Seinäjoki facts
Seinäjoki is the regional centre of South Ostrobothnia and one of Finland’s fastest-growing urban centres. Seinäjoki has over 67,000 inhabitants. In the Seinäjoki urban area formed by eight municipalities there are about 150,000 inhabitants.
Seinäjoki is a higher education city that offers education up to university level. Seinäjoki has good jobs, attractive shops and services.
A pleasant urban environment, short distances and a variety of housing options characterise everyday life in the city. The city is surrounded by the open South Ostrobothnian landscape, the plain. Seinäjoki is known for its strong entrepreneurship and a communal tradition of voluntary work, locally called the “kökkä” spirit.
Seinäjoki is known for the unique administrative and cultural centre designed by academician Alvar Aalto and for its summer events. Provinssi, Tangomarkkinat, Solar Sound and Vauhtiajot attract tens of thousands of people to our city year after year.
Seinäjoki in numbers
- Over 67,000 inhabitants
- Growth +600 per year
- Finland’s 16th largest city
- Finland’s only regional capital whose population has grown consecutively every year for over 70 years
- 34,000 jobs
- Employment rate 76 %.
- Job self-sufficiency 112 %
- 7,325 business locations
- Companies’ investments in the 2020s over one billion euros
- Business areas: 900 hectares ready to be developed, 2,500 hectares in planning
- About 580 retail outlets