Kauniainen

Also known as Grankulla

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.

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
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Kauniainen in Finland
Settlement.mapframe: 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

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Etymology
Heraldry
History
Transport
Roads
Public transportation
Services
Districts
Politics
Parliamentary elections
Sports
Notable people
See also
References
External links

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kauniainen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.