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vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2002"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.3</span> <span>2002</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2002-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2005" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2005"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.4</span> <span>2005</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2005-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2007" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2007"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.5</span> <span>2007</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2007-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2010" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2010"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.6</span> <span>2010</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2010-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2013" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2013"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.7</span> <span>2013</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2013-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2016" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2016"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.8</span> <span>2016</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2016-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2021" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2021"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.9</span> <span>2021</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2021-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a 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Available in 57 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-57" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">57 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%85%D8%A9_%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%82_%D9%81%D9%86%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7" title="قائمة مناطق فنلندا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="قائمة مناطق فنلندا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rechions_de_Finlandia" title="Rechions de Finlandia – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Rechions de Finlandia" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rexones_de_Finlandia" title="Rexones de Finlandia – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Rexones de Finlandia" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finlandiyan%C4%B1n_vilay%C9%99tl%C9%99ri" title="Finlandiyanın vilayətləri – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Finlandiyanın vilayətləri" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%86%D1%96_%D0%A4%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%96" title="Вобласці Фінляндыі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вобласці Фінляндыі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regije_Finske" title="Regije Finske – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Regije Finske" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_de_Finl%C3%A0ndia" title="Regions de Finlàndia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Regions de Finlàndia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincie_ve_Finsku" title="Provincie ve Finsku – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Provincie ve Finsku" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finlands_landskaber" title="Finlands landskaber – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Finlands landskaber" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suoma_eanangottit" title="Suoma eanangottit – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Suoma eanangottit" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maakunta" title="Maakunta – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Maakunta" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maakond_(Soome)" title="Maakond (Soome) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Maakond (Soome)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiones_de_Finlandia" title="Regiones de Finlandia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Regiones de Finlandia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincoj_de_Finnlando" title="Provincoj de Finnlando – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Provincoj de Finnlando" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finlandiako_eskualdeak" title="Finlandiako eskualdeak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Finlandiako eskualdeak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%81%D9%86%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF" title="منطقه‌های فنلاند – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="منطقه‌های فنلاند" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9gions_de_Finlande" title="Régions de Finlande – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Régions de Finlande" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardjyn_Innlynn" title="Ardjyn Innlynn – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Ardjyn Innlynn" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rexi%C3%B3ns_de_Finlandia" title="Rexións de Finlandia – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Rexións de Finlandia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%80%EB%9E%80%EB%93%9C%EC%9D%98_%EC%A7%80%EC%97%AD" title="핀란드의 지역 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="핀란드의 지역" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Ֆինլանդիայի մարզեր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ֆինլանդիայի մարզեր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_di_Finlandia" title="Region di Finlandia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Region di Finlandia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regioni_della_Finlandia" title="Regioni della Finlandia – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Regioni della Finlandia" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%96%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%93" title="אזורי פינלנד – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אזורי פינלנד" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="ფინეთის რეგიონები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ფინეთის რეგიონები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goleem_ke_Suomia" title="Goleem ke Suomia – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Goleem ke Suomia" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiones_Finniae" title="Regiones Finniae – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Regiones Finniae" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regioun_(Finnland)" title="Regioun (Finnland) – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Regioun (Finnland)" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maakunta" title="Maakunta – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Maakunta" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_de_la_Finlandia" title="Region de la Finlandia – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Region de la