Finland (Major Municipalities): Regions, Major Cities & Communes

Regions

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	A-L (km²)	E 1980-12-31	C 1990-12-31	C 2000-12-31	E 2010-12-31
i	Åland {Aland}	ÅAL	AReg	Mariehamn	1,553	22,783	24,604	25,776	28,007
i	Etelä-Karjala [South Karelia] {Etela-Karjala}	EKA	Reg	Lappeenranta	5,613	145,360	141,240	137,149	133,703
i	Etelä-Pohjanmaa [South Ostrobothnia] {Etela-Pohjanmaa}	EPO	Reg	Seinäjoki	13,444	195,769	201,670	195,615	193,504
i	Etelä-Savo {Etela-Savo}	ESA	Reg	Mikkeli	13,983	174,619	176,089	167,369	154,668
i	Kainuu	KAI	Reg	Kajaani	21,504	99,247	96,957	89,777	82,073
i	Kanta-Häme {Kanta-Hame}	KHÄ	Reg	Hämeenlinna	5,200	155,348	162,248	165,307	174,555
i	Keski-Pohjanmaa [Central Ostrobothnia]	KPO	Reg	Kokkola	5,019	64,848	68,214	68,052	68,321
i	Keski-Suomi [Central Finland]	KSO	Reg	Jyväskylä	16,706	248,659	255,948	263,886	273,637
i	Kymenlaakso (Kymmenedalen)	KYM	Reg	Kotka	5,148	198,992	193,919	187,474	182,382
i	Lappi [Lapland]	LAP	Reg	Rovaniemi	92,665	194,890	200,674	191,768	183,488
i	Päijät-Häme {Paijat-Hame}	PHÄ	Reg	Lahti	5,126	192,582	197,012	197,378	201,772
i	Pirkanmaa	PIR	Reg	Tampere	12,447	409,321	423,689	447,051	487,923
i	Pohjanmaa [Ostrobothnia]	POH	Reg	Vaasa	7,749	168,939	172,448	173,228	177,946
i	Pohjois-Karjala [North Karelia]	PKA	Reg	Joensuu	17,763	176,650	176,836	171,609	165,866
i	Pohjois-Pohjanmaa [North Ostrobothnia]	PPO	Reg	Oulu	35,501	320,889	346,301	368,598	394,965
i	Pohjois-Savo	PSA	Reg	Kuopio	16,770	253,913	256,781	252,115	247,943
i	Satakunta	SAT	Reg	Pori	7,957	245,302	246,330	237,661	227,031
i	Uusimaa (Nyland)	UUS	Reg	Helsinki	9,097	1,113,307	1,232,236	1,394,199	1,532,309
i	Varsinais-Suomi (Egentliga Finland)	VSS	Reg	Turku	10,663	406,360	425,282	447,103	465,183
	Finland	FIN		Helsinki	303,907	4,787,778	4,998,478	5,181,115	5,375,276

Statistics Finland (web).

	Name	Adm.	M E 2010-12-31
1	Helsinki	UUS	588,549
2	Espoo	UUS	247,970
3	Tampere	PIR	213,217
4	Vantaa	UUS	200,055
5	Turku	VSS	177,326
6	Oulu	PPO	141,671
7	Jyväskylä	KSO	130,816
8	Lahti	PHÄ	101,588
9	Kuopio	PSA	96,793
10	Kouvola	KYM	88,072

