Former municipalities of Finland
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This is a list of the former municipalities of Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

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A

  • Ahlainen – became part of Pori
    Pori
    Pori is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland. The city is located some from the Gulf of Bothnia, on the estuary of the Kokemäenjoki river, which is the largest in Finland. Pori is the most important town in the Satakunta region....

     in 1972
  • Aitolahti – became part of Tampere
    Tampere
    Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...

     in 1966
  • Akaa
    Akaa
    Akaa is a town and a municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland. It was created on January 1, 2007 when the town of Toijala and the municipality of Viiala were united into a single town. The municipality of Kylmäkoski was consolidated with Akaa on 1 January 2011....

     – was divided in 1946 between Toijala
    Toijala
    Toijala is a former town and municipality of Finland, located some south of Tampere. On 1 January 2007, it was consolidated with Viiala to form the town of Akaa....

    , Kylmäkoski
    Kylmäkoski
    Kylmäkoski is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the town of Akaa on January 1, 2011.It was located in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality had a population of 2,610 and covered a land area of . The population density was .The municipality was unilingually...

    , Sääksmäki
    Sääksmäki
    Sääksmäki is a village and a former municipality, currently part of Valkeakoski in the Pirkanmaa region of Western Finland. A past president of Finland, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, the Finnish film producer and director Veikko Aaltonen,eminent Finnish historian Eino Jutikkala, and actress Pirkko Mannola...

     and Viiala
    Viiala
    Viiala is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2007, it was consolidated with Toijala to form the town of Akaa.Viiala is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality had a population of 5,329 and covered an area of 56.78 km2 of which...

    . The name was re-introduces in 2007 when the municipalities of Toijala and Viiala were consolidated.
  • Alahärmä
    Alahärmä
    Alahärmä is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated, together with Kortesjärvi and Ylihärmä, to Kauhava on 1 January 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 4,661 and covered a land...

     – consolidated with Kauhava
    Kauhava
    Kauhava is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region, northwest of Helsinki and by the main railway from Helsinki to Oulu. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 2009
  • Alatornio – became part of Tornio
    Tornio
    Tornio is a town and municipality in Lapland, Finland. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. The population density is , with a total population of . It borders to the Swedish municipality of Haparanda...

     in 1973
  • Alaveteli – consolidated with Kronoby
    Kronoby
    Kronoby is a municipality of Finland.Kruunupyy is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 1969
  • Angelniemi
    Angelniemi
    Angelniemi is a former municipality of Finland. It became part of Halikko in 1967. It was located on partly on the continent by the Halikonlahti Bay and partly on Kimito Island and is still nowadays the only part of the island where Finnish is the primary language...

     – became part of Halikko
    Halikko
    Halikko is a former municipality of Finland that existed until December 31, 2008. On January 1, 2009 the municipality was merged with the larger neighboring Salo. Before the merge Halikko had become a rapidly urbanizing rural area....

     in 1967
  • Anjala
    Anjala
    Anjala was a town in Southern Finland, which merged in 1975 with Sippola to form Anjalankoski, later further merged into Kouvola.Anjala is remembered historically in connection with the 18th Century event known as the Anjala Conspiracy....

     – the municipalities of Anjala
    Anjala
    Anjala was a town in Southern Finland, which merged in 1975 with Sippola to form Anjalankoski, later further merged into Kouvola.Anjala is remembered historically in connection with the 18th Century event known as the Anjala Conspiracy....

     and Sippola were consolidated in 1975 to form the Anjalankoski
    Anjalankoski
    Anjalankoski is a former town and municipality of Finland. It had 17,301 inhabitants . About 4/5 of the people live in the vicinity of the Kymi River. The most densely populated communities are Myllykoski and Inkeroinen. In addition, there is plenty of countryside.The town's major industry is...

     market town
  • Antrea – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Anttola – became part of Mikkeli
    Mikkeli
    Mikkeli is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in what used to be the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 2001
  • Askainen
    Askainen
    Askainen is a former municipality of Finland. Together with Lemu, it was consolidated with Masku on January 1, 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 938 and covered an area of 61.52 km² of which...

     – was consolidated with Masku
    Masku
    Masku is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality, which is located just north of Turku, has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich...

     in 2009
  • Artjärvi
    Artjärvi
    Artjärvi is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the town of Orimattila on January 1, 2011.The municipality was located in the Päijänne Tavastia region. It had a population of 1,412 and covered a land area of . The population density was .The municipality was unilingually...

     – was consolidated with Orimattila
    Orimattila
    Orimattila is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .The municipality is unilingually Finnish....

     in 2011


B

  • Bergö – became part of Malax
    Malax
    Malax is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 1975
  • Björköby
    Björköby
    Björköby is a village in Korsholm, Finland. It is the chief settlement on the island of Björkö.Björköby was an independent municipality until 1973.-References:...

     – became part of Korsholm
    Korsholm
    Korsholm is a municipality of Finland. The town of Vaasa was founded in Korsholm parish in 1606 and today the municipality completely surrounds the city. It is a coastal, mostly rural municipality, consisting of a rural landscape and a large, fractured archipelago...

     in 1973
  • Bromarf
    Bromarf
    Bromarf is a former village and municipality of Finland comprising the former municipalities Tenala together with the town of Ekenäs. It was merged with Pohja and Karis to form the new municipality of Raseborg on January 1, 2009....

     – consolidated mostly with Tenala
    Tenala
    Tenala is a former municipality in Uusimaa, Finland. It was neighboured by Hanko, Kisko, Perniö, Pohja, Särkisalo and Ekenäs.The municipality was established in 1329. The stone church of Tenala was built in late 15th century and the paintings on the piers are from the 17th century. The bell tower...

     (southern part with Hanko) in 1977

D

  • Degerby – consolidated with Inkoo in 1946
  • Dragsfjärd
    Dragsfjärd
    Dragsfjärd is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Kimito and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön....

     – consolidated with Kimito
    Kimito
    Kimito is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön...

     and Västanfjärd
    Västanfjärd
    Västanfjärd is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Kimito to form the new municipality of Kimitoön....

     to form Kimitoön
    Kimitoön
    Kimitoön is the largest coastal island of Finland with the area of . It is situated in the Finland Proper region in Western Finland province. The island has a population of 7,500 divided between the two municipalities: Kimitoön and Salo of which Salo is mostly located on the mainland. The island...

     in 2009

E

  • Ekenäs
    Ekenäs
    Ekenäs is a former town and municipality of Finland comprising the former municipalities Snappertuna and Tenala together with the town of Ekenäs. It was merged with Pohja and Karis to form the new municipality of Raseborg on January 1, 2009....

     – consolidated with Karis
    Karis
    Karis is a former Finnish town and Finnish municipality in Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Ekenäs and Pohja that formed the new town of Raseborg....

     and Pohja
    Pohja
    Pohja is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Ekenäs and Karis to form the new town of Raseborg in 2009.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 4,936 and covered a land area of...

     to form Raseborg
    Raseborg
    http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Raseborg&action=editRaseborg is a town and municipality of Finland. It was created on January 1, 2009, when the municipalities of Ekenäs, Karis and Pohja were consolidated into a single town....

     in 2009
  • Ekenäs landskommun – consolidated with Ekenäs
    Ekenäs
    Ekenäs is a former town and municipality of Finland comprising the former municipalities Snappertuna and Tenala together with the town of Ekenäs. It was merged with Pohja and Karis to form the new municipality of Raseborg on January 1, 2009....

     in 1977
  • Elimäki
    Elimäki
    Elimäki is a former municipality of Finland.It was located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality had a population of 8,199 and covered an area of 391.74 km² of which 4.27 km² was water...

