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Finland consists of 19 regions called maakunta in Finnish and landskap in Swedish. The regions are governed by regional councils, which serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of a region. The main tasks of the regions are regional planning and development of enterprise and education. In addition, the public health services are usually organized on the basis of regions. Currently, the only region where a popular election is held for the council is Kainuu. Other regional councils are elected by municipal councils, each municipality sending representatives in proportion to its population.
In addition to inter-municipal cooperation, which is the responsibility of regional councils, each region has a state Employment and Economic Development Centre, which is responsible for the local administration of labour, agriculture, fisheries, forestry and entrepreneurial affairs. The Finnish Defence Forces regional offices are responsible for the regional defence preparations and for the administration of conscription within the region.
Regions represent dialectal, cultural and economic variations better than the former provinces, which were purely administrative divisions of the central government. Historically, regions are divisions of historical provinces of Finland, areas which represent dialects and culture more accurately.
Six regional state administrative agencies (Etelä-Suomi, Itä-Suomi, Lounais-Suomi, Länsi- ja Sisä-Suomi, Pohjois-Suomi, Lappi) were created by the state of Finland in 2010, each of them responsible for one of the regions called [alue] Error: ((Lang)): text has italic markup (help) in Finnish and [region] Error: ((Lang)): text has italic markup (help) in Swedish; in addition, Åland was designated a seventh region. These take over some of the tasks of the earlier Provinces of Finland (the läänis), which were abolished.
Regions
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Administrative divisions of Finland |
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Regions |
Sub-regions |
Municipalities |
Wellbeing services counties |
Coat of Arms | In English | In Finnish | In Swedish | Capital | Regional state administrative agency | Map |
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Lapland | Lappi | Lappland | Rovaniemi | Lapland | ||
Northern Ostrobothnia | Pohjois-Pohjanmaa | Norra Österbotten | Oulu | Northern Finland | ||
Kainuu | Kainuu | Kajanaland | Kajaani | Northern Finland | ||
North Karelia | Pohjois-Karjala | Norra Karelen | Joensuu | Eastern Finland | ||
Northern Savonia | Pohjois-Savo | Norra Savolax | Kuopio | Eastern Finland | ||
Southern Savonia | Etelä-Savo | Södra Savolax | Mikkeli | Eastern Finland | ||
Southern Ostrobothnia | Etelä-Pohjanmaa | Södra Österbotten | Seinäjoki | Western and Central Finland | ||
Central Ostrobothnia | Keski-Pohjanmaa | Mellersta Österbotten | Kokkola | Western and Central Finland | ||
Ostrobothnia | Pohjanmaa | Österbotten | Vaasa | Western and Central Finland | ||
Pirkanmaa | Pirkanmaa | Birkaland | Tampere | Western and Central Finland | ||
Central Finland | Keski-Suomi | Mellersta Finland | Jyväskylä | Western and Central Finland | ||
Satakunta | Satakunta | Satakunda | Pori | South-Western Finland | ||
Finland Proper | Varsinais-Suomi | Egentliga Finland | Turku | South-Western Finland | ||
South Karelia | Etelä-Karjala | Södra Karelen | Lappeenranta | Southern Finland | ||
Päijänne Tavastia | Päijät-Häme | Päijänne Tavastland | Lahti | Southern Finland | ||
Tavastia Proper | Kanta-Häme | Egentliga Tavastland | Hämeenlinna | Southern Finland | ||
Uusimaa | Uusimaa | Nyland | Helsinki | Southern Finland | ||
Kymenlaakso | Kymenlaakso | Kymmenedalen | Kouvola | Southern Finland | ||
Åland Islands[1] | Ahvenanmaa | Åland | Mariehamn | Åland |
The region of Eastern Uusimaa was consolidated with Uusimaa on January 1, 2011.[2]
See also
[edit]- Regions of Eastern Finland
- Regions of Oulu
- Regions of Southern Finland
- Regions of Western Finland
- County Councils of Sweden
- Household pennants of Finland
- ISO 3166-2:FI
References
[edit]- ^ The role that the regional councils serve on Mainland Finland are on the Åland Islands handled by the autonomous Government of Åland.
- ^ "Valtioneuvosto päätti Uudenmaan ja Itä-Uudenmaan maakuntien yhdistämisestä" (in Finnish). Ministry of Finance. October 22, 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
External links
[edit]- Regional Councils of Finland – Official site
- Regional State Administrative Agencies
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