Finlandia" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnorsz%C3%A1g_r%C3%A9gi%C3%B3i" title="Finnország régiói – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Finnország régiói" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Региони во Финска – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Региони во Финска" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98" title="ფინეთიშ რეგიონეფი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ფინეთიშ რეგიონეფი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landschappen_van_Finland" title="Landschappen van Finland – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Landschappen van Finland" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finlands_landskap" title="Finlands landskap – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Finlands landskap" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landskap_i_Finland" title="Landskap i Finland – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Landskap i Finland" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a 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title="Finland">Finland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">19</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Populations</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">30,344 (<a href="/wiki/%C3%85land" title="Åland">Åland</a>) — 1,714,741 (<a href="/wiki/Uusimaa" title="Uusimaa">Uusimaa</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Areas</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">1,553 km<sup>2</sup> (<a href="/wiki/%C3%85land" title="Åland">Åland</a>) — 92,674 km<sup>2</sup> (<a href="/wiki/Lapland_(Finland)" title="Lapland (Finland)">Lapland</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Government</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style 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style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)">Executive</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Finland" title="President of Finland">President</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Finland" title="List of presidents of Finland">list</a>) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Stubb" title="Alexander Stubb">Alexander Stubb</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Finland" title="Prime Minister of Finland">Prime Minister</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Finland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Prime Ministers of Finland">list</a>) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Petteri_Orpo" title="Petteri Orpo">Petteri Orpo</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_Government" title="Finnish Government">Government</a></li> <li>Ministries (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Finnish_ministries" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Finnish ministries">list</a>)</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)">Legislative</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Finland" title="Parliament of Finland">Parliament</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Finland" title="Speaker of the Parliament of Finland">Speaker</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jussi_Halla-aho" title="Jussi Halla-aho">Jussi Halla-aho</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Judicial_system_of_Finland" title="Judicial system of Finland">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judicial_system_of_Finland#General_Courts" title="Judicial system of Finland">General Courts</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Finland" title="Supreme Court of Finland">Supreme Court</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Judicial_system_of_Finland#Courts_of_Appeal" title="Judicial system of Finland">Courts of Appeal</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Judicial_system_of_Finland#District_Courts" title="Judicial system of Finland">District Courts</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judicial_system_of_Finland#Administrative_Courts" title="Judicial system of Finland">Administrative Courts</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Administrative_Court_of_Finland" title="Supreme Administrative Court of Finland">Supreme Administrative Court</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Judicial_system_of_Finland#Regional_Administrative_Courts" title="Judicial system of Finland">Regional Administrative Courts</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prosecutor_General_of_Finland" title="Prosecutor General of Finland">Prosecutor General</a></li> <li><a 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Finnish parliamentary election">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Finnish_parliamentary_election" title="2019 Finnish parliamentary election">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2023_Finnish_parliamentary_election" title="2023 Finnish parliamentary election">2023</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li>European: <a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Finland" title="2014 European Parliament election in Finland">2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Finland" title="2019 European Parliament election in Finland">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Finland" title="2024 European Parliament election in Finland"><i>2024</i></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Finland" title="List of political parties in Finland">Political parties</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Finland" title="Social Democratic Party of Finland">Social Democratic Party (SDP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finns_Party" title="Finns Party">Finns Party (PS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Coalition_Party" title="National Coalition Party">National Coalition Party (KOK)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centre_Party_(Finland)" title="Centre Party (Finland)">Centre Party (KESK)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_League" title="Green League">Green League (VIHR)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Left_Alliance_(Finland)" title="Left Alliance (Finland)">Left Alliance (VAS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_People%27s_Party_of_Finland" title="Swedish People's Party of Finland">Swedish People's Party (RKP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democrats_(Finland)" title="Christian Democrats (Finland)">Christian Democrats (KD)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Movement_Now" title="Movement Now">Movement Now (LIIK)</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Finland" title="Administrative divisions of Finland">Administrative divisions</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Regions</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Maakunnat</i>, <i>Landskap</i>)</span></div></li> <li><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Sub-regions_of_Finland" title="Sub-regions of Finland">Sub-regions</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Seutukunnat</i>, <i>Ekonomiska regioner</i>)</span></div></li> <li><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Finland" title="Municipalities of Finland">Municipalities</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Kunnat</i>, <i>Kommuner</i>)</span></div></li> <li><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Wellbeing_services_counties_of_Finland" title="Wellbeing services counties of Finland">Wellbeing services counties</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Hyvinvointialueet</i>, <i>Välfärdsområde</i>)</span></div></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Finland" title="Foreign relations of Finland">Foreign relations</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> 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The councils are composed of delegates from the municipal councils. The main tasks of regional councils are regional planning, the development of enterprises, and education. Between 2004 and 2012, the regional council of Kainuu was elected via popular elections as part of an experimental regional administration.