Vanha-Espoo or Gamla Esbo (Swedish

Swedish language

Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...

), literally "Old Espoo", is the largest main district

Districts of Espoo

This is an alphabetical list of the fifty districts of Espoo. Swedish names are given in parentheses.* Bodom ¹* Espoon keskus * Espoonkartano * Espoonlahti * Gumböle ¹* Haukilahti...

 of Espoo

Espoo

Espoo is the second largest city and municipality in Finland. The population of the city of Espoo is . It is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area along with the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, and Kauniainen. Espoo shares its eastern border with Helsinki and Vantaa, while enclosing Kauniainen....

, a city in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. It covers part of the centre and northwest of the city.

It contains the districts Espoon keskus

Espoon keskus

Espoon keskus is the central district of Espoo, the second biggest city of Finland and the administrative centre with the city hall of Espoo. The areas of Kiltakallio, Kirkkojärvi, Saarniraivio, Suna, Suvela and Tuomarila belong to Espoon keskus...

, Gumböle, Högnäs, Järvenperä, Karhusuo, Karvasmäki , Kaupunginkallio, Kolmperä, Kunnarla, Kuurinniitty, Muurala, Nupuri, Nuuksio

Nuuksio

Nuuksio or Noux is a district of Espoo, a city in Finland, best known for the Nuuksio National Park. The Solvalla Sports Institute is also located in Nuuksio.- Etymology :...

, Siikajärvi and Vanha-Nuuksio.