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

The regions of Finland as well as all cities and municipalities of more than 20,000 inhabitants.

Regions
Principal Cities
Cities & Municipalities

Regions

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Capital	A-L (km²)	E 1980-12-31	C 1990-12-31	C 2000-12-31	E 2010-12-31	E 2012-12-31
i	Åland [Åland Islands] {Aland}	ÅAL	AReg	Mariehamn	1,552	22,783	24,604	25,776	28,007	28,501
i	Etelä-Karjala [South Karelia] {Etela-Karjala}	EKA	Reg	Lappeenranta	5,329	144,284	140,244	136,299	132,899	132,355
i	Etelä-Pohjanmaa [South Ostrobothnia] {Etela-Pohjanmaa}	EPO	Reg	Seinäjoki	13,444	195,769	201,670	195,615	193,504	194,058
i	Etelä-Savo [South Savonia] {Etela-Savo}	ESA	Reg	Mikkeli	14,261	175,695	175,233	166,575	155,472	153,426
i	Kainuu	KAI	Reg	Kajaani	21,501	99,247	96,957	89,777	82,073	80,685
i	Kanta-Häme [Tavastia Proper] {Kanta-Hame}	KHÄ	Reg	Hämeenlinna	5,200	155,348	162,248	165,307	174,555	175,472
i	Keski-Pohjanmaa [Central Ostrobothnia]	KPO	Reg	Kokkola	5,019	64,848	68,214	68,052	68,321	68,610
i	Keski-Suomi [Central Finland]	KSO	Reg	Jyväskylä	16,704	248,659	257,967	265,683	273,637	275,161
i	Kymenlaakso (Kymmenedalen)	KYM	Reg	Kotka	5,148	198,992	193,919	187,474	182,382	181,421
i	Lappi [Lapland]	LAP	Reg	Rovaniemi	92,662	194,890	200,674	191,768	183,488	182,844
i	Päijät-Häme [Päijänne Tavastia] {Paijat-Hame}	PHÄ	Reg	Lahti	5,125	192,582	197,012	197,378	201,772	202,548
i	Pirkanmaa	PIR	Reg	Tampere	12,584	410,784	427,223	450,346	489,192	496,568
i	Pohjanmaa [Ostrobothnia]	POH	Reg	Vaasa	7,750	168,939	172,448	173,228	177,946	179,663
i	Pohjois-Karjala [North Karelia]	PKA	Reg	Joensuu	17,763	176,650	176,836	171,609	165,866	165,754
i	Pohjois-Pohjanmaa [North Ostrobothnia]	PPO	Reg	Oulu	35,507	320,889	346,301	368,598	394,965	400,670
i	Pohjois-Savo [North Savonia]	PSA	Reg	Kuopio	16,768	253,913	258,633	253,759	247,943	248,233
i	Satakunta	SAT	Reg	Pori	7,819	243,839	240,777	232,569	225,762	224,934
i	Uusimaa (Nyland)	UUS	Reg	Helsinki	9,096	1,113,307	1,232,236	1,394,199	1,532,309	1,566,835
i	Varsinais-Suomi (Egentliga Finland) [Southwest Finland]	VSS	Reg	Turku	10,661	406,360	425,282	447,103	465,183	468,936
	Finland	FIN		Helsinki	303,893	4,787,778	4,998,478	5,181,115	5,375,276	5,426,674

Statistics Finland (web).

Principal Cities

	Name	Adm.	M E 2012-12-31
1	Helsinki	UUS	603,968
2	Espoo	UUS	256,824
3	Tampere	PIR	217,421
4	Vantaa	UUS	205,312
5	Oulu	PPO	190,847
6	Turku	VSS	180,225
7	Jyväskylä	KSO	133,482
8	Kuopio	PSA	105,136
9	Lahti	PHÄ	103,016