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, new <a href="/wiki/Wellbeing_services_counties_of_Finland" title="Wellbeing services counties of Finland">Wellbeing services counties</a> were established as part of a health care and social services reform. The wellbeing services counties follow the regional borders, and are governed by directly elected county councils.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Åland"><span id=".C3.85land"></span>Åland</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Finland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Åland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One region, <a href="/wiki/%C3%85land" title="Åland">Åland</a>, has a special status and has a much higher degree of autonomy than the others, with its own <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_%C3%85land" title="Parliament of Åland">Parliament</a> and local laws, due to its <a href="/wiki/History_of_%C3%85land" title="History of Åland">unique history</a> and the fact that the overwhelming majority of its people are <a href="/wiki/Swedish-speaking_population_of_Finland" title="Swedish-speaking population of Finland">Finland Swedes</a>. The sole language of Åland is <a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>/<a href="/wiki/Finland_Swedish" title="Finland Swedish">Finland Swedish</a>, unlike the rest of the country where <a href="/wiki/Finnish_language" title="Finnish language">Finnish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a> share official status. It has its own elected <a href="/wiki/Government_of_%C3%85land#List_of_Premiers_of_Åland_(since_1922)" title="Government of Åland">head of government</a> who carries the title of Premier and heads the <a href="/wiki/Lantr%C3%A5d" title="Lantråd">Lantråd</a>, the regional executive. Most powers that would be exercised by the <a href="/wiki/Finnish_Government" title="Finnish Government">Government of Finland</a> on the mainland are instead exercised by Åland-specific authorities which execute independent policy in most areas. The Åland islanders elect a single representative to the national <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Finland" title="Parliament of Finland">legislature</a>, while the Government of Finland appoints a <a href="/wiki/Provincial_Governors_of_Finland" title="Provincial Governors of Finland">Governor</a> to represent the national government on Åland. Åland is a <a href="/wiki/Demilitarized_zone" title="Demilitarized zone">demilitarized zone</a> and Åland islanders are exempt from conscription. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Representation_of_the_state">Representation of the state</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Finland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Representation of the state"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to inter-municipal cooperation, which is the responsibility of regional councils, there are 15 <a href="/wiki/Centre_for_Economic_Development,_Transport_and_the_Environment" title="Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment">Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment</a> (Finnish: <i>elinkeino-, liikenne- ja ympäristökeskus</i>, abbreviated <i>ely-keskus</i>), which are responsible for the local administration of labour, agriculture, fisheries, forestry and entrepreneurial affairs. They are each responsible for one or more of regions of Finland, and include offices of the Ministries of Employment and the Economy, Transport and Communications and Environment. The <a href="/wiki/Finnish_Defence_Forces" title="Finnish Defence Forces">Finnish Defence Forces</a> regional offices are responsible for the regional defence preparations and for the administration of conscription within the region. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_regions">List of regions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Finland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List of regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="position: relative; float:center;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Regions_of_Finland_blank_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Regions_of_Finland_blank_map.svg/300px-Regions_of_Finland_blank_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="521" class="mw-file-element" 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data-file-height="624" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kymenlaakso" title="Kymenlaakso">Kymenlaakso</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:114px; top:492px"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg/15px-Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg/23px-Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg/30px-Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="498" data-file-height="588" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Uusimaa" title="Uusimaa">Uusimaa</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:-6px; top:492px"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%85land.svg/15px-Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%85land.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%85land.svg/23px-Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%85land.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%85land.svg/30px-Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%85land.