Asuinpaikkansa

Asuinpaikkansa is a Finnish grammatical form referring to a person’s place of residence. It is the genitive form of asuinpaikka, which means the location where someone lives, typically the registered or permanent address. In everyday language asuinpaikka denotes where a person lives, whereas oleskelupaikka can refer to a temporary stay. The phrase asuinpaikkansa is used to attribute the residence to someone, for example: Hän kertoi asuinpaikkansa olevan Helsingissä.

In official and administrative contexts, asuinpaikkansa appears in documents, forms, and records to identify a person’s registered residence. In Finland, the Population Information System uses the concept of residence to determine municipal affiliation for services, local elections, and local taxation. The municipality of residence can influence which local authorities administer benefits, schooling arrangements, and other municipal responsibilities. Because residence registration is tied to demographic and administrative processes, accuracy of asuinpaikkansa is important in both civil administration and statistical reporting.

Linguistic notes: asuinpaikkansa combines asuinpaikka with possessive and third-person markers, yielding a form that translates roughly to “his/her place of residence.” The term is common in legal language, forms, and population data, whereas everyday speech often uses asuinpaikka in its base form.

See also: asuinpaikka, oleskelupaikka, population information system.