Sipoo Sipoo – Sibbo
—  Municipality  —
Sipoon kunta Sibbo kommun
Sipoo Old Church
Coat of arms
Location of Sipoo in Finland
Coordinates: 60°22.5′N 025°16′E / 60.375°N 25.267°E / 60.375; 25.267Coordinates: 60°22.5′N 025°16′E / 60.375°N 25.267°E / 60.375; 25.267
Country	Finland
Region	Uusimaa
Sub-region	Porvoo sub-region
Charter	1425
Seat	Nikkilä
Government
• Chairman of the municipal board	Eero Seppänen
• Chairman of the municipal assembly	Christel Liljeström
• Municipal manager	Markku Luoma
Area(2011-01-01)[1]
• Total	698.59 km2 (269.73 sq mi)
• Land	339.62 km2 (131.13 sq mi)
• Water	358.97 km2 (138.60 sq mi)
Area rank	177th largest in Finland
Population (2012-01-31)[2]
• Total	18,510
• Rank	62nd largest in Finland
• Density	54.5/km2 (141/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
• Finnish	59.5% (official)
• Swedish	38.6% (official)
• Others	1.9%
Population by age[4]
• 0 to 14	21.7%
• 15 to 64	64.7%
• 65 or older	13.6%
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5]	19.25%
Website	www.sipoo.fi

Sipoo (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsipoː], Swedish: Sibbo) is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Nikkilä/Nickby. It is the eastern neighbour of Helsinki and is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 18,510 (31 January 2012)^[2] and covers an area of 698.59 square kilometres (269.73 sq mi) of which 358.97 km² (138.60 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 54.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (141 /sq mi).

The once almost completely Swedish-speaking municipality is since 1953 bilingual, a majority being Finnish speakers since 2003, due to migration from other parts of Finland. Today the Finnish-speaking majority stands for ca 60% and the Swedish-speaking minority for about 39% of the population.^[3]

On June 26, 2006, the Sipoo town council decided on a strategy to triple the municipality's population over the next 25 years. The decision was made after Helsinki announced plans to annex a part of the municipality in order to continue to build high-end urbanizations in the coastline (and thus high-tax revenue producing). The Finnish Council of State voted in favour of the annexation on June 28, 2007, with votes 8 to 4.^[6] Sipoo disputed this and appealed the Supreme Administrative Court but the court upheld the decision of the Council of State^[7] and the annexation took place on January 1, 2009. As Helsinki did not directly border Sipoo at any point, the city of Vantaa ceded the area lain between Helsinki and Sipoo to Helsinki in the process.

Twin towns [link]

• Aurskog-Høland, Norway
• Frederikssund, Denmark
• Kumla, Sweden
• Kuusalu, Estonia

See also [link]

• Sibbesborg

References [link]

External links [link]

Media related to Sipoo at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Sipoo – Official website
• Pictures
• Map of Sipoo

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