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="688" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/%C3%85land" title="Åland">Åland</a></div> </div></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th class="unsortable">Flag </th> <th class="unsortable">Coat of arms </th> <th>English name<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Finnish name </th> <th>Swedish name </th> <th>ISO </th> <th>Capital </th> <th>Area<br />(km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th>Population<br />(2021)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lapin_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lapland"><img alt="Lapland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Lapin_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg/40px-Lapin_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Lapin_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg/60px-Lapin_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Lapin_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg/80px-Lapin_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="675" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lapland_(Finland)" title="Lapland (Finland)">Lapland</a> </td> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Lappi</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Lappland</i></span> </td> <td>FI-10 </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Rovaniemi" title="Rovaniemi">Rovaniemi</a> </td> <td align="right">92,674 </td> <td align="right">176,494 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pohjois-Pohjanmaan_vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="North Ostrobothnia"><img alt="North Ostrobothnia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Pohjois-Pohjanmaan_vaakuna.svg/40px-Pohjois-Pohjanmaan_vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Pohjois-Pohjanmaan_vaakuna.svg/60px-Pohjois-Pohjanmaan_vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Pohjois-Pohjanmaan_vaakuna.svg/80px-Pohjois-Pohjanmaan_vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="510" data-file-height="589" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Ostrobothnia" title="North Ostrobothnia">North Ostrobothnia</a> </td> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Pohjois-Pohjanmaa</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Norra Österbotten</i></span> </td> <td>FI-14 </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Oulu" title="Oulu">Oulu</a> </td> <td align="right">36,815 </td> <td align="right">415,603 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kainuu.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kainuu"><img alt="Kainuu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_Kainuu.svg/40px-Flag_of_Kainuu.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_Kainuu.svg/60px-Flag_of_Kainuu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_Kainuu.svg/80px-Flag_of_Kainuu.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="420" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kainuu.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kainuu"><img alt="Kainuu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Kainuu.vaakuna.svg/40px-Kainuu.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Kainuu.vaakuna.svg/60px-Kainuu.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Kainuu.vaakuna.svg/79px-Kainuu.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="440" data-file-height="520" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kainuu" title="Kainuu">Kainuu</a> </td> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Kainuu</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Kajanaland</i></span> </td> <td>FI-05 </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Kajaani" title="Kajaani">Kajaani</a> </td> <td align="right">20,197 </td> <td align="right">71,255 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:North_karelia_flag.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="North Karelia"><img alt="North Karelia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/North_karelia_flag.svg/40px-North_karelia_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/North_karelia_flag.svg/60px-North_karelia_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/North_karelia_flag.svg/80px-North_karelia_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pohjois-Karjala.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="North Karelia"><img alt="North Karelia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Pohjois-Karjala.vaakuna.svg/40px-Pohjois-Karjala.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Pohjois-Karjala.vaakuna.svg/60px-Pohjois-Karjala.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Pohjois-Karjala.vaakuna.svg/80px-Pohjois-Karjala.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="208" data-file-height="217" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Karelia" title="North Karelia">North Karelia</a> </td> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Pohjois-Karjala</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Norra Karelen</i></span> </td> <td>FI-13 </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Joensuu" title="Joensuu">Joensuu</a> </td> <td align="right">17,761 </td> <td align="right">163,281 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Northern_Savonia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="North Savonia"><img alt="North Savonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Northern_Savonia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Northern_Savonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Northern_Savonia.svg/60px-Flag_of_Northern_Savonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Northern_Savonia.svg/80px-Flag_of_Northern_Savonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="780" data-file-height="520" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pohjois-Savo.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="North Savonia"><img alt="North Savonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Pohjois-Savo.vaakuna.svg/40px-Pohjois-Savo.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Pohjois-Savo.vaakuna.svg/60px-Pohjois-Savo.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Pohjois-Savo.vaakuna.svg/80px-Pohjois-Savo.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="629" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Savo" title="North Savo">North Savo</a> </td> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Pohjois-Savo</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Norra Savolax</i></span> </td> <td>FI-15 </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Kuopio" title="Kuopio">Kuopio</a> </td> <td align="right">16,768 </td> <td align="right">248,363 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_South_Savonia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_South_Savonia.svg/40px-Flag_of_South_Savonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_South_Savonia.svg/60px-Flag_of_South_Savonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_South_Savonia.svg/80px-Flag_of_South_Savonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="780" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Etel%C3%A4-Savo.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Etelä-Savo"><img alt="Etelä-Savo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Etel%C3%A4-Savo.vaakuna.svg/40px-Etel%C3%A4-Savo.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Etel%C3%A4-Savo.vaakuna.svg/60px-Etel%C3%A4-Savo.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Etel%C3%A4-Savo.vaakuna.svg/80px-Etel%C3%A4-Savo.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="629" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Savo" title="South Savo">South Savo</a> </td> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Etelä-Savo</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Södra Savolax</i></span> </td> <td>FI-04 </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Mikkeli" title="Mikkeli">Mikkeli</a> </td> <td align="right">14,257 </td> <td align="right">131,688 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Etel%C3%A4-Karjala.