     – consolidated with Kouvola
    Kouvola
    Kouvola is a town and municipality in southeastern Finland. It is located northeast of the capital, Helsinki.The city has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 2009
  • Eno
    Eno
    - Music :* English National Opera, located at the Coliseum Theatre in St. Martin's Lane* Eno, an album by Japanese band Polysics* "Eno", a song by X-Wife from Rockin' Rio EP- Places :* Eno, Finland, a former municipality, now part of Joensuu...

     – consolidated with Joensuu
    Joensuu
    Joensuu is a city and municipality in North Karelia in eastern Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of North Karelia region. It was founded in 1848...

     in 2009
  • Eräjärvi
    Eräjärvi
    Eräjärvi is a former municipality of Finland.*Independent municipality until 1973. After 1973 part of Orivesi city .*Distance to Orivesi 20 km, Tampere 50 km...

     – became part of Orivesi
    Orivesi
    Orivesi is a town and a municipality of Finland. It was founded in 1865.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .The municipality is unilingually...

     in 1973
  • Esse
    Esse
    Esse is a former municipality of Finland, now a village of Pedersöre. It has a population of about 3,000 people, of whom approximately 94% are Swedish-speaking Finns and the rest are Finnish-speaking. The village is in the northeast part of Pedersöre municipality.Esse was consolidated to Pedersöre...

     – became part of Pedersöre
    Pedersöre
    Pedersöre is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Bennäs .It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich...

     in 1977
  • Etelä-Pirkkala – name of Pirkkala
    Pirkkala
    Pirkkala is a municipality of Finland.It is located some south-west from Tampere in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is...

     in 1922–1938

H

  • Haagan kauppala – became part of Helsinki
    Helsinki
    Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

     in 1946
  • Haapasaari – became part of Kotka
    Kotka
    Kotka is a town and municipality of Finland. Its former name is Rochensalm.Kotka is located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland at the mouth of Kymi River and it is part of the Kymenlaakso region in southern Finland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water....

     in 1974
  • Halikko
    Halikko
    Halikko is a former municipality of Finland that existed until December 31, 2008. On January 1, 2009 the municipality was merged with the larger neighboring Salo. Before the merge Halikko had become a rapidly urbanizing rural area....

     – consolidated with Salo
    Salo, Finland
    Salo is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 2009
  • Harlu – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Hauho
    Hauho
    Hauho is a former municipality of Finland. It was situated in the province of Southern Finland and is today a part of the region of Tavastia Proper ....

     – consolidated with Hämeenlinna
    Hämeenlinna
    Hämeenlinna is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Häme in the south of Finland and is the birthplace of composer Jean Sibelius. Today, it belongs to the region of Tavastia Proper, and until 2010 it was the residence city for the Governor of the...

     in 2009
  • Haukivuori
    Haukivuori
    Haukivuori is a former municipality of Finland located in the province of Eastern Finland and part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality had a population of 2,361 and covered an area of 505.11 km², of which 108.07 km² is water...

     – became part of City of Mikkeli
    Mikkeli
    Mikkeli is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in what used to be the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 2007
  • Heinjoki – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Heinolan maalaiskunta and Heinola were consolidated as Heinola
    Heinola
    Heinola is a town and a municipality of inhabitants located in the Province of Southern Finland. Heinola is perhaps best known for its summer activities such as the Sauna-sitting World Championships.-History:...

     in 1997
  • Helsingin maalaiskunta – renamed as Vantaa
    Vantaa
    Vantaa is a city and municipality in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen make up the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.Vantaa, with its population of , is the fourth most populated city of Finland. The biggest airport in Finland, the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, is located there...

     in 1972, parts of the municipality had been annexed to Helsinki in 1946 with the exception of Vuosaari, which was annexed in 1966
  • Himanka
    Himanka
    Himanka is a former municipality of Finland.Himanka was consolidated with the neighboring town of Kalajoki on January 1, 2010.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 3,123 and covered an area of of...

     – consolidated with Kalajoki
    Kalajoki
    Kalajoki is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 2010
  • Hiitola – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Hinnerjoki – became part of Eura
    Eura
    Eura is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 1970
  • Honkilahti
    Honkilahti
    Honkilahti is a village and discontinued commune in the area of Eura`s commune.-History:The commune of Honkilahti borned in 1904 when It resigned from Eura. Honkilahti`s commune were attached back to Eura in 1970. Honkilahti has a wooden church which "Tuomas Samuelinpoika Rahvenius" has been...

     – became part of Eura
    Eura
    Eura is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 1970
  • Houtskär
    Houtskär
    Houtskär is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Iniö, Korpo, Nagu and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland....

     – consolidated with Iniö
    Iniö
    Iniö is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Korpo, Nagu and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland....

    , Korpo
    Korpo
    Korpo is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Nagu and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region...

    , Nagu
    Nagu
    Nagu is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Korpo and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland....

     and Pargas
    Pargas
    Pargas is a former town and municipality in south-western Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Korpo and Nagu to form the new town of Väståboland....

     to form Väståboland
    Väståboland
    Väståboland is a municipality of Finland, in the Archipelago Sea. The big limestone mine in Pargas is the base of the main industry, while there is still significant rural areas. Except the central parts of Pargas the municipality is mostly rural....

  • Huopalahti
    Huopalahti
    Huopalahti was a municipality during the years 1920–1945 in Uusimaa, Finland. The municipality was bilingual.Current areas of Munkkiniemi, Lauttasaari and parts of northern Pasila were parts of Huopalahti....

     – became part of Helsinki
    Helsinki
    Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

     in 1946
  • Hyvinkään maalaiskunta – became part of Hyvinkää
    Hyvinkää
    Hyvinkää is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in Uusimaa region, approximately north of the capital Helsinki. The town was chartered in 1960. Hyvinkää belongs to the Province of Southern Finland. The population of Hyvinkää is ....

     in 1969
  • Hämeenlinnan maalaiskunta – was divided in 1948 between Hämeenlinna
    Hämeenlinna
    Hämeenlinna is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Häme in the south of Finland and is the birthplace of composer Jean Sibelius. Today, it belongs to the region of Tavastia Proper, and until 2010 it was the residence city for the Governor of the...

    , Renko
    Renko
    Renko is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Hämeenlinna on 2009-01-01.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality had a population of 2,378 and covered an area of of which is water. The population density...

     and Vanaja

I

  • Impilahti – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944, currently part of Pitkyaranta
    Pitkyaranta
    Pitkyaranta is a town and the administrative center of Pitkyarantsky District in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the northeastern coast of Lake Ladoga. Population: Telephone code is 81433.The town was founded in the 19th century....

  • Iniö
    Iniö
    Iniö is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Korpo, Nagu and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland....

