What is Lahti?
[[Image:Lahti skijumps.jpg|thumb|right|165px|[[Salpausselkä skiing stadium|Lahti Sports Center – Ski jumps]]]] [[Image:Lahti sports center.jpg|thumb|right|165px|[[Lahden Stadion|Lahti Sports Center – Stadium]]]] [[Image:Lahti.vaakuna.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Lahti''' is a [[city]] in [[Päijänne Tavastia]], [[Finland]]. Literally it means ''[[bay]]''. It is part of the [[province]] of [[Southern Finland]]. As of April [[2014]], there were about 103,450 people living in Lahti. Lahti was the eighth biggest city in Finland as of 31 August 2012. The concert house [[Sibelius Hall]] ({{lang-fi|Sibeliustalo}}) in Lahti is named after [[Jean Sibelius]]. Many stars, including [[Antti Tuisku]], have performed there. ==History== Lahti's transport was big already at 14th century. Lahti was first a village that belonged to [[Hollola]]. It was been burned in 1877. Lahti has been a [[city]] since [[1905]]. The population then was 2,779. In 2016, [[Nastola]] merged with the city of Lahti. [[Image:Sibelius Hall.jpg|165px|thumb|right|Sibelius Hall]] [[File:Railway Kerava Lahti opening.20060901 PM.lahti of finland.ojp.jpg|thumb|Railway station]] ==Sights== *[[Lanu-puisto]] *[[Pikku-Vesijärvi]] ==Population grow== {{Bar chart | title = Population | label_type = Year | data_type = Population | bar_width = 35 | width_units = em | data_max = 110300 | label1 = 1980 | data1 = 94767 | label2 = 1985 | data2 = 94447 | label3 = 1990 | data3 = 93151 | label4 = 1995 | data4 = 95119 | label5 = 2000 | data5 = 96921 | label6 = 2005 | data6 = 98413 | label7 = 2010 | data7 = 101588 }} <ref>http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain+1980+%2D+2012&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Reference, Tilastokeskus, Finlad</ref> == Other websites == * [http://www.lahti.fi/ The offic