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="South Karelia"><img alt="South Karelia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Etel%C3%A4-Karjala.vaakuna.svg/40px-Etel%C3%A4-Karjala.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Etel%C3%A4-Karjala.vaakuna.svg/59px-Etel%C3%A4-Karjala.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Etel%C3%A4-Karjala.vaakuna.svg/79px-Etel%C3%A4-Karjala.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="347" data-file-height="402" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Karelia" title="South Karelia">South Karelia</a> </td> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Etelä-Karjala</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Södra Karelen</i></span> </td> <td>FI-02 </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Lappeenranta" title="Lappeenranta">Lappeenranta</a> </td> <td align="right">5,327 </td> <td align="right">126,107 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Keski-suomi_lippu.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Central Finland"><img alt="Central Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Keski-suomi_lippu.svg/40px-Keski-suomi_lippu.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Keski-suomi_lippu.svg/60px-Keski-suomi_lippu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Keski-suomi_lippu.svg/80px-Keski-suomi_lippu.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Keski-Suomi_Coat_of_Arms.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Central Finland"><img alt="Central Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Keski-Suomi_Coat_of_Arms.svg/40px-Keski-Suomi_Coat_of_Arms.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Keski-Suomi_Coat_of_Arms.svg/60px-Keski-Suomi_Coat_of_Arms.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Keski-Suomi_Coat_of_Arms.svg/80px-Keski-Suomi_Coat_of_Arms.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="579" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Finland" title="Central Finland">Central Finland</a> </td> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Keski-Suomi</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Mellersta Finland</i></span> </td> <td>FI-08 </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4" title="Jyväskylä">Jyväskylä</a> </td> <td align="right">16,703 </td> <td align="right">272,683 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Southern_Ostrobothnia.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="South Ostrobothnia"><img alt="South Ostrobothnia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Southern_Ostrobothnia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Southern_Ostrobothnia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Southern_Ostrobothnia.svg/60px-Flag_of_Southern_Ostrobothnia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Southern_Ostrobothnia.svg/80px-Flag_of_Southern_Ostrobothnia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Etel%C3%A4-Pohjanmaan_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="South Ostrobothnia"><img alt="South Ostrobothnia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Etel%C3%A4-Pohjanmaan_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg/40px-Etel%C3%A4-Pohjanmaan_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Etel%C3%A4-Pohjanmaan_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg/60px-Etel%C3%A4-Pohjanmaan_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Etel%C3%A4-Pohjanmaan_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg/80px-Etel%C3%A4-Pohjanmaan_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="700" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Ostrobothnia" title="South Ostrobothnia">South Ostrobothnia</a> </td> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Etelä-Pohjanmaa</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Södra Österbotten</i></span> </td> <td>FI-03 </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Sein%C3%A4joki" title="Seinäjoki">Seinäjoki</a> </td> <td align="right">13,444 </td> <td align="right">191,762 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pohjanmaan_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ostrobothnia"><img alt="Ostrobothnia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Pohjanmaan_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg/40px-Pohjanmaan_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Pohjanmaan_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg/60px-Pohjanmaan_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Pohjanmaan_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg/80px-Pohjanmaan_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="572" data-file-height="672" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ostrobothnia_(region)" title="Ostrobothnia (region)">Ostrobothnia</a> </td> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Pohjanmaa</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Österbotten</i></span> </td> <td>FI-12 </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Vaasa" title="Vaasa">Vaasa</a> </td> <td align="right">7,753 </td> <td align="right">176,041 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Keski-Pohjanmaa.lippu.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Central Ostrobothnia"><img alt="Central Ostrobothnia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Keski-Pohjanmaa.lippu.svg/40px-Keski-Pohjanmaa.lippu.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Keski-Pohjanmaa.lippu.svg/60px-Keski-Pohjanmaa.lippu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Keski-Pohjanmaa.lippu.svg/80px-Keski-Pohjanmaa.lippu.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Keski-Pohjanmaa.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Central Ostrobothnia"><img alt="Central Ostrobothnia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Keski-Pohjanmaa.vaakuna.svg/40px-Keski-Pohjanmaa.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="51" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Keski-Pohjanmaa.vaakuna.svg/60px-Keski-Pohjanmaa.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Keski-Pohjanmaa.vaakuna.svg/79px-Keski-Pohjanmaa.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="643" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Ostrobothnia" title="Central Ostrobothnia">Central Ostrobothnia</a> </td> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Keski-Pohjanmaa</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Mellersta Österbotten</i></span> </td> <td>FI-07 </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Kokkola" title="Kokkola">Kokkola</a> </td> <td align="right">5,020 </td> <td align="right">67,915 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Pirkanmaa.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pirkanmaa"><img alt="Pirkanmaa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_Pirkanmaa.svg/40px-Flag_of_Pirkanmaa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_Pirkanmaa.svg/60px-Flag_of_Pirkanmaa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_Pirkanmaa.svg/80px-Flag_of_Pirkanmaa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="337" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pirkanmaa.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pirkanmaa"><img alt="Pirkanmaa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pirkanmaa.vaakuna.svg/40px-Pirkanmaa.