Espoo (fin)

Espoo

Espoo ranks 545th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Catania, South Korea, and Daejeon. The most famous people from Espoo are Kimi Räikkönen, JJ Lehto, and Alexi Laiho. The most famous people who died in Espoo are Arto Paasilinna, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, and Bo Carpelan. Espoo has been the birth place of many soccer players, and hockey players and the death place of many writers, and athletes. Espoo is located in Finland.

Espoo is a city in Finland. It is located to the west of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population is approximately 324,000. It is the 2nd most populous municipality in Finland. Espoo is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, which has approximately 1.6 million inhabitants. Espoo is on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland and borders Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi. The city includes the enclave of Kauniainen. Espoo covers an area of 528 km2 (204 sq mi). Espoo is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 69% Finnish speakers, 6% Swedish speakers, and 25% speakers of other languages, well above the national average. Read more on Wikipedia