Urban areas in Finland

In Finland, an urban area or statistical locality (, ) is defined as a cluster of dwellings with at least 200 inhabitants. It may be a city, town or larger village and is a purely statistical concept, not defined by municipal or regional boundaries.

The largest urban area in Finland is the Helsinki urban area with over 1.3 million inhabitants in 2019. It extends across Helsinki as well as ten other municipalities in the Helsinki metropolitan area. The second largest is the Tampere urban area with about 342,000 inhabitants in 2019, and the third largest is the Turku urban area with about 278,000 inhabitants in 2019.

The presence of urban areas is used to regulate traffic, with a default of speed limit inside an urban area and outside. Each major road leading in or out of an urban area is marked with a road sign.

List Listed are the 100 largest localities or urban areas in Finland on 31 December 2019. The list is based on data from Statistics Finland that defines an urban area as a cluster of dwellings with at least 200 inhabitants.

List of urban areas in Finland by population, 2019 Rank Urban area Population Area (km2) Density (pop. per km2) 1 Helsinki 1,305,893 682.91 1,912.2 2 Tampere 341,696 279.37 1,223.1 3 Turku 277,677 283.27 980.3 4 Oulu 205,137 203.25 1,009.3 5 Jyväskylä 128,911 111.22 1,159.1 6 Lahti 119,469 116.32 1,027.1 7 Kuopio 91,243 53.20 1,715.1 8 Pori 83,479 120.42 693.2 9 Joensuu 72,621 80.82 898.6 10 Vaasa 67,789 69.73 972.2 11 Lappeenranta 56,075 55.12 1,017.3 12 Rovaniemi 53,604 60.08 892.2 13 Seinäjoki 51,300 56.45 908.8 14 Hämeenlinna 50,975 49.19 1,036.3 15 Porvoo 50,610 48.04 806.5 16 Kotka 50,400 70.94 710.5 17 Kouvola 47,391 61.21 774.2 18 Hyvinkää 43,262 36.94 1,171.1 19 Mikkeli 37,218 42.99 865.7 20 Kokkola 36,887 49.55 744.4 21 Rauma 33,380 53.78 620.7 22 Lohja 32,603 46.01 708.6 23 Kajaani 29,582 28.62 1,033.6 24 Salo 28,680 37.46 765.6 25 Riihimäki 27,785 31.46 883.2 26 Imatra 27,338 56.29 485.7 27 Kemi 26,176 50.04 523.1 28 Forssa 21,008 38.65 543.5 29 Jakobstad 20,691 28.00 739.0 30 Savonlinna 20,681 22.95 901.1 31 Kirkkonummi 20,181 39.45 511.6 32 Raahe 18,891 42.31 446.5 33 Varkaus 18,616 31.55 590.0 34 Valkeakoski 16,960 20.25 837.5 35 Tornio 16,655 36.18 460.3 36 Hamina 15,380 34.85 441.3 37 Iisalmi 15,223 18.32 830.9 38 Mariehamn 14,631 21.35 685.3 39 Nummela 14,472 19.56 739.9 40 Heinola 14,231 16.58 858.3 41 Ilmajoki—Kurikka 13,411 57.42 233.6 42 Pieksämäki 12,895 19.12 674.4 43 Ylivieska 12,431 28.19 441.0 44 Jämsä 12,265 31.25 392.5 45 Nastola 11,688 23.93 488.4 46 Mäntsälä 11,548 17.69 652.8 47 Siilinjärvi 11,387 23.18 491.2 48 Lapua 10,775 29.13 369.9 49 Uusikaupunki 10,221 19.24 531.2 50 Vammala 10,057 20.59 488.4 51 Söderkulla 9,421 39.15 240.6 52 Pargas 9,389 27.10 346.5 53 Orimattila 9,039 17.25 524.0 54 Loimaa 8,753 17.54 499.0 55 Ekenäs 8,583 12.53 685.0 56 Kauhajoki 8,528 32.97 258.7 57 Äänekoski 8,477 10.72 790.8 58 Paimio 8,467 17.34 488.3 59 Toijala 8,365 16.43 509.1 60 Kuusamo 8,285 16.34 507.0 61 Laukaa 8,225 19.40 424.0 62 Karis 7,811 14.12 553.2 63 Kankaanpää 7,787 16.05 485.2 64 Nurmijärvi 7,576 11.27 672.2 65 Turenki 7,466 13.80 541.0 66 Mänttä 7,438 18.93 392.9 67 Karkkila 7,365 15.87 464.1 68 Hanko 7,329 13.61 538.5 69 Rajamäki 7,169 15.07 475.7 70 Muurame 7,115 12.91 551.1 71 Muhos 7,072 25.45 277.9 72 Loviisa 6,955 12.71 547.2 73 Lieksa 6,874 15.38 446.9 74 Joutseno 6,766 16.19 417.9 75 Kyröskoski 6,750 16.30 414.1 76 Parola 6,662 16.98 392.3 77 Lauttakylä 6,613 22.17 298.3 78 Laihia 6,598 23.24 283.9 79 Kalajoki 6,548 22.80 287.2 80 Iin Hamina 6,506 21.35 304.7 81 Jokela 6,471 10.89 594.2 82 Eura 6,327 21.71 291.4 83 Orivesi 6,239 14.75 423.0 84 Veikkola 6,214 18.01 345.0 85 Kyläsaari—Pihlava 6,207 18.78 330.5 86 Vuokatti 6,181 13.71 450.8 87 Keuruu 5,953 9.11 653.5 88 Valkeala 5,863 10.87 539.4 89 Myllykoski 5,714 16.07 355.6 90 Kiiminki 5,617 15.55 361.2 91 Laitila 5,596 16.89 331.3 92 Toivala—Vuorela 5,594 10.50 532.8 93 Kauhava 5,451 21.43 254.4 94 Vuores 5,355 3.03 1,767.3 95 Nivala 5,267 17.83 295.4 96 Oulainen 5,206 14.27 364.8 97 Kuhmo 5,200 9.05 574.6 98 Liminka 5,190 11.12 466.7 99 Viiala 5,087 11.47 443.5 100 Suonenjoki 5,070 12.23 414.6

Urban areas in Finland

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