Vantaa (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋɑntɑː]; Swedish: Vanda) is a city and municipality in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo, and Kauniainen make up the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.
Vantaa, with its population of 200,410 (31 January 2011), is the fourth most populated city of Finland. The biggest airport in Finland, the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, is located there. It also hosts a science centre, Heureka.
The city is bilingual, with a majority (88.6 %) being Finnish and minority (3%) Swedish speakers. Vantaa's residents that speak a native language other than Finnish or Swedish stand at 8.4% of the population.
Finnair's head office is located in Tietotie 11 on the grounds of Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in Vantaa. The company moved the head office there from central Helsinki in 1994. The company held a "house-warming" ceremony on 11 January 1994. The head office of Finavia, the company that manages Finland's airports, is located on the grounds of the airport. Other airlines with head offices on the grounds of the airport include Air Finland and Blue1
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