     – consolidated with Houtskär
    Houtskär
    Houtskär is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Iniö, Korpo, Nagu and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland....

    , Korpo
    Korpo
    Korpo is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Nagu and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region...

    , Nagu
    Nagu
    Nagu is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Korpo and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland....

     and Pargas
    Pargas
    Pargas is a former town and municipality in south-western Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Korpo and Nagu to form the new town of Väståboland....

     to form Väståboland
    Väståboland
    Väståboland is a municipality of Finland, in the Archipelago Sea. The big limestone mine in Pargas is the base of the main industry, while there is still significant rural areas. Except the central parts of Pargas the municipality is mostly rural....


J

  • Jaakkima – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Jaala
    Jaala
    Jaala is a former municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality had a population of 1,906 and covered an area of 563.06 km² of which 129.89 km² was water...

     – consolidated with Kouvola
    Kouvola
    Kouvola is a town and municipality in southeastern Finland. It is located northeast of the capital, Helsinki.The city has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 2009
  • Jeppo
    Jeppo
    Jeppo may refer to:* Jeppo , a settlement in Finland* a soubriquet for people with the name Jepson...

     – consolidated with Nykarleby
    Nykarleby
    Nykarleby is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality is bilingual, with the majority speaking Swedish and the minority Finnish ....

     in 1975
  • Johannes – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Joutseno
    Joutseno
    Joutseno is a former town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region. Joutseno had a population of 10,821 and covers an area of 498,8 km² of which 187,7 km² is water. The region shares nine kilometers of...

     – consolidated with Lappeenranta
    Lappeenranta
    Lappeenranta is a city and municipality that resides on the shore of the lake Saimaa in South-Eastern Finland, about from the Russian border. It belongs to the region of South Karelia. With approximately inhabitants Lappeenranta is the largest city in Finland...

     in 2009
  • Jurva
    Jurva
    Jurva is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated to Kurikka on 1 January 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 4,611 and covered an area of 447.18 km² of which 3.11 km² is water...

     – consolidated with Kurikka
    Kurikka
    Kurikka is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The population of Kurikka is and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water . The population density is...

     in 2009
  • Jyväskylän maalaiskunta
    Jyväskylän maalaiskunta
    Jyväskylän maalaiskunta , 'The Rural Municipality of Jyväskylä' is a former municipality of Finland. Together with Korpilahti, Jyväskylän maalaiskunta was consolidated with Jyväskylä on January 1, 2009. It was the last municipality to carry the name maalaiskunta.Jyväskylän maalaiskunta had three...

     – consolidated with Jyväskylä
    Jyväskylä
    Jyväskylä is the capital of Central Finland and the largest city on the Finnish Lakeland, north-east of Tampere and north of Helsinki, on northern coast of lake Päijänne. The city has been continuously one of the most rapidly growing cities in Finland since World War II. The city is surrounded...

     in 2009
  • Jämsänkoski
    Jämsänkoski
    Jämsänkoski is a former town and municipality in central Finland located near Lake Päijänne and the Jämsänjoki river. The town had population of 7,581 . It covered an area of 448.67 km² of which 48.02 km² is water...

     – consolidated with Jämsä
    Jämsä
    Jämsä is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 2009
  • Jäppilä
    Jäppilä
    Jäppilä is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2004 it was merged to Pieksämäen maalaiskunta and Virtasalmi to form the new municipality of Pieksänmaa, which merged with the town of Pieksämäki in 2007. The village of Jäppilä is located northeast of Pieksänmäki center.The coat of arms...

     – became part of Pieksänmaa
    Pieksänmaa
    Pieksänmaa is a former municipality of Finland. It became part of the town of Pieksämäki in 2007.Pieksänmaa was formed in 2004 when the municipalities of Pieksämäen maalaiskunta, Jäppilä and Virtasalmi were consolidated to a single municipality...

     in 2004, along with Pieksämäen maalaiskunta
    Pieksämäen maalaiskunta
    Pieksämäen maalaiskunta is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2004 it was joined to new municipality of Pieksänmaa with Jäppilä and Virtasalmi....

     and Virtasalmi
    Virtasalmi
    Virtasalmi is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2004, it was joined to the new municipality of Pieksänmaa with Jäppilä and Pieksämäen maalaiskunta....

  • Jääski – was partially lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944, the rest of the municipality was incorporated into Imatra
    Imatra
    Imatra is a town and municipality in eastern Finland, founded in 1948 around three industrial settlements near the Finnish–Russian border. In the course of the last 50 years, this amorphous group of settlements has grown into a modern industrial town dominated by Lake Saimaa, the Vuoksi River and...

    , Joutseno
    Joutseno
    Joutseno is a former town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region. Joutseno had a population of 10,821 and covers an area of 498,8 km² of which 187,7 km² is water. The region shares nine kilometers of...

     and Ruokolahti
    Ruokolahti
    Ruokolahti is a municipality of Finland, situated in south-eastern Finland, in the region of South Karelia. Neighbouring municipalities are Imatra, Lappeenranta, Taipalsaari, Puumala, Sulkava, Punkaharju, Parikkala and Rautjärvi...

     in 1948

K

  • Kaarlela – became part of the City of Kokkola
    Kokkola
    Kokkola is a town and municipality of Finland.The town is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is...

     in 1977
  • Kajaanin maalaiskunta – became part of the City of Kajaani
    Kajaani
    Kajaani is a town and municipality in Finland.It is the capital of the Kainuu region. It is located southeast of Oulujärvi , which drains to the Gulf of Bothnia along the Oulujoki . There are inhabitants and city surface area is of which is water. The population density is . The town is...

     in 1977
  • Kakskerta
    Kakskerta
    Kakskerta is an island in the Archipelago Sea, south of the city of Turku, Finland. It is a former municipality and a current district of Turku. Like other islands in the Archipelago Sea, it has a large number of summer residences...

     – consolidated with Turku
    Turku
    Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...

     in 1968
  • Kalanti
    Kalanti
    Kalanti is a former municipality in Finland Proper region, Finland. Kalanti is first mentioned in historical sources 1332. It was merged with Uusikaupunki in 1993....

     (formerly known as Uusikirkko Tl.) – became part of the City of Uusikaupunki
    Uusikaupunki
    Uusikaupunki , is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is inland water. The population density is .The municipality is unilingually Finnish...

     in 1993
  • Kalvola
    Kalvola
    Kalvola is a former municipality of Finland. Its seat was in Iittala. It was consolidated with Hämeenlinna on 2009-01-01.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality had a population of 3,449 and covered an area of 338.81 km² of...

     – consolidated with Hämeenlinna
    Hämeenlinna
    Hämeenlinna is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Häme in the south of Finland and is the birthplace of composer Jean Sibelius. Today, it belongs to the region of Tavastia Proper, and until 2010 it was the residence city for the Governor of the...

     in 2009
  • Kangaslampi
    Kangaslampi
    Kangaslampi is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated to Varkaus on 1 January 2005.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality had a population of 1,611 and covered an area of 412.93 km² of which 114.12 km²...

