in Finland.[a] The basic administrative unit of Finland is municipality.Since 1977, there is no legal difference between towns and municipalities, [1] and a municipality can independently decide to call itself a city or town if it considers that it meets the requirements of an urban settlement. [2]
Population growth has mainly been driven by immigration. Furthermore, the population is increasingly concentrated in urban areas in southern and western Finland. As of 2023, the average age of the Finnish population was 43.8 years, with an average age of 42.5 years for men and 45.1 years for women. [1]
[1] [2] In Finland, as of December 31, 2013, 89.3% of the population speak Finnish, 5.3% Swedish and 0.04% Sami languages. [3] Both Finnish and Swedish are official languages of Finland . [ 4 ] Officially, a municipality is bilingual if the minority language group consists of at least 8% of the population, or at least 3,000 speakers. [ 1 ]
Apart from the areas set aside for parks, the district is rather densely populated, and has a population of 168 485 (as of 2019) Turku Archived 2020-11-26 at the Wayback Machine an annual population growth rate of -2.58%. 5.00% of the district's population are under 15 years old, while 28.58% are over 65.
A common statistical definition between the Nordic countries was agreed in 1960, [1] which defines an urban area as a contiguous built-up area with a population of at least 200 and where the maximum distance between dwellings is 200 metres, excluding roads, car parks, parks, sports grounds and cemeteries - regardless of the boundaries of the ...