Population of the Helsinki region by native language 31.12.1980—

The population of the Helsinki region by native language since 31 December 1980. Sámi languages are included in Finnish. ##Regional Limits The Helsinki region consists of four municipalities in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen, and ten framework municipalities Hyvinkää, Järvenpää, Kerava, Kirkkonummi, Mäntsälä, Nurmijärvi, Pornainen, Sipoo, Tuusula and Vihti. The total levels in the table are the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, the frame area, the Helsinki region and Finland. In addition, the table shows the sum level Uusimaa, which covers in addition to the Helsinki region the municipalities of Askola, Hanko, Inkoo, Karkkila, Lapinjärvi, Lohja, Loviisa, Myrskylä, Porvoo, Pulkkila, Raasepori and Siuntio. The regional division corresponds to the situation on 1 January of the latest statistical year. Exceptions include the south-western part of Sipoo municipality (now Östersundom area) and the so-called Västerkulla wedge area from the city of Vantaa, annexed to Helsinki at the beginning of 2009. This should be taken into account when comparing the population figures for the statistical years 2002-2008 with the 2009 figures for Helsinki, Vantaa and Sipoo, as well as the sum levels of the Helsinki metropolitan area and the framework area. The Helsinki region is a housing and labour market area. ##Target and cropping Population is defined as a permanent resident population in a municipality. Persons who, according to the Population Information System maintained by the Population Register Centre (VRK), are resident in the municipality at the turn of the year belong to the population regardless of their nationality, as are Finnish citizens temporarily residing abroad. A foreigner is domiciled in a municipality if his or her stay is intended to last or has lasted for at least one year. The asylum seeker will not have his or her domicile until his/her application has been accepted. Persons belonging to a foreign embassy, a commercial mission or a seconded consular office living in a municipality, as well as their family members and personal service, do not belong to the municipality’s population unless they are Finnish nationals. On the other hand, Finnish staff from Finnish embassies and commercial missions abroad, as well as those serving in the UN peacekeeping forces, are included in the population of the municipality. At the turn of 1993/94, in accordance with the Population Data Act (507/93), the population at the turn of the year replaced the previously used 1 January situation. The difference is that the population at the turn of the year has not been born and moved on the first day of the year. Prior to 1990, information on the life-written population was used. For the sake of simplicity, the tables use the first day of the year. From 1996 onwards, all data on changes in the Population Information System of the Population Register Centre received from the end of January (1990 until the end of May and 1991-95 to the end of March) will be taken into account in the population information system of the first day of the year. ##Categories The mother tongue information has been obtained from the Population Information System. When parents enter the name of the child born in the register, they indicate the child’s language. The language remains the same in the Population Information System unless it is changed separately. The languages have been coded in accordance with the ISO 639-1 standard at the Population Register Centre. In this table, the mother tongue is in three classes and Sámi languages are included in the Finnish language. ##Reliability of Information Information on the place of residence of persons can be obtained in the Population Information System via the notification of moving.