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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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This is a list of municipalities in Finland. There are a total of 309 municipalities, of which 114 have both a Finnish and a Swedish name. [1] These municipalities are listed by the name in the local majority language, with the name in the other national language provided in parentheses. Finnish is the majority language in 99 of those 114 ...
The following is a list of cities and towns (Finnish: kaupunki, Swedish: stad) in Finland.The basic administrative unit of Finland is municipality.Since 1977, there is no legal difference between towns and municipalities, 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.
Nowadays cities and municipalities do not have judicial differences or any judicial powers. In the past, the country's ruler made the decisions on the founding of the city, but nowadays the municipalities can declare themselves as cities. Extensive rural areas are also located in the area of many municipal districts.
The district has 7,402 inhabitants. Oulujoki is a former municipality of Finland. The municipality had a population of 5,230 (1963) and covered a land area of 606.1 square kilometres (234.0 sq mi). Its neighbouring municipalities were Kempele, Kiiminki, Muhos, Oulu, Tyrnävä, Utajärvi and Ylikiiminki.
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.
