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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 ...
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.
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This is a list of urban areas in Finland by population, with the 100 largest localities or urban areas in Finland on 31 December 2019. The list is based on data from Statistics Finland that defines an urban area as a cluster of dwellings with at least 200 inhabitants.
The smallest municipalities have fewer than 100 residents. Finland has nine cities with a population exceeding 100,000. The largest city is the country’s capital Helsinki with a population of about 656 000 (2020), followed by Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa, Oulu, Turku, Jyväskylä, Lahti and Kuopio. They account for one per cent of Finland's area ...
The following is a list of cities and towns 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. The following list includes the municipalities that use the ...
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. 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 municipalities, while Swedish is the majority language in ...
Finland: Major Cities and Municipalities with population statistics, maps, charts, weather and web information.