     – became part of the City of Varkaus
    Varkaus
    Varkaus is a Middle-Savonian industrial town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .The municipality is...

     in 2005
  • Kanneljärvi – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Karhula – became part of the City of Kotka
    Kotka
    Kotka is a town and municipality of Finland. Its former name is Rochensalm.Kotka is located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland at the mouth of Kymi River and it is part of the Kymenlaakso region in southern Finland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water....

     in 1977
  • Karinainen
    Karinainen
    Karinainen is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to Pöytyä in the beginning of 2005.It was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 2,457 and covered an area of 92.41 km² of which 0.09 km² was...

     – was consolidated along with Pöytyä in 2005 to form the municipality of Pöytyä
    Pöytyä
    Pöytyä is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

  • Karis
    Karis
    Karis is a former Finnish town and Finnish municipality in Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Ekenäs and Pohja that formed the new town of Raseborg....

     – consolidated with Ekenäs
    Ekenäs
    Ekenäs is a former town and municipality of Finland comprising the former municipalities Snappertuna and Tenala together with the town of Ekenäs. It was merged with Pohja and Karis to form the new municipality of Raseborg on January 1, 2009....

     and Pohja
    Pohja
    Pohja is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Ekenäs and Karis to form the new town of Raseborg in 2009.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 4,936 and covered a land area of...

     to form Raseborg
    Raseborg
    http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Raseborg&action=editRaseborg is a town and municipality of Finland. It was created on January 1, 2009, when the municipalities of Ekenäs, Karis and Pohja were consolidated into a single town....

     in 2009
  • Karis landskommun – consolidated with Karis
    Karis
    Karis is a former Finnish town and Finnish municipality in Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Ekenäs and Pohja that formed the new town of Raseborg....

     in 1969
  • Karjala – became part of Mynämäki
    Mynämäki
    Mynämäki is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is....

     in 1977
  • Karkku (formerly known as Sastamala
    Sastamala
    Sastamala is a town and municipality of Finland. It was created January 1, 2009, when the municipalities of Vammala, Äetsä and Mouhijärvi were consolidated into a single town....

    ) – became part of the City of Vammala
    Vammala
    Vammala is a former town and municipality of southwestern Finland, chartered in 1907.On 1 January 2009 Vammala was consolidated with the municipalities of Mouhijärvi and Äetsä, to form a new city named Sastamala.-Geography:...

     in 1973
  • Karttula
    Karttula
    Karttula is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the city of Kuopio on January 1, 2011.The municipality was located in the Northern Savonia region. It had a population of 3,483 and covered a land area of . The population density was .The municipality was unilingually...

     – consolidated with Kuopio
    Kuopio
    Kuopio is a city and a municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia, Finland. A population of makes it the ninth biggest city in the country. The city has a total area of , of which is water and half forest...

     in 2011
  • Karuna
    Karuna, Finland
    Karuna, in the region Finland Proper located in the province Southern Finland, was a municipality in Finland until 1969 when it merged into the municipality of Sauvo. Part of the former municipality, namely, the village of Sandö was merged into the municipality of Kimito. In 1963, in Karuna was...

     – became part of Sauvo
    Sauvo
    Sauvo is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 1969
  • Karunki – became part of the City of Tornio in 1973
  • Kaukola – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Kauvatsa
    Kauvatsa
    Kauvatsa is a village in the municipality of Kokemäki, Finland....

     – became part of Kokemäki
    Kokemäki
    Kokemäki is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 1969
  • Keikyä – formed Äetsä
    Äetsä
    Äetsä is a former municipality of southwestern Finland. The municipality was founded on 1981 when municipalities of Keikyä and Kiikka were consolidated to a single municipality....

     along with Kiikka in 1981
  • Kemin maalaiskunta – renamed as Keminmaa
    Keminmaa
    Keminmaa is a municipality of Finland.The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is.-Villages:...

     in 1979
  • Kestilä
    Kestilä
    Kestilä is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region.Established in 1867, the population was 1,574 as of 31 December 2008. The municipality covered an area of of which is water...

     – consolidated with Piippola
    Piippola
    Piippola is a former municipality of Finland.Piippola is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 1,251 and covered an area of of which is water...

    , Pulkkila
    Pulkkila
    Pulkkila is a former municipality and a village located in Northern Finland. Pulkkila is the administrative center of the municipality of Siikalatva and belongs to the region of Northern Ostrobothnia....

     and Rantsila
    Rantsila
    Rantsila is a former municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 2,001 and covered a land area of . The population density was...

     to form Siikalatva
    Siikalatva
    Siikalatva is a municipality of Finland.Siikalatva is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. It was created on January 1, 2009 when the municipalities of Kestilä, Piippola, Pulkkila and Rantsila were consolidated into a single municipality.The municipality...

     in 2009
  • Kiihtelysvaara
    Kiihtelysvaara
    Kiihtelysvaara is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2005 it was consolidated, together with Tuupovaara, with the city of Joensuu....

     – became part of the City of Joensuu
    Joensuu
    Joensuu is a city and municipality in North Karelia in eastern Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of North Karelia region. It was founded in 1848...

     in 2005
  • Kiikala
    Kiikala
    Kiikala is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on January 1, 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 1,872 and covered an area of 245.35 km2 of which 5.23 km² is water...

     – consolidated with Salo
    Salo, Finland
    Salo is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 2009
  • Kiikka – formed Äetsä
    Äetsä
    Äetsä is a former municipality of southwestern Finland. The municipality was founded on 1981 when municipalities of Keikyä and Kiikka were consolidated to a single municipality....

     along with Keikyä in 1981
  • Kimito
    Kimito
    Kimito is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön...

     – consolidated with Dragsfjärd
    Dragsfjärd
    Dragsfjärd is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Kimito and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön....

     and Västanfjärd
    Västanfjärd
    Västanfjärd is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Kimito to form the new municipality of Kimitoön....

     to form Kimitoön
    Kimitoön
    Kimitoön is the largest coastal island of Finland with the area of . It is situated in the Finland Proper region in Western Finland province. The island has a population of 7,500 divided between the two municipalities: Kimitoön and Salo of which Salo is mostly located on the mainland. The island...

     in 2009
  • Kirvu – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Kisko
    Kisko
    Kisko is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on January 1, 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 1,869 and covered an area of 284.13 km² of which 30.98 km² is water...

     – consolidated with Salo
    Salo, Finland
    Salo is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 2009
  • Kiukainen
    Kiukainen
    Kiukainen is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Eura on 1 January 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality had a population of 3,408 and covered an area of 149.88 km² of which 0.22 km² is water...

     – consolidated with Eura
    Eura
    Eura is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 2009
  • Kivennapa – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Kodisjoki
    Kodisjoki
    Kodisjoki is a former municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality had a population of 518 and covered an area of 42.84 km² of which 2.08 km² is water. The population density was 12.1 inhabitants per km²...

     – became part of City of Rauma
    Rauma, Finland
    Rauma is a town and municipality of ca. inhabitants on the west coast of Finland, north of Turku, and south of Pori. Granted town privileges on May 17, 1442 , Rauma is known of its high quality lace , and of the old wooden architecture of its centre , which is a Unesco world heritage...

     in 2007
  • Koijärvi – was divided between Forssa
    Forssa
    Forssa is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located almost in the centre of a triangle defined by the three largest major cities in Finland , in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     and Urjala
    Urjala
    Urjala is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region, near Forssa. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 1969
  • Koivisto
    Koivisto
    Koivisto has many meanings.Persons named Koivisto:* Anu Koivisto, Finnish backstroke swimmer* Mauno Koivisto, Finnish president, Ph.D.* Jussi V. Koivisto, Finnish economist, Ph.D.* Tom Koivisto, Finnish ice hockey player...

     – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Koiviston mlk – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Konginkangas – became part of Äänekoski
    Äänekoski
    Äänekoski is a town and municipality of Finland.-Geography:It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. It is neighboured by Kannonkoski, Konnevesi, Laukaa, Saarijärvi, Uurainen, Vesanto and Viitasaari. The town has a population of and covers an area...

     in 1993
  • Korpilahti
    Korpilahti
    Korpilahti is a former municipality of Finland. Together with Jyväskylän maalaiskunta, Korpilahti was consolidated with Jyväskylä on January 1, 2009....

     – consolidated with Jyväskylä
    Jyväskylä
    Jyväskylä is the capital of Central Finland and the largest city on the Finnish Lakeland, north-east of Tampere and north of Helsinki, on northern coast of lake Päijänne. The city has been continuously one of the most rapidly growing cities in Finland since World War II. The city is surrounded...

     in 2009
  • Korpiselkä – was partially lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944, the rest was incorporated into Tuupovaara
    Tuupovaara
    Tuupovaara is a former municipality of Finland, located in the province of Eastern Finland. It was consolidated, together with Kiihtelysvaara, to municipality of Joensuu on January 1, 2005. The municipality had a population of 2,176 and covered an area of 661.34 km² of which 56.55 km² is water...

     in 1946
  • Korpo
    Korpo
    Korpo is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Nagu and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region...

     – consolidated with Houtskär
    Houtskär
    Houtskär is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Iniö, Korpo, Nagu and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland....

    , Iniö
    Iniö
    Iniö is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Korpo, Nagu and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland....

    , Nagu
    Nagu
    Nagu is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Korpo and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland....

     and Pargas
    Pargas
    Pargas is a former town and municipality in south-western Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Korpo and Nagu to form the new town of Väståboland....

     to form Väståboland
    Väståboland
    Väståboland is a municipality of Finland, in the Archipelago Sea. The big limestone mine in Pargas is the base of the main industry, while there is still significant rural areas. Except the central parts of Pargas the municipality is mostly rural....

  • Kortesjärvi
    Kortesjärvi
    Kortesjärvi is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated, together with Alahärmä and Ylihärmä, to Kauhava on 1 January 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 2,275 and covered a land...

     – consolidated with Kauhava
    Kauhava
    Kauhava is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region, northwest of Helsinki and by the main railway from Helsinki to Oulu. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 2009
  • Koskenpää – became part of Jämsänkoski
    Jämsänkoski
    Jämsänkoski is a former town and municipality in central Finland located near Lake Päijänne and the Jämsänjoki river. The town had population of 7,581 . It covered an area of 448.67 km² of which 48.02 km² is water...

     in 1969
  • Koski Hl. – renamed as Hämeenkoski
    Hämeenkoski
    Hämeenkoski is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich...

     in 1995
  • Kuhmalahti
    Kuhmalahti
    Kuhmalahti is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the municipality of Kangasala on January 1, 2011.It was located in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality had a population of 1,047 and covered a land area of . The population density was .The municipality was unilingually...

     – consolidated with Kangasala
    Kangasala
    Kangasala is a municipality in Finland, next to Tampere. It was founded in 1865. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 2011
  • Kuivaniemi
    Kuivaniemi
    Kuivaniemi is a former municipality of Finland.It was located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 1,977 on 31 December 2006 and covered a land area of on 1 January 2006...

     – became part of Ii
    Ii, Finland
    Ii is a municipality of Finland.It is situated by the Bothnian Bay, at the mouth of river Iijoki, and it is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .The municipality is unilingually...

     in 2007
  • Kullaa
    Kullaa
    Kullaa is a former municipality of Finland. It joined Ulvila on 1 January 2005.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality had a population of 1,601 and covered an area of 283.19 km² of which 19.46 km² is water. The population...

     – became part of Ulvila
    Ulvila
    Ulvila is a town and municipality of Finland. It is one of the six medieval cities of Finland. Its position as city was taken over by Pori in the 16th century....

     in 2005
  • Kulosaari
    Kulosaari
    Kulosaari is an island and a suburb in Helsinki, Finland. It is also the 42nd neighbourhood of the city. Construction of villas on the island started in the beginning of the 20th century, and a bridge from Sörnäinen was opened in 1919...

     – became part of Helsinki
    Helsinki
    Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

     in 1946
  • Kuolajärvi – renamed as Salla
    Salla
    Salla is a municipality of Finland, located in Lapland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is....

     in 1936
  • Kuolemajärvi – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Kuopion maalaiskunta – most of the municipality was incorporated into Kuopio
    Kuopio
    Kuopio is a city and a municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia, Finland. A population of makes it the ninth biggest city in the country. The city has a total area of , of which is water and half forest...

     and the rest into Siilinjärvi
    Siilinjärvi
    Siilinjärvi is a municipality of Finland. The name, in Finnish, means "Hedgehog Lake."It is located in Eastern Finland, in Northern Savonia, north of the city of Kuopio. The median age is relatively low; 23% of the population are under 15 years old. The main sources of income are services and...

     in 1969
  • Kuorevesi
    Kuorevesi
    Kuorevesi is a former municipality in Finland. It was part of the Pirkanmaa region in western finland. In the year 2001 it was consolidated into the town of Jämsä in the Central Finland region. The name of the municipality came from the Lake Kuorevesi that is situated in its area....

     – became part of Jämsä
    Jämsä
    Jämsä is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 2001
  • Kurkijoki – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Kuru
    Kuru, Finland
    Kuru is a former municipality of Finland, now part of the town of Ylöjärvi.Kuru is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. Kuru lies north of Tampere. The municipality had a population of 2,782 and covered an area of 820.48 km² of which 103.53 km² is water....

     – consolidated with Ylöjärvi
    Ylöjärvi
    Ylöjärvi is a town and a municipality in Western Finland located west of Tampere.The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The population has increased rapidly in recent years, in 1990 it was slightly over 18,000.Ylöjärvi was founded as...

     in 2009
  • Kuusankoski
    Kuusankoski
    Kuusankoski is a former industrial town and municipality of Finland, located in the region of Kymenlaakso in the province of Southern Finland. The population of Kuusankoski was 20,392 and the total area was 129.5 km² of which 114 km² was land and 14.56 km² water. It is located some ...

     – consolidated with Kouvola
    Kouvola
    Kouvola is a town and municipality in southeastern Finland. It is located northeast of the capital, Helsinki.The city has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 2009
  • Kuusjoki
    Kuusjoki
    Kuusjoki is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on January 1, 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 1,781 and covered an area of 122.57 km² of which 0.11 km² is water...

