Vaasa (fin)

Vaasa

Vaasa ranks 2,658th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cairns, Francia, and Santa Cruz, California. Memorable people born in Vaasa include Leif Segerstam, Erik Adolf von Willebrand, and Fanny Churberg. Memorable people who died in Vaasa include Matti Pellonpää, and Aarne Pohjonen. Vaasa has been the birth place of many athletes, and conductors and the death place of many actors, and physicians. Vaasa is located in Finland.

Vaasa, in the years 1855–1917 known as Nikolainkaupunki, 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. Read more on Wikipedia