Porvarinlahti

Porvarinlahti (Swedish Borgarstrandsviken) is a bay in Vantaa, Finland, near the borders of Helsinki and Sipoo.

Porvarinlahti is the only place where Vantaa directly borders the Baltic Sea. The bay is approximately 2 km long and 50 m wide. Immediately to the south of the bay lies Helsinki and immediately to the north lies Sipoo. Near the bay's mouth, at approximately coord|60|13|N|25|11|E, is a three-municipality border point between Vantaa, Helsinki and Sipoo, with Vantaa forming a sort of wedge shape between Helsinki and Sipoo. On January 1, 2009, Vantaa will cede the Porvarinlahti area to Helsinki as Helsinki annexes part of Sipoo. Helsinki will thus gain a third neighbour municipality and Vantaa will lose its only connection to the sea. [ [http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/id63643.html YLE uutiset / Kotimaa ] ]

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