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  2. List of cities and towns in Finland - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. List of urban areas in Finland by population - Wikipedia

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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. [1] The list is based on data from Statistics Finland that defines an urban area as a cluster of dwellings with at least 200 inhabitants.

  4. List of municipalities of Finland - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. Municipalities of Finland - Wikipedia

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    The city manager of Helsinki is called ylipormestari / överborgmästare "Lord Mayor" for historical reasons. There were previously no mayors in Finland, but after a change in law, Tampere was first city to elect a mayor (pormestari / borgmästare) in 2007. The mayor is not, however, currently elected directly, but by the municipal council.

  6. Administrative divisions of Finland - Wikipedia

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    Municipalities and regions map of Finland (2007). Black borders refer to municipalities, red to regions. 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.

  7. File:Map of Finland-en.svg - Wikipedia

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    Boundaries, rivers, roads, and railroads are based on a 1996 CIA map (File:Finland 1996 CIA map.jpg), with some revisions by me. Coordinates of cities and municipalities not on the CIA map are from Finnish Wikipedia articles. Not all municipalities were included for visual reasons.

  8. Category:Lists of populated places in Finland - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Lists of populated places in Finland" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... List of cities and towns in Finland; F.

  9. Geography of Finland - Wikipedia

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    The Finnish capital, Helsinki, is the northernmost capital city on the mainland of any continent, and ranks as second globally (the Icelandic capital Reykjavik takes the first place globally). At 1,313 kilometres (816 mi), Finland has the second-longest border with Russia of any European country, surpassed only by Ukraine (1,576 km or 979 mi).