Degree of Urbanisation by Area, Finland

Description of statisticQuality descriptions Concepts and definitionsAreaThese statistics apply the regional division of 1 January 2019 to the whole time series. Data for merged municipalities have been combined. Partial municipal mergers have not been taken into account in the years preceding the merger.InformationPopulation 31 DecPopulation at the end of the statistical reference period.Population in densely populated areasThe definition of densely populated areas produced by the Finnish Environment Institute is Finland's official definition of densely populated areas used by Statistics Finland in its statistics. All clusters of buildings with at least 200 inhabitants where the distance between buildings does not exceed 200 metres are defined as localities or urban settlements. In defining localities, not only residential but also business, office and other buildings used as workplaces are taken into account. Administrative regional divisions do not have an effect on the formation of localities.Population in other areasNo coordinatesDegree of urbanisation, %Degree of urbanisation refers to the proportion of people living in localities or urban settlements among the population of a municipality whose place of residence can be defined by coordinates.