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Sipoo (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsipoː]; Swedish: Sibbo) is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Nikkilä (Nickby). Sipoo is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area.

The coat of arms of the municipality refers to the origin story of the settlement, according to which the ancestors of Sipoo are said to have arrived in the region on a viking ship, the bow of which was decorated with a head of wolf; accordingly, locals have even been called the “wolves of Sipoo”. The wave lined fess of the coat of arms refers to the Sipoo River.

Geography

It is the eastern neighbour of Helsinki and western neighbour of Porvoo, located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is water.[2] The population density is [convert: invalid number].

The once almost completely Swedish-speaking municipality is bilingual since 1953, a majority being Finnish speakers, due to migration from other parts of Finland since 2003. Today the Finnish-speaking majority stands at 0% and the Swedish-speaking minority is about 0% 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 by the coastline (and thus high-tax revenue producing). The Finnish Council of State voted in favor of the annexation on June 28, 2007, with votes 8 to 4.[4] Sipoo appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court, but the court upheld the decision of the Council of State[5] 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.

Politics

Results[6] of the 2019 Finnish parliamentary election in Sipoo:

In media

Sipoo is featured in Elisa Viihde network's black comedy television series Duke of Sipoo (Finnish: Sipoon herttua), starring a corrupted Sipolian businessman Pasi Kovalainen, played by Kari Hietalahti.[7][8]

Twin towns

See also

References

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  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference population_by_language was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Hallitus hyväksyi Sipoo-liitoksen". YLE Uutiset (in Finnish). Helsinki: Yleisradio Oy. 2007-06-28. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
  5. ^ Supreme Administrative Court Precedent KHO:2008:1, ruled on January 15, 2008 (in Finnish)
  6. ^ "Tulospalvelu: Eduskuntavaalit 2019 - Sipoo". Sipoon sanomat. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  7. ^ Elisa Viihde – SIPOON HERTTUA (in Finnish)
  8. ^ IMDb – Sipoon Herttua: Duke of Sipoo

Media related to Sipoo at Wikimedia Commons

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