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Sipoon kunta - Sibbo kommun
''Coat of Arms'' ''Location''
Founded	1352
Province	Southern Finland
Region	Eastern Uusimaa
Sub-region	Porvoo
Area - Of which land - Rank	366.75 km² 364.10 km² ranked 250th
Population - Density - Change - Rank	19,126 (31.1.2007) 52.1 inh./km² + % ranked 53rd
Urbanisation	83.9%
Unemployment	4.4%
Official languages	Finnish, Swedish
Municipal manager	Markku Luoma
Home page	http://www.sipoo.fi

'Sipoo' (IPA: /ˈsipoː/) in Finnish or 'Sibbo' in Swedish is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in ''Nikkilä'' / ''Nickby'' (postal code 04130).

It is the eastern neighbour of Helsinki and is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Eastern Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 19,126 (2007-01-31) and covers an area of 366.75 km² of which 2.65 km² is water. The population density is 51 inhabitants per km².
The once almost completely Swedish speaking municipality is since 1953 bilingual, a majority being Finnish speakers since 2003, due to the flow of movers from different parts of Finland. Today the Finnish speaking majority stands for ca 58% and the Swedish speaking minority for about 40% of the population.
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 respond to population growth pressures. The Finnish state council voted in favour of the annexation on June 28, 2007, with votes 8 to 4.
As Helsinki does not directly border Sipoo at any point, the municipality of Vantaa will cede the area lying between Helsinki and Sipoo to Helsinki in the progress. The annexation will take place on January 1, 2009.^[1]

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Twin towns

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Twin towns

★ Aurskog-Høland, Norway

★ Frederikssund, Denmark

★ Kumla, Sweden

★ Kuusalu, Estonia

See also

★ Sibbesborg

References

1. http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/id63643.html

External links

★ http://www.sipoo.fi/ - Official website

★ http://www.nbl.fi/~nbl1560/sibbopics.html - Pictures