     – consolidated with Salo
    Salo, Finland
    Salo is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 2009
  • Kuusjärvi – renamed as Outokummun kauppala
    Outokumpu, Finland
    Outokumpu is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 1968
  • Kvevlax
    Kvevlax
    Kvevlax , is a church village in the municipality of Korsholm, Finland. It is located approximately north of the city of Vaasa. Kvevlax became an independent parish in 1857. Up until January 1, 1973 it was an independent municipality. Kvevlax has a lower grade primary education school, a...

     became part of Korsholm
    Korsholm
    Korsholm is a municipality of Finland. The town of Vaasa was founded in Korsholm parish in 1606 and today the municipality completely surrounds the city. It is a coastal, mostly rural municipality, consisting of a rural landscape and a large, fractured archipelago...

     in 1973
  • Kylmäkoski
    Kylmäkoski
    Kylmäkoski is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the town of Akaa on January 1, 2011.It was located in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality had a population of 2,610 and covered a land area of . The population density was .The municipality was unilingually...

     – consolidated with Akaa
    Akaa
    Akaa is a town and a municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland. It was created on January 1, 2007 when the town of Toijala and the municipality of Viiala were united into a single town. The municipality of Kylmäkoski was consolidated with Akaa on 1 January 2011....

     in 2011
  • Kymi – became part of the City of Kotka
    Kotka
    Kotka is a town and municipality of Finland. Its former name is Rochensalm.Kotka is located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland at the mouth of Kymi River and it is part of the Kymenlaakso region in southern Finland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water....

     in 1977
  • Kyyrölä – became part of Muolaa in 1934
  • Käkisalmen mlk – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Käkisalmi
    Priozersk
    Priozersk is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, centered on an island at the southwestern shore of Lake Ladoga, at the estuary of the northern armlet of River Vuoksi on the Karelian Isthmus. It is served by a station of the Saint Petersburg-Kuznechnoye railroad with the same name...

     – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Kälviä
    Kälviä
    Kälviä is a former municipality of Finland. Kälviä was consolidated with the city of Kokkola on 2009-01-01.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The former municipality had a population of 4,475 and covered an area of 682.36 km² of which...

     – consolidated with Kokkola
    Kokkola
    Kokkola is a town and municipality of Finland.The town is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is...

     in 2009

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  • Lahdenpohja – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Lammi
    Lammi
    Lammi is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Hämeenlinna on 2009-01-01.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality had a population of 5,507 and covered an area of 611.24 km² of which 73.69 km² is water. The...

     – consolidated with Hämeenlinna
    Hämeenlinna
    Hämeenlinna is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Häme in the south of Finland and is the birthplace of composer Jean Sibelius. Today, it belongs to the region of Tavastia Proper, and until 2010 it was the residence city for the Governor of the...

     in 2009
  • Lappee – became part of the City of Lappeenranta
    Lappeenranta
    Lappeenranta is a city and municipality that resides on the shore of the lake Saimaa in South-Eastern Finland, about from the Russian border. It belongs to the region of South Karelia. With approximately inhabitants Lappeenranta is the largest city in Finland...

     in 1967
  • Lappi – consolidated with Rauma
    Rauma, Finland
    Rauma is a town and municipality of ca. inhabitants on the west coast of Finland, north of Turku, and south of Pori. Granted town privileges on May 17, 1442 , Rauma is known of its high quality lace , and of the old wooden architecture of its centre , which is a Unesco world heritage...

     in 2009
  • Lappfjärd – became part of the City of Kristinestad
    Kristinestad
    Kristinestad is a town and a municipality in Finland. It is located in the western part of Finland on the shore of the Bothnian Sea. The population of Kristinestad is and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water . The population density is . The population is bilingual...

     in 1973
  • Lauritsala – consolidated with Lappeenranta
    Lappeenranta
    Lappeenranta is a city and municipality that resides on the shore of the lake Saimaa in South-Eastern Finland, about from the Russian border. It belongs to the region of South Karelia. With approximately inhabitants Lappeenranta is the largest city in Finland...

     in 1967
  • Lavansaari – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Leivonmäki
    Leivonmäki
    Leivonmäki is a former municipality of Finland. It became a part of Joutsa in 2008. It is known for its marshy grounds and its national park. First inhabitants are mentioned in 1564. It has been a municipality since 1870....

     – became part of Joutsa
    Joutsa
    Joutsa is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water...

     in 2008
  • Lemu
    Lemu
    Lemu is a former municipality of Finland. Together with Askainen, it was consolidated with Masku on January 1, 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 1,603 and covered an area of 47.25 km² of which...

     – consolidated with Masku
    Masku
    Masku is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality, which is located just north of Turku, has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich...

     in 2009
  • Liljendal
    Liljendal
    Liljendal is a former municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the Eastern Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 1,472 and covered an area of of which is water. The population density was .The municipality was bilingual, with...

     – consolidated with Loviisa
    Loviisa
    Loviisa is a municipality and town of inhabitants on the southern coast of Finland. About 43 per cent of the population is Swedish-speaking.The municipality covers an area of of which is water...

     in 2010
  • Lohjan kunta and Lohja were consolidated to form Lohja
    Lohja
    Lohja , is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The town has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water...

     in 1997
  • Lohjan maalaiskunta – renamed as Lohjan kunta in 1978
  • Lohtaja
    Lohtaja
    Lohtaja is a former municipality of Finland. Lohtaja was condolidated with the city of Kokkola on 2009-01-01.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The former municipality had a population of 2,900 and covered an area of 289.26 km² of...

     – consolidated with Kokkola
    Kokkola
    Kokkola is a town and municipality of Finland.The town is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is...

     in 2009
  • Loimaan kunta
    Loimaan kunta
    Loimaan kunta is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to the town of Loimaa in the beginning of 2005.It was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 5,909 and covered an area of 434.08 km² of which...

     and Loimaa consolidated to form Loimaa
    Loimaa
    Loimaa is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 2005
  • Loimaan maalaiskunta – renamed as Loimaan kunta
    Loimaan kunta
    Loimaan kunta is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to the town of Loimaa in the beginning of 2005.It was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 5,909 and covered an area of 434.08 km² of which...

     in 1978
  • Lokalahti – became part of the City of Uusikaupunki
    Uusikaupunki
    Uusikaupunki , is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is inland water. The population density is .The municipality is unilingually Finnish...

     in 1981
  • Lumivaara – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Luopioinen
    Luopioinen
    Luopioinen is a former municipality of Finland, situated about from Tampere. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region and in 2007 it was joined to the municipality of Pälkäne...

     – became part of Pälkäne
    Pälkäne
    Pälkäne is a municipality of Finland.Pälkäne is in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 2007
  • Längelmäki
    Längelmäki
    Längelmäki is a former municipality of Finland. Längelmäki was divided in 2007 between Jämsä and Orivesi.Its western parts are now part of the Pirkanmaa region and the eastern part are part of the Central Finland region. The municipality had a population of 1,734 and covered an area of...

     – was divided in 2007 between Jämsä
    Jämsä
    Jämsä is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     and Orivesi
    Orivesi
    Orivesi is a town and a municipality of Finland. It was founded in 1865.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .The municipality is unilingually...


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  • Maaria
    Maaria
    Maaria is a former municipality of Finland in what is now the northern part of the city of Turku. The area has been inhabited since the Iron Age, and it became an important village in the 15th century with the construction of a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary...

