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List of Finnish municipalities. This is a listing in alphabetical order of the 309 municipalities in Finland as of 2021. [1] Note that there are 114 municipalities that have both a Finnish and a Swedish name. Those municipalities are listed by the name in the local majority language, with the name in the other national language provided in ...
The municipalities ( Finnish: kunta; Swedish: kommun) represent the local level of administration in Finland and act as the fundamental, self-governing administrative units of the country. The entire country is incorporated into municipalities and legally, all municipalities are equal, although certain municipalities are called cities or towns ...
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The following is a list of cities and towns ( Finnish: kaupunki, Swedish: stad) in Finland. [a] The basic administrative unit of Finland is municipality. Since 1977, there is no legal difference between towns and municipalities, [1] and a municipality can independently decide to call itself a city or town if it considers that it meets the requirements of an urban settlement. [2] The following ...
Municipalities (which may also call themselves towns or cities) account for half of public spending. Spending is financed by municipal income tax, state subsidies, and other revenue. As of 2017, there are 311 municipalities, and most were under 5,000 residents. In Finland, state has started the Municipality and Service Structure Reform Program to reform the complex and expensive municipal ...
Finnish cities. Helsinki is the capital city of Finland and by far the country's most populous municipality. In Finland, cities refers to municipalities using the name of a city or of an urban area. [1]
List of Finnish municipalities. This is a listing in alphabetical order of the 309 municipalities in Finland as of 2021. Note that there are 114 municipalities that have both a Finnish and a Swedish name. Those municipalities are listed by the name in the local majority language, with the name in the other national language provided in parenthesis.
