Statistical Information 
On this page we have gathered some facts and figures on the city of Seinäjoki.
Coat of arms of the City of Seinäjoki
- designed by Olof Eriksson
- on the silver plate, there is a blue, spike-crested wall stretching from one side to the other, with waves at its foot (describes the Finnish words ‘seinä’ meaning ‘wall’, and ‘joki’ meaning ‘river’).
Location
- Province of West Finland, Region of South Ostrobothnia
- Capital of the Region of South Ostrobothnia
Municipal status
- Independent municipality in 1868
- Populous community in 1920
- Independent borough in 1931
- City charter in 1960
- Consolidation with the municipality of Peräseinäjoki in 2005
- Consolidation with the municipalities of Nurmo and Ylistaro in 2009
Administration
- City Council: 51 members
- City Board: 13 members
Number of inhabitants
- in 1960: 15 050
- in 2010 (March): 57 291
Total area
- 1 431,47 km2, water area: 37,84 km2
Employment
- Income tax rate: 19 %
- 50 000 jobs and almost 6 000 enterprises
- The growth in the number of jobs in 2000-2006: +13 % (strongest growth of all cities in Finland)
- 74 per cent of the jobs are in the service sector
- 22 per cent of the jobs are in the health care and social services sector
- Concentration of interesting jobs
- Biggest enterprises: Atria Plc, Rautaruukki Corporation, Valio Ltd, Eepee Cooperative Retail Society and Ilkka Corporation Plc
- Key lines of business: trade and services, ICT technology, metal, food and wood industries
- Persistent investment in research, education and development; fields of the Centres of Expertise: food industry and intelligence technology
Other information
- Construction of dwellings: 10.4 dwellings per 1 000 inhabitants (biggest in Finland in 2008)
- 25 city-owned day care centres
- 39 comprehensive schools, Steiner School
- Popular trade fair, conference and congress city
- Aalto Centre of administration and culture
Distances
- from Helsinki 357 km
- from Turku 295 km
- from Tampere 180 km
- from Jyväskylä 197 km
- from Oulu 325 km
- from Kuopio 316 km
- from Vaasa 78 km
