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|area_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_metro = |area_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_demonym = (Finnish) (Swedish) 英語:Helsinkian (English) |finnish_official = 1 |swedish_official = 1 |sami_official = |latd=60 |latm=10 |lats=15 |latNS=N |longd=024 |longm=56 |longs=15 |longEW=E |elevation_m = |postal_code = |website = (www.hel.fi ) |footnotes = }} Helsinki (; ; (スウェーデン語:Helsingfors)) is the capital and largest city of Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. Helsinki has a population of , an urban population of 1.2 million (31 December 2013),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Taulukko: Taajamat väkiluvun ja väestöntiheyden mukaan 31.12.2013 )〕 and a metropolitan population of 1.4 million, making it the most populous municipality and urban area in Finland. Helsinki is located some north of Tallinn, Estonia, north east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has close historical connections with these three cities. The Helsinki metropolitan area includes the urban core of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen, and surrounding commuter towns.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cities of Finland )〕 It is the world's northernmost metro area of over one million people, and the city is the northernmost capital of an EU member state. The Helsinki metropolitan area is the fourth largest Nordic metropolitan area after the metropolitan areas of Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Oslo, and the City of Helsinki is the third biggest Nordic city after Stockholm and Oslo. Helsinki is Finland's major political, educational, financial, cultural, and research center as well as one of northern Europe's major cities. Approximately 70% of foreign companies operating in Finland have settled in the Helsinki region. The nearby municipality of Vantaa is the location of Helsinki Airport, with frequent service to various destinations in Europe and Asia. In 2009, Helsinki was chosen to be the World Design Capital for 2012〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Past capital: Helsinki )〕 by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design, narrowly beating Eindhoven for the title. The city was the venue for the XV Olympic Games 1952 and the 52nd Eurovision Song Contest 2007. In 2011, the ''Monocle'' magazine ranked Helsinki the most liveable city in the world in its "Liveable Cities Index 2011".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Most liveable city: Helsinki — Monocle Film / Affairs )〕 In the Economist Intelligence Unit's August 2015 Liveability survey, assessing the best and worst cities to live in globally, Helsinki placed among the world's top ten cities.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Global Liveability Ranking 2015 )〕 ==Etymology== ''Helsinki'' is used to refer to the city in most languages, but not in Swedish. The Swedish name ' is the original official name of the City of Helsinki (in the very beginning, spelled ''Hellssingeforss''). The Finnish language form of the name likely originates from ''Helsinga'' and similar names used for the river that is currently known as the Vantaa River, as documented already in the 14th century. ''Helsingfors'' comes from the name of the surrounding parish, ''Helsinge'' (source for Finnish ''Helsinki'') and the rapids ((スウェーデン語:fors)), which flowed through the original village, which is now located in Vantaa. As part of the Grand Duchy of Finland in the Russian Empire, Helsinki was known as ''Gelsingfors'' – a Russian adaption of the Swedish name. One suggestion for the origin of the name ''Helsinge'' is that it originated with medieval Swedish settlers who came from Hälsingland in Sweden. Others have proposed that the name derives from the Swedish word ''helsing'', a former version of the word ''hals'' (neck), referring to the narrowest part of the river, i.e. the rapids. Other Scandinavian cities located at similar geographic locations were given similar names at the time, such as Helsingør and Helsingborg. The name ''Helsinki'' has been used in Finnish official documents and in Finnish language newspapers since 1819, when the Senate of Finland moved to the town. The decrees issued there were dated with Helsinki as the place of issue. This is how the form Helsinki came to be used in the Finnish literary language. In Helsinki slang the city is nicknamed as either ''Stadi'' (from the Swedish word ''stad'', meaning "city") or ''Hesa'' (short of Helsinki), with ''Stadi'' being used to assert that the speaker is native to the city.〔〔Ristkari, Maiju: ''Heinäsorsat Helsingissä''. ''Aku Ankka'' #44/2013, introduction on page 2.〕 ' is the Northern Sami name of Helsinki.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://people.uta.fi/~km56049/same/svocab.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Helsinki」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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