Sipoo

Sipoo Sipoo – Sibbo
Municipality
Sipoon kunta Sibbo kommun
Sipoo Old Church
Coat of arms
Location of Sipoo in Finland
Interactive map of Sipoo
Coordinates: 60°22.5′N 025°16′E
Country	Finland
Region	Uusimaa
Sub-region	Helsinki sub-region
Metropolitan area	Helsinki metropolitan area
Charter	1425
Seat	Nikkilä
Villages	Paippinen, Söderkulla
Government
• Chairman of the municipal board	Eero Seppänen
• Chairman of the municipal assembly	Christel Liljeström
• Municipal manager	Mikael Grannas
Area  (2018-01-01)
• Total	698.60 km2 (269.73 sq mi)
• Land	339.66 km2 (131.14 sq mi)
• Water	358.97 km2 (138.60 sq mi)
• Rank	225th largest in Finland
Population  (2025-12-31)
• Total	23,006
• Rank	45th largest in Finland
• Density	67.73/km2 (175.4/sq mi)
Population by native language
• Finnish	65.3% (official)
• Swedish	26.8% (official)
• Others	7.9%
Population by age
• 0 to 14	18%
• 15 to 64	64.2%
• 65 or older	17.8%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Climate	Dfb
Website	www.sipoo.fi/en/

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Sipoo (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsipoː]; Swedish: Sibbo) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area. The municipality has a population of 23,006 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 698.60 square kilometres (269.73 sq mi) of which 358.97 km² (138.60 sq mi) is water. The population density is 67.73 inhabitants per square kilometre (175.4/sq mi). The administrative center of the municipality is Nikkilä (Swedish: Nickby), which is located 34 kilometres (21 mi) northeast of the center of Helsinki. Another significant urban area is Söderkulla, located in the southern part of the municipality.

Sipoo is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 65% Finnish speakers, 27% Swedish speakers, and 8% speakers of other languages.

The coat of arms of the municipality refers to the origin story of the settlement, according to which the ancestors of Sipoo are said to have arrived in the region on a viking ship, the bow of which was decorated with a head of wolf; accordingly, locals have even been called the "wolves of Sipoo". The wave lined fess of the coat of arms refers to the Sipoo River.