What is Kauniainen?
[[Image:Kauniainen station.jpg|thumb|The Kauniainen railway station. In 2008, the station building was damaged in a [[fire]].]] [[Image:Kauniainen.vaakuna.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Kauniainen''' ({{lang-sv|Grankulla}}) is a [[city]] in [[Uusimaa]], [[Finland]]. It is part of the [[Greater Helsinki]] area. Kauniainen has an area 6.0 km² and is fully located within [[Espoo]]. Kauniainen has the lowest local taxation rate in Finland (16,5 %). A lot of rich people live there. Kauniainen was officially founded in [[1920]]. It became a city in [[1972]]. There are about 8,550 people living in Kauniainen. Most of them (57 %) speak [[Finnish language|Finnish]] as their first language. 39 % have Swedish as their mother tongue. Kauniainen has very good bus and train connections. There is a [[railway station]]. Many buses drive through Kauniainen. == Other websites == * [http://www.kauniainen.fi/ The official Kauniainen page], in Finnish, Swedish and English [[Category:Cities in Finland]] [[Category:Municipalities of Uusimaa]] [[Category:1920 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:1920s establishments in Finland]] {{multistub|geo|Europe}}