Cities & Municipalities

	Name	Adm.	M E 1980-12-31	M C 1990-12-31	M C 2000-12-31	M E 2010-12-31	M E 2012-12-31
i	Äänekoski {Aanekoski}	KSO	20,450	21,121	20,713	20,244	20,265
i	Espoo (Esbo)	UUS	137,409	172,629	213,271	247,970	256,824
i	Hämeenlinna {Hameenlinna}	KHÄ	59,224	61,222	63,033	66,829	67,497
i	Hamina	KYM	22,995	22,589	21,847	21,400	21,256
i	Heinola	PHÄ	21,441	22,255	21,178	20,258	20,051
i	Helsinki (Helsingfors)	UUS	483,036	492,400	555,474	588,549	603,968
i	Hollola	PHÄ	16,418	19,915	20,378	21,962	22,054
i	Hyvinkää {Hyvinkaa}	UUS	37,297	40,194	42,545	45,489	45,592
i	Iisalmi	PSA	22,648	23,979	23,113	22,095	22,135
i	Imatra	EKA	36,378	33,566	30,663	28,540	28,294
i	Jakobstad (Pietarsaari)	POH	20,700	19,883	19,636	19,656	19,680
i	Jämsä {Jamsa}	KSO	26,371	26,005	25,023	22,691	22,354
i	Järvenpää {Jarvenpaa}	UUS	23,281	31,525	35,915	38,680	39,646
i	Joensuu	PKA	63,969	67,363	71,013	73,305	74,168
i	Jyväskylä {Jyvaskyla}	KSO	96,966	103,921	116,519	130,816	133,482
i	Kaarina	VSS	19,351	24,390	26,746	30,911	31,363
i	Kajaani	KAI	38,016	39,577	38,912	38,157	37,973
i	Kangasala	PIR	21,877	24,407	25,630	29,675	30,126
i	Kemi	LAP	26,928	25,374	23,689	22,537	22,257
i	Kerava	UUS	23,851	27,597	30,270	34,282	34,491
i	Kirkkonummi (Kyrkslätt)	UUS	19,919	25,366	29,694	36,942	37,567
i	Kokkola (Karleby)	KPO	41,848	43,267	44,182	46,260	46,773
i	Kotka	KYM	60,752	56,634	54,846	54,824	54,873
i	Kouvola	KYM	94,529	94,352	91,550	88,072	87,296
i	Kuopio	PSA	88,255	93,960	99,109	103,333	105,136
i	Lahti	PHÄ	94,767	93,151	96,921	101,588	103,016
i	Lappeenranta	EKA	68,814	68,662	70,587	71,982	72,424
i	Lempäälä {Lempaala}	PIR	12,660	14,564	16,331	20,588	21,440
i	Lohja (Lojo)	UUS	37,610	41,632	43,786	47,341	47,516
i	Mäntsälä {Mantsala}	UUS	11,458	14,774	16,628	19,975	20,478
i	Mariehamn	ÅAL	9,553	10,263	10,488	11,190	11,345
i	Mikkeli	ESA	52,505	54,404	55,222	54,455	54,519
i	Nokia	PIR	23,644	26,063	26,905	31,647	32,354
i	Nurmijärvi {Nurmijarvi}	UUS	22,115	28,129	33,104	39,937	40,719
i	Oulu	PPO	121,809	136,029	160,851	185,419	190,847
i	Pieksämäki {Pieksamaki}	ESA	23,781	24,128	22,040	19,869	19,407
i	Pori	SAT	85,113	82,643	82,203	83,032	83,285
i	Porvoo (Borgå)	UUS	38,296	41,930	44,969	48,768	49,028
i	Raahe	PPO	27,362	27,999	26,766	25,656	25,659
i	Raisio	VSS	18,017	21,120	23,149	24,427	24,562
i	Raseborg (Raasepori)	UUS	27,972	28,565	28,436	29,065	28,829
i	Rauma	SAT	42,973	42,410	41,001	39,715	39,842
i	Riihimäki {Riihimaki}	KHÄ	23,971	25,000	26,173	28,803	29,215
i	Rovaniemi	LAP	48,056	54,014	57,253	60,090	60,877
i	Salo	VSS	47,638	49,834	52,604	55,235	54,858
i	Sastamala	PIR	27,591	27,085	26,195	25,764	25,747
i	Savonlinna	ESA	41,053	41,359	39,575	37,059	36,584
i	Seinäjoki {Seinajoki}	EPO	42,497	47,182	50,670	57,811	59,556
i	Siilinjärvi {Siilinjarvi}	PSA	15,168	18,749	19,742	21,010	21,431
i	Tampere	PIR	166,228	172,560	195,468	213,217	217,421
i	Tornio	LAP	21,076	22,879	22,617	22,513	22,489
i	Turku (Åbo)	VSS	163,680	159,180	172,561	177,326	180,225
i	Tuusula	UUS	22,412	27,328	31,957	37,214	37,936
i	Vaasa (Vasa)	POH	58,335	58,394	61,470	64,345	65,674
i	Valkeakoski	PIR	22,780	21,724	20,493	20,844	21,172
i	Vantaa (Vanda)	UUS	132,050	154,933	178,471	200,055	205,312
i	Varkaus	PSA	26,554	26,428	24,890	22,777	22,340
i	Vihti	UUS	16,871	21,648	23,858	28,311	28,674
i	Ylöjärvi {Ylojarvi}	PIR	18,013	23,434	25,299	30,500	31,515

Statistics Finland (web).
The population of the regions, cities and municipalities in the boundaries of January 2013.

FINLAND: Major Municipalities

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Regions

Principal Cities

Cities & Municipalities