Cities & Communes

	Name	Status	Adm.	M E 1980-12-31	M C 1990-12-31	M C 2000-12-31	M E 2010-12-31
i	Äänekoski {Aanekoski}	City	KSO	20,450	21,121	20,713	20,244
i	Espoo (Esbo)	City	UUS	137,409	172,629	213,271	247,970
i	Hämeenlinna {Hameenlinna}	City	KHÄ	59,224	61,222	63,033	66,829
i	Hamina	City	KYM	22,995	22,589	21,847	21,400
i	Heinola	City	PHÄ	21,441	22,255	21,178	20,258
i	Helsinki (Helsingfors)	City	UUS	483,036	492,400	555,474	588,549
i	Hollola	Com	PHÄ	16,418	19,915	20,378	21,962
i	Hyvinkää {Hyvinkaa}	City	UUS	37,297	40,194	42,545	45,489
i	Iisalmi	City	PSA	22,648	23,979	23,113	22,095
i	Imatra	City	EKA	36,378	33,566	30,663	28,540
i	Jakobstad (Pietarsaari)	City	POH	20,700	19,883	19,636	19,656
i	Jämsä {Jamsa}	City	KSO	26,371	26,005	25,023	22,691
i	Järvenpää {Jarvenpaa}	City	UUS	23,281	31,525	35,915	38,680
i	Joensuu	City	PKA	63,969	67,363	71,013	73,305
i	Jyväskylä {Jyvaskyla}	City	KSO	96,966	103,921	116,519	130,816
i	Kaarina	City	VSS	19,351	24,390	26,746	30,911
i	Kajaani	City	KAI	38,016	39,577	38,912	38,157
i	Kangasala	Com	PIR	20,733	23,293	24,500	29,675
i	Kemi	City	LAP	26,928	25,374	23,689	22,537
i	Kerava	City	UUS	23,851	27,597	30,270	34,282
i	Kirkkonummi (Kyrkslätt)	Com	UUS	19,919	25,366	29,694	36,942
i	Kokkola (Karleby)	City	KPO	41,848	43,267	44,182	46,260
i	Kotka	City	KYM	60,752	56,634	54,846	54,824
i	Kouvola	City	KYM	94,529	94,352	91,550	88,072
i	Kuopio	City	PSA	77,049	82,943	88,796	96,793
i	Lahti	City	PHÄ	94,767	93,151	96,921	101,588
i	Lappeenranta	City	EKA	68,814	68,662	70,587	71,982
i	Lempäälä {Lempaala}	Com	PIR	12,660	14,564	16,331	20,588
i	Lohja (Lojo)	City	UUS	31,076	34,592	36,446	39,714
i	Mäntsälä {Mantsala}	Com	UUS	11,458	14,774	16,628	19,975
i	Mariehamn	City	ÅAL	9,553	10,263	10,488	11,190
i	Mikkeli	City	ESA	45,821	48,108	49,205	48,751
i	Nokia	City	PIR	23,644	26,063	26,905	31,647
i	Nurmijärvi {Nurmijarvi}	Com	UUS	22,115	28,129	33,104	39,937
i	Oulu	City	PPO	96,732	104,720	124,063	141,671
i	Pieksämäki {Pieksamaki}	City	ESA	23,781	24,128	22,040	19,869
i	Pori	City	SAT	85,113	82,643	82,203	83,032
i	Porvoo (Borgå)	City	UUS	38,296	41,930	44,969	48,768
i	Raahe	City	PPO	23,382	24,103	23,171	22,562
i	Raisio	City	VSS	18,017	21,120	23,149	24,427
i	Raseborg (Raasepori)	City	UUS	27,972	28,565	28,436	29,065
i	Rauma	City	SAT	42,973	42,410	41,001	39,715
i	Riihimäki {Riihimaki}	City	KHÄ	23,971	25,000	26,173	28,803
i	Rovaniemi	City	LAP	48,056	54,014	57,253	60,090
i	Salo	City	VSS	47,638	49,834	52,604	55,235
i	Sastamala	City	PIR	26,128	25,670	24,846	24,495
i	Savonlinna	City	ESA	30,133	30,172	29,141	27,685
i	Seinäjoki {Seinajoki}	City	EPO	42,497	47,182	50,670	57,811
i	Siilinjärvi {Siilinjarvi}	Com	PSA	15,168	18,749	19,742	21,010
i	Tampere	City	PIR	166,228	172,560	195,468	213,217
i	Tornio	City	LAP	21,076	22,879	22,617	22,513
i	Turku (Åbo)	City	VSS	163,680	159,180	172,561	177,326
i	Tuusula	Com	UUS	22,412	27,328	31,957	37,214
i	Vaasa (Vasa)	City	POH	53,758	53,429	56,737	59,587
i	Valkeakoski	City	PIR	22,780	21,724	20,493	20,844
i	Vantaa (Vanda)	City	UUS	132,050	154,933	178,471	200,055
i	Varkaus	City	PSA	26,554	26,428	24,890	22,777
i	Vihti	Com	UUS	16,871	21,648	23,858	28,311
i	Ylöjärvi {Ylojarvi}	City	PIR	18,013	23,434	25,299	30,500

Statistics Finland (web).
The population of the municipalities in the boundaries of 2010. The pre-2009 population figures of Helsinki do not consider a population increase of 2,068 by boundary changes in 2009.

FINLAND: Major Municipalities

Contents

Regions

Principal Cities

Cities & Communes