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="41" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pirkanmaa.vaakuna.svg/61px-Pirkanmaa.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pirkanmaa.vaakuna.svg/80px-Pirkanmaa.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="490" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pirkanmaa" title="Pirkanmaa">Pirkanmaa</a> </td> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Pirkanmaa</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Birkaland</i></span> </td> <td>FI-11 </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Tampere" title="Tampere">Tampere</a> </td> <td align="right">12,585 </td> <td align="right">527,478 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Satakunta-flag.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Satakunta"><img alt="Satakunta" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Satakunta-flag.svg/40px-Satakunta-flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Satakunta-flag.svg/60px-Satakunta-flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Satakunta-flag.svg/80px-Satakunta-flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="390" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Satakunta.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Satakunta"><img alt="Satakunta" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Satakunta.vaakuna.svg/39px-Satakunta.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="39" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Satakunta.vaakuna.svg/58px-Satakunta.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Satakunta.vaakuna.svg/78px-Satakunta.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="720" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Satakunta" title="Satakunta">Satakunta</a> </td> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Satakunta</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Satakunta</i></span> </td> <td>FI-17 </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Pori" title="Pori">Pori</a> </td> <td align="right">7,820 </td> <td align="right">214,281 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P%C3%A4ij%C3%A4t-H%C3%A4me.lippu.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Päijät-Häme"><img alt="Päijät-Häme" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/P%C3%A4ij%C3%A4t-H%C3%A4me.lippu.svg/40px-P%C3%A4ij%C3%A4t-H%C3%A4me.lippu.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/P%C3%A4ij%C3%A4t-H%C3%A4me.lippu.svg/60px-P%C3%A4ij%C3%A4t-H%C3%A4me.lippu.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/P%C3%A4ij%C3%A4t-H%C3%A4me.lippu.svg/79px-P%C3%A4ij%C3%A4t-H%C3%A4me.lippu.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="428" data-file-height="570" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P%C3%A4ij%C3%A4t-H%C3%A4me.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Päijät-Häme"><img alt="Päijät-Häme" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/P%C3%A4ij%C3%A4t-H%C3%A4me.vaakuna.svg/40px-P%C3%A4ij%C3%A4t-H%C3%A4me.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/P%C3%A4ij%C3%A4t-H%C3%A4me.vaakuna.svg/60px-P%C3%A4ij%C3%A4t-H%C3%A4me.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/P%C3%A4ij%C3%A4t-H%C3%A4me.vaakuna.svg/80px-P%C3%A4ij%C3%A4t-H%C3%A4me.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="587" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A4ij%C3%A4t-H%C3%A4me" title="Päijät-Häme">Päijät-Häme</a> </td> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Päijät-Häme</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Päijänne-Tavastland</i></span> </td> <td>FI-16 </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Lahti" title="Lahti">Lahti</a> </td> <td align="right">5,125 </td> <td align="right">205,124 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Tavastia_Proper.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kanta-Häme"><img alt="Kanta-Häme" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Tavastia_Proper.svg/40px-Flag_of_Tavastia_Proper.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Tavastia_Proper.svg/60px-Flag_of_Tavastia_Proper.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Tavastia_Proper.svg/80px-Flag_of_Tavastia_Proper.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kanta-H%C3%A4me.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kanta-Häme"><img alt="Kanta-Häme" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kanta-H%C3%A4me.vaakuna.svg/40px-Kanta-H%C3%A4me.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="48" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kanta-H%C3%A4me.vaakuna.svg/60px-Kanta-H%C3%A4me.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kanta-H%C3%A4me.vaakuna.svg/81px-Kanta-H%C3%A4me.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="880" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kanta-H%C3%A4me" title="Kanta-Häme">Kanta-Häme</a> </td> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Kanta-Häme</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Egentliga Tavastland</i></span> </td> <td>FI-06 </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A4meenlinna" title="Hämeenlinna">Hämeenlinna</a> </td> <td align="right">5,199 </td> <td align="right">170,213 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kymenlaakson_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kymenlaakso"><img alt="Kymenlaakso" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Kymenlaakson_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg/40px-Kymenlaakson_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Kymenlaakson_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg/60px-Kymenlaakson_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Kymenlaakson_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg/80px-Kymenlaakson_maakunnan_vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="566" data-file-height="624" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kymenlaakso" title="Kymenlaakso">Kymenlaakso</a> </td> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Kymenlaakso</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Kymmenedalen</i></span> </td> <td>FI-09 </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Kotka" title="Kotka">Kotka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kouvola" title="Kouvola">Kouvola</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="right">5,149 </td> <td align="right">161,391 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Uusimaa.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Uusimaa"><img alt="Uusimaa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Flag_of_Uusimaa.svg/40px-Flag_of_Uusimaa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Flag_of_Uusimaa.svg/60px-Flag_of_Uusimaa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Flag_of_Uusimaa.svg/80px-Flag_of_Uusimaa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="780" data-file-height="520" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Uusimaa"><img alt="Uusimaa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg/40px-Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg/60px-Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg/80px-Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="498" data-file-height="588" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uusimaa" title="Uusimaa">Uusimaa</a> </td> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Uusimaa</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Nyland</i></span> </td> <td>FI-18 </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a> </td> <td align="right">9,097 </td> <td align="right">1,714,741 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Varsinais-Suomen.