Editing Helsinki (section)

===Metropolitan area===
{{Main|Helsinki capital region|Helsinki metropolitan area}}
[[File:Greater Helsinki Urban Area.svg|thumb|right|[[Helsinki urban area|Helsinki central urban area]], an officially recognized [[Urban areas in Finland|urban area]]]]
[[File:A map of the Capital region and Greater Helsinki in Finland.svg|thumb|right|A map of Helsinki's capital region (in orange) and [[Helsinki metropolitan area|its sub-regional municipalities]] (in light orange)]]
The [[Helsinki capital region]] ({{langx|fi|Pääkaupunkiseutu}}, {{langx|sv|Huvudstadsregionen}}) comprises four municipalities: Helsinki, [[Espoo]], [[Vantaa]], and [[Kauniainen]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Aluejaot |url=http://www.uudenmaanliitto.fi/tietopalvelut/uusimaa-tietopankki/aluejaot |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529172146/http://www.uudenmaanliitto.fi/tietopalvelut/uusimaa-tietopankki/aluejaot |archive-date=29 May 2014 |access-date=29 May 2014 |website=Tietopalvelu |publisher=Uudenmaan liitto |language=fi}}</ref> The [[Helsinki urban area]] is considered to be the only [[metropolis]] in [[Finland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Uudenmaan maakuntakaava selostus |url=http://www.uudenmaanliitto.fi/files/1090/Uudenmaan_maakuntakaava_selostus.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813050316/http://www.uudenmaanliitto.fi/files/1090/Uudenmaan_maakuntakaava_selostus.pdf |archive-date=13 August 2011 |access-date=17 February 2014 |publisher=Helsinki-Uusimaa Region |language=fi}}</ref> It has a population of about {{formatnum: {{#expr: ({{Data Finland municipality/population count|Helsinki}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Espoo}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Vantaa}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Kauniainen}}) /1000000 round 2 }}}} million, and is the most densely populated area of [[Finland]]. The Capital Region spreads over a land area of {{convert|770|km2}} and has a population density of 1,619 per sg km. With over 20 percent of the country's population in just 0.2 percent of its surface area, the area's housing density is high by Finnish standards.

The [[Helsinki metropolitan area]] or the Greater Helsinki consists of the cities of the capital region and ten surrounding municipalities: [[Hyvinkää]], [[Järvenpää]], [[Kerava]], [[Kirkkonummi]], [[Nurmijärvi]], [[Sipoo]], [[Tuusula]], [[Pornainen]], [[Mäntsälä]] and [[Vihti]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.kielitoimistonohjepankki.fi/ohje/403 | title= Pääkaupunkiseutu, Suur-Helsinki ja Helsingin seutu | work= Kotus | access-date= 30 December 2020 | language= fi}}</ref> The Metropolitan Area covers {{convert|3697|km2|0|abbr=out}} and has a population of about {{formatnum: {{#expr: ({{Data Finland municipality/population count|Helsinki}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Espoo}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Vantaa}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Mäntsälä}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Pornainen}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Kauniainen}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Kirkkonummi}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Vihti}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Nurmijärvi}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Hyvinkää}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Tuusula}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Kerava}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Järvenpää}} + {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Sipoo}}) /1000000 round 2 }} }} million, or about a fourth of the total population of Finland. The metropolitan area has a high concentration of employment: approximately 750,000 jobs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Helsingin seutu tiivistetysti |url=http://www.helsinginseutu.fi/hki/HS/Helsingin+Seutu/Kaupunkitieto+ja+tilastot |website=Kaupunkitieto |date=19 December 2022 |publisher=Helsinginseutu.fi |language=fi}}</ref> Despite the intensity of land use, the region also has large recreational areas and green spaces. The Helsinki metropolitan area is the world's northernmost urban area with a population of over one million people, and the northernmost EU capital city.

The [[Helsinki urban area]] is an officially recognized [[Urban areas in Finland|urban area in Finland]], defined by its population density. The area stretches throughout 11 municipalities, and is the largest such area in Finland, with a land area of {{convert|669.31|km2}} and approximately 1.36 &nbsp;million inhabitants.