List of cities and towns in Finland
The list of cities in Finland provides an overview of the development of the population of the larger cities and towns of the State of Finland. Listed is also a table of the largest floor area communities and an alphabetic overview of the cities. An alphabetical list of all communities can be found at List of cities and towns in Finland.
Municipalities by population
The table includes the municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants, whose name in Finnish and in Swedish, the number of inhabitants, according to results of the censuses of 1990 and 2000 ( respectively 31 December), and according to an estimate of the Central Statistical Office in Finland for 1980 and 2006 ( December 31 respectively ). Listed is also the province ( Lääni ) to which the community belongs. The inhabitants numbers refer to the respective community in its political boundaries, without politically independent suburbs.
( VZ = census, S = estimate )
Source: Statistics Finland
1 On 1 January 2009, the rural municipality of Jyväskylä and the community Korpilahti were incorporated in the City of Jyväskylä, which is characterized ascended with about 130,000 inhabitants seventh- largest city in Finland.
Municipalities by area
The area- most populous municipality in Finland is Inari with 17 334 square kilometers. It is bigger than the German state of Thuringia. The area- smallest municipality, the city Kauniainen, includes only six square kilometers. The following table lists the area 's largest municipalities in the country and the province ( Lääni ), to which the commune belongs listed (as of 1 January 2007).
Source: Statistics Finland
Urban settlements by population
By far the largest metropolitan area in Finland is Helsinki with a population of 1,274,746 (as of 31 December 2005). Thus, a quarter of the country's population is concentrated in the capital region.
The following table lists the urban settlements ( FIG. Taajamat, sv. Tätort ) with more than 20,000 inhabitants, with their inhabitants, according to results of the censuses from 1st November 1980 December 31, 1990 and December 31, 2000 and according to an estimate by the Statistical Central Office in Finland for 31 December 2005 Listed. 's also the province ( Lääni ), to which the city belongs. The inhabitants numbers refer to the respective urban settlement - the geographical area the city - not the city or municipality in the political sense.
( VZ = census, S = estimate )
Source: Statistics Finland
Alphabetical Overview of cities
In Finland, there are officially 415 municipalities ( kunta ), of which 113 cities ( kaupunki ) are. The number of towns has tripled 1950-2008. The development was as follows: 1950 (35 cities ), 1960 (41) 1970 ( 50) 1980 ( 84) 1990 ( 94) 2000 ( 109) and 2008 (113). The number of municipalities, however, fell in the same period from 547 to 415 The following table contains all the cities in the country, whose name in Finnish and in Swedish, the province ( Lääni ), to which the city belongs, and the year in which the city charter was granted.