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1345:2024-04-29
1300:References
1263:, and the
1247:These are
1166:19 %
1160:77 %
1107:27 %
960:Nurmijärvi
915:12 %
883:16 %
851:11 %
832:Kauniainen
755:20 %
723:24 %
629:Nurmijärvi
442:Nurmijärvi
398:Nurmijärvi
338:Kauniainen
291:Baltic Sea
266:, and six
149:Population
105:Sub-region
1340:1797-5395
1163:5 %
1151:1,582,452
1139:7 %
1133:91 %
1101:71 %
1075:8 %
1069:90 %
1043:7 %
1040:28 %
1037:65 %
1011:4 %
1005:94 %
992:Pornainen
979:8 %
973:91 %
947:5 %
941:94 %
912:15 %
909:73 %
877:83 %
848:30 %
845:59 %
819:8 %
813:90 %
800:Järvenpää
787:8 %
781:91 %
749:75 %
717:70 %
691:speakers
686:speakers
681:speakers
669:Land area
641:Pornainen
625:Järvenpää
585:and even
520:commuting
474:Riihimäki
430:Järvenpää
414:Pornainen
386:Järvenpää
260:urbanised
235:) is the
157:1,582,452
1606:Kuuma.fi
1547:Archived
1507:17 March
1193:See also
1136:2 %
1104:2 %
1072:1 %
1008:2 %
976:1 %
944:1 %
928:Mäntsälä
880:1 %
816:1 %
784:1 %
768:Hyvinkää
752:5 %
736:Helsinki
720:6 %
637:Mäntsälä
621:Hyvinkää
556:Eurostat
504:Karkkila
470:Karkkila
454:Mäntsälä
410:Mäntsälä
382:Hyvinkää
358:suburban
326:Helsinki
241:Helsinki
130:Helsinki
45: –
1595:finnish
1286:Swedish
1278:Finnish
1173:Economy
1092:247,443
1056:Tuusula
740:674,500
708:314,024
684:Swedish
679:Finnish
674:Density
658:Coat of
633:Tuusula
603:taajama
587:Tampere
512:Siuntio
496:Finnish
438:Tuusula
426:Uusimaa
406:Tuusula
299:Uusimaa
249:Finland
239:around
229:Swedish
221:Finnish
209:Swedish
201:Finnish
183:Website
98:Uusimaa
87:Finland
84:Country
1338:
1259:, the
1255:, the
1251:, the
1157:427.8
1124:28,811
1098:1,038
1088:Vantaa
1060:41,338
1028:22,595
964:44,785
932:20,957
900:41,154
874:1,248
868:38,211
864:Kerava
842:1,744
836:10,270
810:1,238
804:46,490
772:46,901
746:3,146
714:1,005
676:(/km)
616:Porvoo
462:Porvoo
434:Kerava
422:region
390:Kerava
378:exurbs
330:Vantaa
295:region
280:Vantaa
243:, the
93:Region
1235:Notes
1154:3,699
1147:Total
1120:Vihti
1024:Sipoo
996:4,973
704:Espoo
689:Other
671:(km)
660:arms
612:Lohja
583:Lahti
508:Lohja
466:Lohja
458:Vihti
446:Sipoo
418:Vihti
402:Sipoo
334:Espoo
215:) or
1578:2017
1509:2024
1336:ISSN
1183:23rd
1066:188
970:124
906:112
778:145
639:and
614:and
510:and
456:and
416:and
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360:and
336:and
136:Area
126:Seat
1130:55
1127:522
1095:238
1063:220
1034:67
1031:340
1002:34
999:147
967:362
938:36
935:581
903:367
775:323
743:214
711:312
424:of
297:of
247:of
170:GDP
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