Kauniainen
Sign in to saveKauniainen (; ) is a town in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Kauniainen is situated in the southern part of the Uusimaa region, and it is enclaved by the City of Espoo. The population of Kauniainen is approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland. Kauniainen is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, which has approximately million inhabitants.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kauniainen
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kauniainen - Villa Junghans.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Villa Junghans in Kauniainen
- Settlement.image_shield
- Kauniainen.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Kauniainen sijainti Suomi.svg
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- Location of Kauniainen in Finland
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- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- city
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 15px|link=Uusimaa Uusimaa
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Helsinki sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Metropolitan area
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Helsinki metropolitan area
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town manager
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Kauniainen (; ) is a town in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Kauniainen is situated in the southern part of the Uusimaa region, and it is enclaved by the City of Espoo. The population of Kauniainen is approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland. Kauniainen is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, which has approximately million inhabitants.
Kauniainen was founded by a corporation in 1906, AB Grankulla, that parcelled land and created a suburb for villas; Kauniainen received the status of a market town in 1920, the Finnish name in 1949 and the title of kaupunki ("city, town") in 1972.