This document provides information about Espoo, Finland. It notes that Espoo is the second largest city in Finland with a population of 235,000. Espoo has a land area of 528 square kilometers and 58 kilometers of coastline. The document discusses Espoo's history dating back 7,000 years and its development over time. It also outlines Espoo's multilingual population, industrial structure focused on technology and services, city finances, green areas, and secondary high school system.

1. ESPOON YHTEISLYSEON LUKIO
FINLAND

2. Suomi – Finland
• Member of the EU since1995
• Form of government: Republic
• Capital: Helsinki
• Area: 338 000 km²
• Population: 5,2 million
• Valuutta: euro since 2002
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3. Espoo is the Second Largest
City in Finland
• Population 235,000
• Area 528 km2,
of which land 312 km2
and water 216 km2
• 58 km coastline and 95 lakes
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6. History
First traces of Helsinki-Turku
human habitation railway Town charter
Construction of
King’s Road Tapiola
7000 800-
1000 1200 1400 1903 1951 1952 1963 1972 1997
BC
AD
Espoo parish County borough
and church charter
Permanent University of Technology Population passes
settlement moves to Otaniemi 200,000
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7. Our church built in
the 1470’s
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8. Multilingual Espoo
% First Language Finnish Swedish Other
100
91,5
88
84,8
80
60
40
20
10,9
8,5 6,7 5,5
1,1 3
0
Espoo 1990 Espoo 2007 Finland
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9. Industrial Structure
• Espoo is a high-tech city. One important factor
is the scientific community in Otaniemi.
• Espoo’s workplace self-sufficiency is 93 percent.
Half of the the city’s working age population work
in Espoo.
• Biggest employers are the municipality, Nokia,
Helsinki University of Technology
• Distribution of workplaces per branch:
public services 27 %, finance 25 %, trade 23 %,
industry 14 %, transport 5 %, construction 4 %
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10. CITY FINANCES
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13. • The northern parts of Espoo are mainly fields and forests,
recreation and conservation areas. Part of Nuuksio National
Park is located in northern Espoo
• Nuuksio, 5 645 ha
• Espoonlahti 223 ha
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16. Secondary High School
Minimum 75 courses,
• of which 47 are compulsory
Matricular examination
Mother tongue
Mathematics
Swedish
English
French, Germany
Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, History,
Philosophy, Religion, Psychology

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