Nordic & Baltic urban map showcase

kjetilab · December 16th, 2011, 05:24 PM

This is a project intended to showcase the urban footprint of the bigger urban areas in the Nordic and Baltic region. This tread is heavily inspired by the Urban Area Map Showcase on the Citytalk and Urban Issues forum. A few cities from our region has been posted there already (Spotila's maps are more accurate and better than mine IMO).

Note 1:
All the maps in this tread is made to the same zoom level (50km eye altitude +/- a few hundred metres).

Note 2:
The maps does not give any indication to the density of an urban area, and its accuracy may vary with my ability to interpret the satelite images provied by Google Earth (Forest land vs. parks/ golf courses etc.). Corrections are welcome.

Note 3:
All population figures are collected from reliable official sources (e.g. not Wikipedia). Metro population numbers will not be provided.

Note 4:
This tread is allowed on the strict condition of no City vs. City talk. Also, if you would like to post your own maps, please provide a link rather than posting in the tread.

Population number sources:

Norway:
SSB - Tettsteder, Folkemengde og areal, 2011
SSB - Folkemengde og areal i tettsteder, 2011

Sweden:
SCB - Folkmängd i riket, 2010
SCB - Tätortar 2010

Denmark:
DST - Byoppgørelsen 2011

Iceland:
http://www.statice.is

Finland:
Statistikcentralen (2005 numbers)

Latvia:
Centralas Statistikas parvaldes datu bazes

Lithuania:
Lietuvos statistikos departamentas

Cities so far:
Arendal, Bergen, Drammen, Daugavpils, Esbjerg, Gävle, Göteborg, Halmstad, Haparanda/Tornio - Kemi, Kalmar, Karlstad, Kristiansand, København, Lahti, Mjøsregionen, Norrköping, Odense, Oslo, Pori, Reykavik, Riga, Stavanger - Sandnes, Tallinn, Torshavn, Trekanten region, Turku, Västerås, Vilnius, Ålborg

kjetilab · December 16th, 2011, 05:28 PM

Let's start off with the biggest city on the Danish west coast

Esbjerg
City population: 71.576

Norrköping
City population: 87.247
Municipality population: 130.050

kjetilab · December 17th, 2011, 12:57 PM

Arendal - Grimstad
Arendal city population: 33.303
Arendal municipality population: 42.229
Arendal - Grimstad combined population: 63.052

Halmstad
Halmstad city population: 58.577
Halmstad municipality population: 91.800

Ingenioren · December 17th, 2011, 10:27 PM

Love this type of tread

Galro · December 17th, 2011, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ingenioren

Love this type of tread

There is one large, international here if you haven't already seen it:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1437819

Ingenioren · December 17th, 2011, 10:33 PM

It's in my sub. aswell!

kjetilab · December 17th, 2011, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ingenioren

Love this type of tread

So do I. That's why I started this tread

kjetilab · December 18th, 2011, 07:16 PM

Just one map for today

Bergen
City population: 235.046
Municipality population: 260.392

kjetilab · December 19th, 2011, 04:59 PM

Turku
City population: N/A (source pending)

SuomiPrkl!! · December 19th, 2011, 11:05 PM

Turku city population is ~180 000...

Galro · December 19th, 2011, 11:06 PM

Not the urban population (=the real, modern city).

vilniusguide · December 20th, 2011, 05:43 AM

Interesting video. Suburbanisation in Lithuania 1990-2007

Will wait for the maps

kjetilab · December 20th, 2011, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuomiPrkl!!

Turku city population is ~180 000...

In the first post, I've linked to the source I used, but this is 2005 figures. If you could provide me with a better and more recent source I would appreciate it

SuomiPrkl!! · December 20th, 2011, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kjetilab

In the first post, I've linked to the source I used, but this is 2005 figures. If you could provide me with a better and more recent source I would appreciate it

246 000 is number of ppl in Åbo centraltätort. In finnish its Turun keskustaajama and in english Turku urban area. Turku as a city has 180k ppl.

Same in Helsinki. Helsingfors centraltätort population(1 000 000+) is urban area. There is a many cities in that number like Espoo, Vantaa etc.

Many ppl say that Espoo and Vantaa are like suburbs of Helsinki but they have city status and their own goverments.

kjetilab · December 20th, 2011, 12:23 PM

I guess it was the term "centraltätort" which confused me into beliving those numbers were for the continuous built up area. It seemed a little high. But a specific link to Statistikcentralen or similar would be nice.

