Sipoo

{{short description|Municipality in Uusimaa, Finland}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Sipoo

| official_name = {{lang|fi|Sipoon kunta}}
{{lang|sv|Sibbo kommun}}

| native_name = {{lang|fi|Sipoo}} – {{lang|sv|Sibbo}}

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Sipoon vanha kirkko IMG 1279 C.JPG

| image_caption = Sipoo Old Church

| image_shield = Sipoo.vaakuna.svg

| shield_size = 120x80px

| image_map = Sipoo sijainti Suomi.svg

| map_caption = Location of Sipoo in Finland

|coordinates = {{coord|60|22.5|N|025|16|E|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Uusimaa

| subdivision_type2 = Sub-region

| subdivision_name2 = Helsinki sub-region

| subdivision_type3 = Metropolitan area

| subdivision_name3 = Helsinki metropolitan area

| seat = Nikkilä

| leader_title = Chairman of the municipal board

| leader_name = Eero Seppänen

| leader_title1 = Chairman of the municipal assembly

| leader_name1 = Christel Liljeström

| leader_title2 = Municipal manager

| leader_name2 = Mikael Grannas

| established_title = Charter

| established_date = 1425

|area_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|area_footnotes|Sipoo}}

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|area_land_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_land_km2|Sipoo}}

|area_water_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_water_km2|Sipoo}}

|area_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|area_rank|Sipoo}}

|population_as_of = {{Data Finland municipality|population_as_of|Sipoo}}

|population_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|population_footnotes|Sipoo}}

|population_total = {{Data Finland municipality|population_total|Sipoo}}

|population_density_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|population_density_km2|Sipoo}}

|population_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|population_rank|Sipoo}}

|demographics_type1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics_type1|Sipoo}}

|demographics1_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_footnotes|Sipoo}}

|demographics1_title1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title1|Sipoo}}

|demographics1_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info1|Sipoo}}

|demographics1_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title2|Sipoo}}

|demographics1_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info2|Sipoo}} (official)

|demographics1_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title3|Sipoo}}

|demographics1_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info3|Sipoo}}

|demographics1_title4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title4|Sipoo}}

|demographics1_info4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info4|Sipoo}}

|demographics_type2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics_type2|Sipoo}}

|demographics2_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_footnotes|Sipoo}}

|demographics2_title1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title1|Sipoo}}

|demographics2_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info1|Sipoo}}

|demographics2_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title2|Sipoo}}

|demographics2_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info2|Sipoo}}

|demographics2_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title3|Sipoo}}

|demographics2_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info3|Sipoo}}

|blank_name = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_name|Sipoo}}

|blank_info = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Sipoo}}

| blank3_name = Climate

| blank3_info = Dfb

|timezone = EET

|utc_offset = +02:00

|timezone_DST = EEST

|utc_offset_DST = +03:00

| website = {{Url|https://www.sipoo.fi/en/}}

}}

Sipoo ({{IPA|fi|ˈsipoː}}; {{langx|sv|Sibbo}}) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum:

{{Data Finland municipality/population count|Sipoo}}}}

({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}}

}}) and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Sipoo}}|km2}} of

which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Sipoo}}|km2|abbr=on}}

is water. The population density is

{{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Sipoo|round=2}}|PD/km2}}. The administrative center of the municipality is Nikkilä ({{langx|sv|Nickby}}),[http://uusi-kaupunki.fi/tyopajat/uusi-nikkila/ Uusi Nikkilä – Uusi Kaupunki] (in Finnish) which is located {{convert|34|km}} 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 {{Formatnum: {{pct|{{Data Finland municipality/native language Finnish|Sipoo}}|{{Data Finland municipality/native language total|Sipoo}}|0}}}} Finnish speakers, {{Formatnum: {{pct|{{Data Finland municipality/native language Swedish|Sipoo}}|{{Data Finland municipality/native language total|Sipoo}}|0}}}} Swedish speakers, and {{Formatnum: {{pct|{{Data Finland municipality/native language other|Sipoo}}|{{Data Finland municipality/native language total|Sipoo}}|0}}}} 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.{{cite book | title = Suomen kunnallisvaakunat | publisher = Suomen Kunnallisliitto | year = 1982 | page = 159 | isbn = 951-773-085-3 | language = fi}}{{cite web | title = Sisäasiainministeriön vahvistamat kaupunkien, kauppaloiden ja kuntien vaakunat I:13 Sipoo | url = http://digi.narc.fi/digi/view.ka?kuid=1637064 | work = Kansallisarkiston digitaaliarkisto | language = fi}}{{dead-link|date=March 2021}}