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Finland with its 19 Administrative Regions (2nd level) and their capital cities (source)
See also:
Introduction
The method in which Finland's administrative divisions are categorised was
revised on the 1 January 2010 when the country abolished the administrative division system
of six major "provinces" and remodeled its sub-regions and municipalities in
later years. As of 2019, the administrative structure of Finland is as shown
below.
Christopher Oehler, 13 September 2019
Major Regions
Five "Major Regions 2019" (source [retrieved],
in English):
Provinces
19 Provinces (source [retrieved],
in English):
- Uusimaa
- Southwest Finland
- Satakunta
- Kanta-Häme
- Pirkanmaa
- Päijät-Häme
- Kymenlaakso
- South Karelia
- South Savo
- North Savo
- Northern Karelia Region
- Central Finland Region
- South Ostrobothnia
- Ostrobothnia
- Central Ostrobothnia
- North Ostrobothnia
- Kainuu
- Lapland
- Åland (autonomous region)
Provinces of Finland (old subdivisions)
Historical provinces (from the Middle Ages to the present):
This is followed by a total of 70 "Sub-regional units 2019" in these main
administrative regions (source [retrieved]):
- Etelä-Pirkanmaa
- Forssa
- Haapavesi-Siikalatva
- Helsinki
- Hämeenlinna
- Imatra
- Itä-Lappi
- Jakobstadsregionen
- Joensuu
- Joutsa
- Jyväskylä
- Jämsä
- Järviseutu
- Kajaani
- Kaustinen
- Kehys-Kainuu
- Kemi-Tornio
- Keski-Karjala
- Keuruu
- Koillis-Savo
- Koillismaa
- Kokkola
- Kotka-Hamina
- Kouvola
- Kuopio
- Kuusiokunnat
- Kyrönmaa
- Lahti
- Lappeenranta
- Loimaa
- Lounais-Pirkanmaa
- Loviisa
- Luoteis-Pirkanmaa
- Mariehamns stad
- Mikkeli
- Nivala-Haapajärvi
- Oulu
- Oulunkaari
- Pieksämäki
- Pielisen Karjala
- Pohjois-Lappi
- Pohjois-Satakunta
- Pori
- Porvoo
- Raahe
- Raasepori
- Rauma
- Riihimäki
- Rovaniemi
- Saarijärvi-Viitasaari
- Salo
- Savonlinna
- Seinäjoki
- Sisä-Savo
- Suupohja
- Sydösterbotten
- Tampere
- Torniolaakso
- Tunturi-Lappi
- Turku
- Vaasa
- Vakka-Suomi
- Varkaus
- Ylivieska
- Ylä-Pirkanmaa
- Ylä-Savo
- Åboland-Turunmaa
- Ålands landsbygd
- Ålands skärgård
- Äänekoski
Municipalities
My impression is that all the coats-of-arms, with the possible exception of
that of Finland itself, as well as that of Åland Islands, are also valid as banners-of-arms;
the official flags of those two places are the well-known Scandinavian crosses.
Lewis A. Nowitz, 27 December 2000
Most communities use banners-of-arms, but flags' proportions vary: My current
home town Oulu uses square banner-of-arms, but my birth town Kokkola uses something
like 11:18. And some use "pennants-of-arms" or swallow-tailed flags or ...
Ossi Raivio, 27 December 2000
Finland has 311 municipalities (List of
National Land Survey of Finland).
Christopher Oehler, 13 September 2019
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