     – became part of the City of Turku
    Turku
    Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...

     in 1967
  • Maxmo (Maksamaa) – consolidated with Vörå
    Vörå
    Vörå is a municipality of Finland. In 2011, it was created from the municipalities of Vörå-Maxmo and Oravais. Vörå-Maxmo was created in 2007 from the municipalities of Vörå and Maxmo...

     to form Vörå-Maxmo in 2007
  • Mellilä
    Mellilä
    Mellilä is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to the town of Loimaa on 1 January 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 1,254 and covered an area of 110.62 km² of which 0.10 km² is...

     – consolidated with Loimaa
    Loimaa
    Loimaa is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 2009
  • Merimasku
    Merimasku
    Merimasku is a former municipality of Finland. It was, together with Rymättylä and Velkua, consolidated with the town of Naantali on January 1, 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region...

     – consolidated with Naantali
    Naantali
    Naantali is a city in south-western Finland, known as one of the most important tourist centres of the country. The municipality has a population of , and is located in the region of Finland Proper, west of Turku....

     in 2009
  • Messukylä
    Messukylä
    Messukylä is a former municipality of Finland which was annexed by the city of Tampere in 1947. The medieval stone church in Messukylä is the oldest building in Tampere. During the Civil War , Messukylä was the scene of heavy battles around both the medieval and new churches....

     – became part of the City of Tampere
    Tampere
    Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...

     in 1947
  • Metsämaa – became part of Loimaan kunta
    Loimaan kunta
    Loimaan kunta is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to the town of Loimaa in the beginning of 2005.It was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 5,909 and covered an area of 434.08 km² of which...

     in 1976
  • Metsäpirtti – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Mietoinen
    Mietoinen
    Mietoinen is a former municipality of Finland. It was joined to the municipality of Mynämäki in the beginning of the year 2007.Mietoinen is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 1,697 and it covered a land area of...

     – became part of Mynämäki
    Mynämäki
    Mynämäki is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is....

     in 2007
  • Mikkelin maalaiskunta – became part of the City of Mikkeli
    Mikkeli
    Mikkeli is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in what used to be the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 2001
  • Mouhijärvi
    Mouhijärvi
    Mouhijärvi is a former municipality of Finland, located in the southwestern part of the country. It was an agricultural village since the 18th century....

     – consolidated with Äetsä
    Äetsä
    Äetsä is a former municipality of southwestern Finland. The municipality was founded on 1981 when municipalities of Keikyä and Kiikka were consolidated to a single municipality....

     and Vammala
    Vammala
    Vammala is a former town and municipality of southwestern Finland, chartered in 1907.On 1 January 2009 Vammala was consolidated with the municipalities of Mouhijärvi and Äetsä, to form a new city named Sastamala.-Geography:...

     to form Sastamala
    Sastamala
    Sastamala is a town and municipality of Finland. It was created January 1, 2009, when the municipalities of Vammala, Äetsä and Mouhijärvi were consolidated into a single town....

     in 2009
  • Munsala – consolidated with Nykarleby
    Nykarleby
    Nykarleby is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality is bilingual, with the majority speaking Swedish and the minority Finnish ....

     in 1975
  • Muolaa – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Muurla
    Muurla
    Muurla is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on 1 January 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 1,455 and covered an area of 83.16 km² of which 3.00 km² is water...

     – consolidated with Salo
    Salo, Finland
    Salo is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 2009
  • Muuruvesi – became part of Juankoski
    Juankoski
    Juankoski is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is...

     in 1971
  • Mänttä
    Mänttä
    Mänttä is a former town and municipality of Finland. It was merged with the municipality of Vilppula to form Mänttä-Vilppula on 1 January 2009....

     – consolidated with Vilppula
    Vilppula
    Vilppula is a former municipality of Finland. Neighbouring Mänttä was merged into it on 1 January 2009 to form the municipality of Mänttä-Vilppula....

     in 2009. At the same time, Vilppula was renamed as Mänttä-Vilppula
    Mänttä-Vilppula
    Mänttä-Vilppula is a town and municipality of Finland. The municipalities of Mänttä and Vilppula were consolidated into a single municipality on January 1st, 2009...

    .

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  • Naantalin maalaiskunta
    Naantalin maalaiskunta
    Naantalin maalaiskunta , or the rural municipality of Naantali, as distinct from the city of Naantali, is a former municipality in Finland. The municipality was located in south-western Finland, surrounding the city of Naantali, and composed of rural and suburban areas around it, mostly on the...

     – became part of the City of Naantali
    Naantali
    Naantali is a city in south-western Finland, known as one of the most important tourist centres of the country. The municipality has a population of , and is located in the region of Finland Proper, west of Turku....

     in 1964
  • Nagu
    Nagu
    Nagu is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Korpo and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland....

     – consolidated with Pargas
    Pargas
    Pargas is a former town and municipality in south-western Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Korpo and Nagu to form the new town of Väståboland....

    , Houtskär
    Houtskär
    Houtskär is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Iniö, Korpo, Nagu and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland....

    , Iniö
    Iniö
    Iniö is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Korpo, Nagu and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland....

     and Korpo
    Korpo
    Korpo is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Nagu and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region...

     to form a new city of Väståboland
    Väståboland
    Väståboland is a municipality of Finland, in the Archipelago Sea. The big limestone mine in Pargas is the base of the main industry, while there is still significant rural areas. Except the central parts of Pargas the municipality is mostly rural....

  • Noormarkku
    Noormarkku
    Noormarkku is a former municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Satakunta region. The municipality had a population of 6,158 and covered an area of of which is water. The population density was .Noormarkku is the birthplace of the Ahlstrom...

     – consolidated with Pori
    Pori
    Pori is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland. The city is located some from the Gulf of Bothnia, on the estuary of the Kokemäenjoki river, which is the largest in Finland. Pori is the most important town in the Satakunta region....

     in 2010
  • Nuijamaa – became part of the City of Lappeenranta
    Lappeenranta
    Lappeenranta is a city and municipality that resides on the shore of the lake Saimaa in South-Eastern Finland, about from the Russian border. It belongs to the region of South Karelia. With approximately inhabitants Lappeenranta is the largest city in Finland...

     in 1989
  • Nummi – was consolidated with Pusula
    Pusula
    Pusula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.-Species:Species within the genus Pusula include:* Pusula bermontiana * Pusula candida...

     to form Nummi-Pusula
    Nummi-Pusula
    Nummi-Pusula is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Saukkola. Nummi-Pusula was formed in 1981 from the former municipalities Nummi and Pusula....

     in 1981
  • Nurmeksen maalaiskunta became part of the City of Nurmes
    Nurmes
    Nurmes is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 1973
  • Nurmo
    Nurmo
    Nurmo is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated, together with Ylistaro to Seinäjoki in 1 January 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 12,378 and covered an area of of which is...

     – consolidated with Seinäjoki
    Seinäjoki
    Seinäjoki is a city located in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra bruk iron and gunpowder factories founded in 1798. Seinäjoki became a municipality in 1868, market town in 1931 and town in 1960...

     in 2009
  • Nykarleby landskommun – consolidated with 1975 with Nykarleby
    Nykarleby
    Nykarleby is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality is bilingual, with the majority speaking Swedish and the minority Finnish ....