Btw, by the term "city population" I refer to the tettsted/tätort population. Regardsless of administrative borders.

frank_hki · December 20th, 2011, 07:02 PM

As of 31 January 2011, Turku’s population was 177,430, which makes it the fifth largest city in Finland by population. As of 31 August 2008 there were 303,492 inhabitants living in the Turku sub-region, which makes it the third largest urban area in Finland after the Greater Helsinki area and Tampere sub-region.

Source: Wikipedia...

ps the urban population seems to be 246,312

kjetilab · December 20th, 2011, 11:32 PM

Third largest city in Denmark:

Odense
City population: 167.615

Swede · December 21st, 2011, 09:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuomiPrkl!!

Many ppl say that Espoo and Vantaa are like suburbs of Helsinki but they have city status and their own goverments.

That's the definition of suburb in american English. An outlying part of an urban area with it's own government (possibly with city-status).

Stockholm has a few suburbs that had City status before the municipal reform (now all are the same typ, some just call themselves City of ...).

kjetilab · December 22nd, 2011, 06:16 PM

Since there was posted a very nice aerial of this town, todays city is...

Karlstad
City population: 61.685
Municipality population: 85.753

kjetilab · December 28th, 2011, 02:46 PM

Border area between Sweden and Finland

Haparanda/Tornio - Kemi

Västerås
City population: 110.887
Municipality population: 137.207

December 16th, 2011, 05:24 PM	#1
kjetilab YIMBYer.no Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Drammen Posts: 1,248 Likes (Received): 45	Nordic & Baltic urban map showcase This is a project intended to showcase the urban footprint of the bigger urban areas in the Nordic and Baltic region. This tread is heavily inspired by the Urban Area Map Showcase on the Citytalk and Urban Issues forum. A few cities from our region has been posted there already (Spotila's maps are more accurate and better than mine IMO). Note 1: All the maps in this tread is made to the same zoom level (50km eye altitude +/- a few hundred metres). Note 2: The maps does not give any indication to the density of an urban area, and its accuracy may vary with my ability to interpret the satelite images provied by Google Earth (Forest land vs. parks/ golf courses etc.). Corrections are welcome. Note 3: All population figures are collected from reliable official sources (e.g. not Wikipedia). Metro population numbers will not be provided. Note 4: This tread is allowed on the strict condition of no City vs. City talk. Also, if you would like to post your own maps, please provide a link rather than posting in the tread. Population number sources: Norway: SSB - Tettsteder, Folkemengde og areal, 2011 SSB - Folkemengde og areal i tettsteder, 2011 Sweden: SCB - Folkmängd i riket, 2010 SCB - Tätortar 2010 Denmark: DST - Byoppgørelsen 2011 Iceland: http://www.statice.is Finland: Statistikcentralen (2005 numbers) Latvia: Centralas Statistikas parvaldes datu bazes Lithuania: Lietuvos statistikos departamentas Cities so far: Arendal, Bergen, Drammen, Daugavpils, Esbjerg, Gävle, Göteborg, Halmstad, Haparanda/Tornio - Kemi, Kalmar, Karlstad, Kristiansand, København, Lahti, Mjøsregionen, Norrköping, Odense, Oslo, Pori, Reykavik, Riga, Stavanger - Sandnes, Tallinn, Torshavn, Trekanten region, Turku, Västerås, Vilnius, Ålborg __________________ Nordic & Baltic urban map showcase My phototreads: Easter trip to Budapest (and Bratislava) Africa: Safari, Savanna, Casinos and dense urbanity Eastern Germany - four cities in four days Norwegian Northwest coast and Bodø Last edited by kjetilab; March 3rd, 2012 at 05:10 PM.

December 16th, 2011, 05:28 PM	#2
kjetilab YIMBYer.no Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Drammen Posts: 1,248 Likes (Received): 45	Let's start off with the biggest city on the Danish west coast Esbjerg City population: 71.576 Norrköping City population: 87.247 Municipality population: 130.050 __________________ Nordic & Baltic urban map showcase My phototreads: Easter trip to Budapest (and Bratislava) Africa: Safari, Savanna, Casinos and dense urbanity Eastern Germany - four cities in four days Norwegian Northwest coast and Bodø

December 17th, 2011, 12:57 PM	#3
kjetilab YIMBYer.no Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Drammen Posts: 1,248 Likes (Received): 45	Arendal - Grimstad Arendal city population: 33.303 Arendal municipality population: 42.229 Arendal - Grimstad combined population: 63.052 Halmstad Halmstad city population: 58.577 Halmstad municipality population: 91.800 __________________ Nordic & Baltic urban map showcase My phototreads: Easter trip to Budapest (and Bratislava) Africa: Safari, Savanna, Casinos and dense urbanity Eastern Germany - four cities in four days Norwegian Northwest coast and Bodø

December 17th, 2011, 10:27 PM	#4
Ingenioren Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 4,995 Likes (Received): 19	Love this type of tread __________________ I want to see some construction!