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Southwest Finland"><img alt="Southwest Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Varsinais-Suomen.vaakuna.svg/40px-Varsinais-Suomen.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Varsinais-Suomen.vaakuna.svg/60px-Varsinais-Suomen.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Varsinais-Suomen.vaakuna.svg/80px-Varsinais-Suomen.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="690" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Finland" title="Southwest Finland">Southwest Finland</a> </td> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Varsinais-Suomi</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Egentliga Finland</i></span> </td> <td>FI-19 </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Turku" title="Turku">Turku</a> </td> <td align="right">10,663 </td> <td align="right">483,477 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Åland"><img alt="Åland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg/40px-Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg/60px-Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg/80px-Flag_of_%C3%85land.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="340" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%85land_3.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Åland"><img alt="Åland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%85land_3.svg/39px-Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%85land_3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="39" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%85land_3.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%85land_3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%85land_3.svg/79px-Coat_of_arms_of_%C3%85land_3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="314" data-file-height="436" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/%C3%85land" title="Åland">Åland</a> </td> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Ahvenanmaa</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Åland</i></span> </td> <td>AX and<br />FI-01 </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Mariehamn" title="Mariehamn">Mariehamn</a> </td> <td align="right">1,553 </td> <td align="right">30,344 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_region">Former region</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Finland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Former region"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Finland.regions.2000.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Finland.regions.2000.svg/220px-Finland.regions.2000.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="371" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Finland.regions.2000.svg/330px-Finland.regions.2000.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Finland.regions.2000.svg/440px-Finland.regions.2000.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1750" data-file-height="2950" /></a><figcaption>Regions of Finland in 2000.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Coat of arms </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Official English name<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Finnish name </th> <th>Swedish name </th> <th>Capital </th> <th>Dissolution (date) </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:It%C3%A4-Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/It%C3%A4-Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg/40px-It%C3%A4-Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/It%C3%A4-Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg/60px-It%C3%A4-Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/It%C3%A4-Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg/80px-It%C3%A4-Uusimaa.vaakuna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="498" data-file-height="563" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Uusimaa" title="Eastern Uusimaa">Eastern Uusimaa</a> </td> <td><b>Itä-Uusimaa</b> </td> <td><span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">Itä-Uusimaa</i></span><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Östra Nyland</i></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Porvoo" title="Porvoo">Porvoo</a> </td> <td>1 January 2011 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regional_border_changes">Regional border changes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Finland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Regional border changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Border changes between the regions:<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1997">1997</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Finland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1997"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kiikoinen" title="Kiikoinen">Kiikoinen</a> transferred from Pirkanmaa to Satakunta.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2001">2001</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Finland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2001"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kuorevesi" title="Kuorevesi">Kuorevesi</a> transferred from Pirkanmaa to Central Finland by merging with <a href="/wiki/J%C3%A4ms%C3%A4" title="Jämsä">Jämsä</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2002">2002</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Finland&action=edit&section=8" 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href="/wiki/L%C3%A4ngelm%C3%A4ki" title="Längelmäki">Längelmäki</a> merged with <a href="/wiki/Orivesi" title="Orivesi">Orivesi</a> in Pirkanmaa and Jämsä in Central Finland.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2010">2010</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Finland&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Himanka" title="Himanka">Himanka</a> transferred from Central Ostrobothnia to North Ostrobothnia by merging with <a href="/wiki/Kalajoki" title="Kalajoki">Kalajoki</a>.</li> <li>Part of <a href="/wiki/Ruotsinpyht%C3%A4%C3%A4" title="Ruotsinpyhtää">Ruotsinpyhtää</a> in Eastern Uusimaa transferred to <a href="/wiki/Pyht%C3%A4%C3%A4" title="Pyhtää">Pyhtää</a> in Kymenlaakso.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2013">2013</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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mw-heading4"><h4 id="2021">2021</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Finland&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2021"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hein%C3%A4vesi" title="Heinävesi">Heinävesi</a> transferred from South Savo to North Karelia.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iitti" title="Iitti">Iitti</a> transferred from Kymenlaakso to Päijät-Häme.