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# Subnational Flags (Finland)

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Finland with its 19 Administrative Regions (2nd level) and their capital cities (source)

- Introduction
- Major Regions
- Administrative Regions
- Subregional Units
- Municipalities

See also:

- Finnish "Husband Flags"
- Clickable Map of Finland (with 1997–2009 sub-divisional borders)
- Finland
- National and provincial coats of arms (by Maunu Harmo, 2001 [retrieved])

## Introduction

The method in which Finland's administrative divisions are categorised was revised on the 1 January 2010 when the country abolished the administrative division system of six major "provinces" and remodeled its sub-regions and municipalities in later years. As of 2019, the administrative structure of Finland is as shown below.
Christopher Oehler, 13 September 2019

## Major Regions

Five "Major Regions 2019" (source [retrieved], in English):

- Helsinki-Uusimaa
- Southern Finland
- Western Finland
- Northern and Eastern Finland
- Åland

## Provinces

19 Provinces (source [retrieved], in English):

- Uusimaa
- Southwest Finland
- Satakunta
- Kanta-Häme
- Pirkanmaa
- Päijät-Häme
- Kymenlaakso
- South Karelia
- South Savo
- North Savo
- Northern Karelia Region
- Central Finland Region
- South Ostrobothnia
- Ostrobothnia
- Central Ostrobothnia
- North Ostrobothnia
- Kainuu
- Lapland
- Åland (autonomous region)

Provinces of Finland (old subdivisions)
Historical provinces (from the Middle Ages to the present):

- Finland Proper (Varsinais-Suomi, Egentliga Finland)
- Lapland (Lappi, Lappland)
- Karelia (Karjala, Karelen)
- Ostrobothnia (Pohjanmaa, Österbotten)
- Satakunta (Satakunta, Satakunda)
- Savonia (Savo, Savolax)
- Tavastia (Häme, Tavastland)
- Uusimaa (Uusimaa, Nyland)
- Åland Islands (Ahvenanmaa, Åland)

## Subregional Units

This is followed by a total of 70 "Sub-regional units 2019" in these main administrative regions (source [retrieved]):

- Etelä-Pirkanmaa
- Forssa
- Haapavesi-Siikalatva
- Helsinki
- Hämeenlinna
- Imatra
- Itä-Lappi
- Jakobstadsregionen
- Joensuu
- Joutsa
- Jyväskylä
- Jämsä
- Järviseutu
- Kajaani
- Kaustinen
- Kehys-Kainuu
- Kemi-Tornio
- Keski-Karjala
- Keuruu
- Koillis-Savo
- Koillismaa
- Kokkola
- Kotka-Hamina
- Kouvola
- Kuopio
- Kuusiokunnat
- Kyrönmaa
- Lahti
- Lappeenranta
- Loimaa
- Lounais-Pirkanmaa
- Loviisa
- Luoteis-Pirkanmaa
- Mariehamns stad
- Mikkeli
- Nivala-Haapajärvi
- Oulu
- Oulunkaari
- Pieksämäki
- Pielisen Karjala
- Pohjois-Lappi
- Pohjois-Satakunta
- Pori
- Porvoo
- Raahe
- Raasepori
- Rauma
- Riihimäki
- Rovaniemi
- Saarijärvi-Viitasaari
- Salo
- Savonlinna
- Seinäjoki
- Sisä-Savo
- Suupohja
- Sydösterbotten
- Tampere
- Torniolaakso
- Tunturi-Lappi
- Turku
- Vaasa
- Vakka-Suomi
- Varkaus
- Ylivieska
- Ylä-Pirkanmaa
- Ylä-Savo
- Åboland-Turunmaa
- Ålands landsbygd
- Ålands skärgård
- Äänekoski

## Municipalities

- Helsinki
- Porvo
- Rovaniemi
- Tornio
- Turku

My impression is that all the coats-of-arms, with the possible exception of that of Finland itself, as well as that of Åland Islands, are also valid as banners-of-arms; the official flags of those two places are the well-known Scandinavian crosses.
Lewis A. Nowitz, 27 December 2000

Most communities use banners-of-arms, but flags' proportions vary: My current home town Oulu uses square banner-of-arms, but my birth town Kokkola uses something like 11:18. And some use "pennants-of-arms" or swallow-tailed flags or ...
Ossi Raivio, 27 December 2000

Finland has 311 municipalities (List of National Land Survey of Finland).
Christopher Oehler, 13 September 2019