December 17th, 2011, 10:33 PM	#6
Ingenioren Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 4,995 Likes (Received): 19	It's in my sub. aswell! __________________ I want to see some construction!

December 18th, 2011, 07:16 PM	#8
kjetilab YIMBYer.no Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Drammen Posts: 1,248 Likes (Received): 45	Just one map for today Bergen City population: 235.046 Municipality population: 260.392 __________________ Nordic & Baltic urban map showcase My phototreads: Easter trip to Budapest (and Bratislava) Africa: Safari, Savanna, Casinos and dense urbanity Eastern Germany - four cities in four days Norwegian Northwest coast and Bodø

December 19th, 2011, 04:59 PM	#9
kjetilab YIMBYer.no Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Drammen Posts: 1,248 Likes (Received): 45	Turku City population: N/A (source pending) __________________ Nordic & Baltic urban map showcase My phototreads: Easter trip to Budapest (and Bratislava) Africa: Safari, Savanna, Casinos and dense urbanity Eastern Germany - four cities in four days Norwegian Northwest coast and Bodø Last edited by kjetilab; December 20th, 2011 at 12:24 PM.

December 19th, 2011, 11:05 PM	#10
SuomiPrkl!! Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 42 Likes (Received): 0	Turku city population is ~180 000...

December 19th, 2011, 11:06 PM	#11
Galro Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 6,995 Likes (Received): 417	Not the urban population (=the real, modern city). __________________ @ Flickr

December 20th, 2011, 05:43 AM	#12
vilniusguide Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 1,365 Likes (Received): 6	Interesting video. Suburbanisation in Lithuania 1990-2007 Will wait for the maps

December 20th, 2011, 12:23 PM	#15
kjetilab YIMBYer.no Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Drammen Posts: 1,248 Likes (Received): 45	I guess it was the term "centraltätort" which confused me into beliving those numbers were for the continuous built up area. It seemed a little high. But a specific link to Statistikcentralen or similar would be nice. Btw, by the term "city population" I refer to the tettsted/tätort population. Regardsless of administrative borders. __________________ Nordic & Baltic urban map showcase My phototreads: Easter trip to Budapest (and Bratislava) Africa: Safari, Savanna, Casinos and dense urbanity Eastern Germany - four cities in four days Norwegian Northwest coast and Bodø

December 20th, 2011, 07:02 PM	#16
frank_hki Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Helsinki Posts: 233 Likes (Received): 2	As of 31 January 2011, Turku’s population was 177,430, which makes it the fifth largest city in Finland by population. As of 31 August 2008 there were 303,492 inhabitants living in the Turku sub-region, which makes it the third largest urban area in Finland after the Greater Helsinki area and Tampere sub-region. Source: Wikipedia... ps the urban population seems to be 246,312 Last edited by frank_hki; December 20th, 2011 at 07:10 PM.

December 20th, 2011, 11:32 PM	#17
kjetilab YIMBYer.no Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Drammen Posts: 1,248 Likes (Received): 45	Third largest city in Denmark: Odense City population: 167.615 __________________ Nordic & Baltic urban map showcase My phototreads: Easter trip to Budapest (and Bratislava) Africa: Safari, Savanna, Casinos and dense urbanity Eastern Germany - four cities in four days Norwegian Northwest coast and Bodø

December 22nd, 2011, 06:16 PM	#19
kjetilab YIMBYer.no Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Drammen Posts: 1,248 Likes (Received): 45	Since there was posted a very nice aerial of this town, todays city is... Karlstad City population: 61.685 Municipality population: 85.753 __________________ Nordic & Baltic urban map showcase My phototreads: Easter trip to Budapest (and Bratislava) Africa: Safari, Savanna, Casinos and dense urbanity Eastern Germany - four cities in four days Norwegian Northwest coast and Bodø

December 28th, 2011, 02:46 PM	#20
kjetilab YIMBYer.no Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Drammen Posts: 1,248 Likes (Received): 45	Border area between Sweden and Finland Haparanda/Tornio - Kemi Västerås City population: 110.887 Municipality population: 137.207 __________________ Nordic & Baltic urban map showcase My phototreads: Easter trip to Budapest (and Bratislava) Africa: Safari, Savanna, Casinos and dense urbanity Eastern Germany - four cities in four days Norwegian Northwest coast and Bodø

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