Sipoonkorpi National Park ( fi, Sipoonkorven kansallispuisto, sv, Sibbo storskogs nationalpark) is a
national park
A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...
in
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
. It was established on March 2, 2011.
It is located in the municipalities of
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...
,
Vantaa
Vantaa (; sv, Vanda, ) is a city and Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. It is part of the inner core of the Greater Helsinki, Finnish Capital Region along with Helsinki, Espoo, and Kauniainen. With a population of (), Vantaa i ...
and
Sipoo
Sipoo (; sv, Sibbo) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area. The municipality has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
. The administrative center of the munic ...
.
The area is mostly covered by spruce forest, swamps and cultural landscape. The small Byabäcken river, home to a rich bird population, flows through Sipoonkorpi.
References
External links
Outdoors.fi – Sipoonkorpi National Park*
*
2011 establishments in Finland
Protected areas established in 2011
Sipoo
Parks in Helsinki
Vantaa
Geography of Uusimaa
Tourist attractions in Uusimaa
National parks of Finland
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