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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.
Agencies and their 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 | Regional state administrative agency | Map |
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Lapland | Lappi | Lappland | ||
<<Coat of Arms/Seal of Northern Finland>> | Northern Finland | Pohjois-Suomi | Norra Finland | ||
<<Coat of Arms/Seal of Eastern Finland>> | Eastern Finland | Itä-Suomi | Östra Finland | ||
<<Coat of Arms/Seal of Western and Central Finland>> | Western and Central Finland | Länsi- ja Sisä-Suomi | Västra och Inre Finland | ||
<<Coat of Arms/Seal of South-Western Finland>> | South-Western Finland | Lounais-Suomi | Sydvästra Finland | ||
<<Coat of Arms/Seal of Southern Finland>> | Southern Finland | Etelä-Suomi | Södra Finland | ||
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Åland | Ahvenanmaa | Åland |
See also
[edit]- Municipalities of Lapland
- Regions of Northern Finland
- Regions of Eastern Finland
- Regions of Western and Central Finland
- Regions of South-Western Finland
- Regions of Southern Finland
- Municipalities of Åland
- 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.
External links
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- Regional Councils of Finland – Official site
- Regional State Administrative Agencies
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