Tapiola
Main District	Suur-Tapiola
Inner District(s)	Tapiolan keskus, Otsolahti, Länsikorkee
Population	8,991 (2006)
Languages
- Finnish	89.9 %
- Swedish	6.4 %
- Other	3.7 %
Jobs	7,483

This article is about the place in Finland. For the tone poem, see Tapiola (Sibelius).

Tapiola (Hagalund in Swedish) is a district of Espoo on the south coast of Finland, and is one of the major urban centres of Espoo. The name Tapiola is derived from Tapio, who is the forest god of Finnish mythology, especially as expressed in the Kalevala, the national epic of Finland. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (603x881, 108 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Tapiola ... Tapiola (literally, Realm of the Forest-God), op. ... Founded 1972 Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Area - Of which land - Rank 528 km² 312 km² ranked 279th Population - Density - Change - Rank 229,443 (2005) 729 inh. ... Tapio is an East Finnish forest spirit or god. ... Finnish mythology has many features that it shares with other Finnic mythologies, like the Estonian mythology, and also elements similar with non-Finnic neighbours, especially the the Balts and the Scandinavians. ... The Kalevala is an epic poem which Elias Lönnrot compiled from Finnish folk lore in the 19th century. ...

Tapiola was largely constructed in the 1960s and was designed as a garden city. It is the location for Espoo's cultural centre. It is located in the western part of Greater Helsinki. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Garden city movement in HashimotoCity,WakayamaPref,Japan The Garden city movement was founded by Sir Ebenezer Howard in England in 1898 as an approach to urban planning. ... Map of the Metropolitan Area (Dark Green) and the Capital Region (Light Green). ...

Tapiola center at summertime.

Tapiola is also the name of a Finnish insurance company, presumably from the location of its headquarters. Among other major companies headquartered in Tapiola are Huhtamäki and M-real. Image File history File links Espoon_Tapiola_kesällä.jpg‎ File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Espoo Tapiola ... Image File history File links Espoon_Tapiola_kesällä.jpg‎ File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Espoo Tapiola ... Insurance, in law and economics, is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent loss. ... Huhtamäki is a Finnish company, headquartered in Espoo, which manufactures and supplies packaging for various uses. ... M-real Corporation is a Finnish paper and pulp company. ...

Tapiola will have its own metro station when the Länsimetro project is completed. This will be the terminus for the first stage of Länsimetro. The project will be probably completed in 2013. Länsimetro (Finnish for western metro) is a common term used for the planned extension of the Helsinki Metro system from central Helsinki to the neighbouring city of Espoo. ... Länsimetro (Finnish for western metro) is a common term used for the planned extension of the Helsinki Metro system from central Helsinki to the neighbouring city of Espoo. ... 2013 (MMXIII) will be a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Districts of Espoo

This is an alphabetical list of the fifty districts of Espoo. ...

External links

• Map of Tapiola