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isokyr%C3%B6" title="Isokyrö">Isokyrö</a> transferred from Ostrobothnia to South Ostrobothnia.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joroinen" title="Joroinen">Joroinen</a> transferred from South Savo to North Savo.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuhmoinen" title="Kuhmoinen">Kuhmoinen</a> transferred from Central Finland to Pirkanmaa.</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1246091330"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks plainlist" style="width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-pretitle">Part of a series on</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle" style="font-size: 120%;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Finland" title="Administrative divisions of Finland">Administrative divisions of Finland</a></th></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="border-top: #aaa 1px solid;"> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Regions</a></th></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="border-top: #aaa 1px solid;"> <a href="/wiki/Sub-regions_of_Finland" title="Sub-regions of Finland">Sub-regions</a></th></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="border-top: #aaa 1px solid;"> <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Finland" title="Municipalities of Finland">Municipalities</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NUTS:FI" class="mw-redirect" title="NUTS:FI">NUTS:FI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:FI" title="ISO 3166-2:FI">ISO 3166-2:FI</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="border-top: #aaa 1px solid;"> <a href="/wiki/Wellbeing_services_counties_of_Finland" title="Wellbeing services counties of Finland">Wellbeing services counties</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Administrative_divisions_of_Finland" title="Template:Administrative divisions of Finland"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Administrative_divisions_of_Finland" title="Template talk:Administrative divisions of Finland"><abbr 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href="/wiki/Eastern_Finland_Regional_State_Administrative_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency">Regions of Eastern Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_and_Central_Finland_Regional_State_Administrative_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Western and Central Finland Regional State Administrative Agency">Regions of Western and Central Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South-Western_Finland_Regional_State_Administrative_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="South-Western Finland Regional State Administrative Agency">Regions of South-Western Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Finland_Regional_State_Administrative_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency">Regions of Southern Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_%C3%85land" title="Municipalities of Åland">Municipalities of Åland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Councils_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="County Councils of Sweden">County Councils of Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Household_pennants_of_Finland" class="mw-redirect" title="Household pennants of Finland">Household pennants of Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:FI" title="ISO 3166-2:FI">ISO 3166-2:FI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_State_Administrative_Agency" title="Regional State Administrative Agency">Regional State Administrative Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Finnish_regions_by_GDP" title="List of Finnish regions by GDP">List of Finnish regions by GDP</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regions_of_Finland&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_Finland" title="List of extreme points of Finland">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Finland" title="Geology of Finland">Geology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Finland" title="List of islands of Finland">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Finland" title="List of lakes of Finland">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Finland" title="Municipalities of Finland">Municipalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Finland" title="List of national parks of Finland">National parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Finland" title="Provinces of Finland">Provinces</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Regions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%85land" title="Åland">Åland</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Finland" title="List of rivers of Finland">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_urban_areas_in_Finland_by_population" title="List of urban areas in Finland by population">Urban areas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tampere" title="Tampere">Tampere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turku" title="Turku">Turku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oulu" title="Oulu">Oulu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4" title="Jyväskylä">Jyväskylä</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_Finland" title="Wildlife of Finland">Wildlife</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Finland" title="Politics of Finland">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/Finland%E2%80%93NATO_relations" title="Finland–NATO relations">NATO</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Finland" title="Parliament of Finland">Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Finland" title="List of political parties in Finland">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Finland" title="President of Finland">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Finland" title="Prime Minister of Finland">Prime Minister</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Finland" title="Economy of Finland">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Finland" title="Agriculture in Finland">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Finland" title="Bank of Finland">Central bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Finland" title="Energy in Finland">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Finnish_government_enterprises" title="List of Finnish government enterprises">Government-owned companies</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Industry_in_Finland" title="Industry in Finland">Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_income_policy_agreement_(Finland)" title="National income policy agreement (Finland)">National income agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nordic_model" title="Nordic model">Nordic model</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_maritime_cluster" title="Finnish maritime cluster">Ship-building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_startup_scene" title="Finnish startup scene">Startups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasdaq_Helsinki" title="Nasdaq Helsinki">Stock 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