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  • Oravais
    Oravais
    Oravais is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 2,189 and covered a land area of . The population density was...

     – consolidated with Vörå-Maxmo to form Vörå
    Vörå
    Vörå is a municipality of Finland. In 2011, it was created from the municipalities of Vörå-Maxmo and Oravais. Vörå-Maxmo was created in 2007 from the municipalities of Vörå and Maxmo...

     in 2011
  • Oulujoki – was divided in 1965. Most of it was consolidated with Oulu
    Oulu
    Oulu is a city and municipality of inhabitants in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the sixth most populous city in the country. It is one of the northernmost larger cities in the world....

    , and other parts with Haukipudas
    Haukipudas
    Haukipudas is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. Its shore runs along the Gulf of Bothnia, with the river Kiiminkijoki running through the province....

    , Kempele
    Kempele
    Kempele is a municipality in the province of Oulu, in Finland. The municipality is located in Northern Finland just south of city of Oulu. The population of Kempele is and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water . The population density is...

    , Kiiminki
    Kiiminki
    Kiiminki is a municipality of Finland.It is located about north-east from the Oulu city centre, in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .The municipality is...

    , Oulunsalo
    Oulunsalo
    Oulunsalo is a municipality in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. The municipality is located in Northern Finland just south-west of the city of Oulu. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is...

    , Tyrnävä
    Tyrnävä
    Tyrnävä is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is....

    , Utajärvi
    Utajärvi
    Utajärvi is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is...

     and Ylikiiminki
    Ylikiiminki
    Ylikiiminki is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the city of Oulu on 1 January 2009.It was located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 3,512 and covered a land area of . The population density was...

    .
  • Oulunkylä
    Oulunkylä
    Oulunkylä is a suburb and a neighbourhood of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is located north from the center of the city.It has been inhabited since the 13th century. Earlier an independent municipality, it was made part of Helsinki in 1946. A rink used for speed skating and bandy is...

     – became part of the City of Helsinki
    Helsinki
    Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

     in 1946

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  • Paattinen
    Paattinen
    Paattinen is a village in south-west Finland and a district of the city of Turku. It is located to the north of the city, and is the largest of the city's districts by area. It borders the neighbouring municipalities of Vahto, Nousiainen, Mynämäki, Pöytyä, Aura and Lieto...

     – became part of the City of Turku
    Turku
    Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...

     in 1973
  • Paavola
    Paavola
    Paavola is a former municipality of Finland, now a village in the municipality of Siikajoki. The village is located beside the Siikajoki river. Though lacking rail transport connections, the settlement does lie beside the crossroads of routes 86 and 807....

     – was consolidated with Revonlahti to form Ruukki
    Ruukki
    Ruukki is a former municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 4,505 and covered an area of of which is water. The population density was .The municipality was unilingually Finnish.In 2007...

     in 1973
  • Pargas
    Pargas
    Pargas is a former town and municipality in south-western Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Korpo and Nagu to form the new town of Väståboland....

     – consolidated with Houtskär
    Houtskär
    Houtskär is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Iniö, Korpo, Nagu and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland....

    , Iniö
    Iniö
    Iniö is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Korpo, Nagu and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland....

    , Nagu
    Nagu
    Nagu is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Korpo and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland....

     and Korpo
    Korpo
    Korpo is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Nagu and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region...

     to form Väståboland
    Väståboland
    Väståboland is a municipality of Finland, in the Archipelago Sea. The big limestone mine in Pargas is the base of the main industry, while there is still significant rural areas. Except the central parts of Pargas the municipality is mostly rural....

  • Pattijoki – became part of the City of Raahe
    Raahe
    Raahe is a town and municipality of Finland. Founded by Swedish statesman and Governor General of Finland Count Per Brahe the younger in 1649, it is one of 10 historic wooden towns remaining in Finland. Examples of other Finnish historic wooden towns are Kaskinen , Old Rauma, Porvoo , Jakobstad ,...

     in 2003
  • Perniö
    Perniö
    Perniö is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on January 1, 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 6,026 and covered an area of 407.79 km² of which 9.91 km² is...

     – consolidated with Salo
    Salo, Finland
    Salo is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 2009
  • Pertteli
    Pertteli
    Pertteli ; ) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on January 1, 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 3,833 and covered an area of 156.08 km² of which 1.93 km² is...

     – consolidated with Salo
    Salo, Finland
    Salo is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 2009
  • Peräseinäjoki
    Peräseinäjoki
    Peräseinäjoki is a former municipality of Finland.It was located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 3,653 and covered an area of 459.13 km² of which 14.11 km² was water. The population density was 8.2...

     and Seinäjoki consolidated to form the City of Seinäjoki
    Seinäjoki
    Seinäjoki is a city located in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra bruk iron and gunpowder factories founded in 1798. Seinäjoki became a municipality in 1868, market town in 1931 and town in 1960...

     in 2005
  • Pernå
    Pernå
    Pernå is a former municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the Eastern Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 3,961 and covered an area of of which is water...

     – consolidated with Loviisa
    Loviisa
    Loviisa is a municipality and town of inhabitants on the southern coast of Finland. About 43 per cent of the population is Swedish-speaking.The municipality covers an area of of which is water...

     in 2010
  • Petalax – consolidated with Malax
    Malax
    Malax is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 1973
  • Petsamo
    Pechengsky District
    Pechengsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the five in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is located to the northwest of the Kola Peninsula on the coast of the Barents Sea and borders with Finland in the south and southwest and with Norway in the west, northwest, and north...

     – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Pieksämä – name of Pieksämäki
    Pieksämäki
    Pieksämäki is a town and municipality of Finland. Its original name was Haukivuori .It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region.The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 1930–1948
  • Pieksämäen maalaiskunta
    Pieksämäen maalaiskunta
    Pieksämäen maalaiskunta is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2004 it was joined to new municipality of Pieksänmaa with Jäppilä and Virtasalmi....

     – consolidated with Jäppilä
    Jäppilä
    Jäppilä is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2004 it was merged to Pieksämäen maalaiskunta and Virtasalmi to form the new municipality of Pieksänmaa, which merged with the town of Pieksämäki in 2007. The village of Jäppilä is located northeast of Pieksänmäki center.The coat of arms...

     and Virtasalmi
    Virtasalmi
    Virtasalmi is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2004, it was joined to the new municipality of Pieksänmaa with Jäppilä and Pieksämäen maalaiskunta....

     to form Pieksänmaa
    Pieksänmaa
    Pieksänmaa is a former municipality of Finland. It became part of the town of Pieksämäki in 2007.Pieksänmaa was formed in 2004 when the municipalities of Pieksämäen maalaiskunta, Jäppilä and Virtasalmi were consolidated to a single municipality...

     in 2004
  • Pieksänmaa
    Pieksänmaa
    Pieksänmaa is a former municipality of Finland. It became part of the town of Pieksämäki in 2007.Pieksänmaa was formed in 2004 when the municipalities of Pieksämäen maalaiskunta, Jäppilä and Virtasalmi were consolidated to a single municipality...

     – became part of City of Pieksämäki
    Pieksämäki
    Pieksämäki is a town and municipality of Finland. Its original name was Haukivuori .It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region.The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 2007
  • Pielisensuu – became part of the City of Joensuu
    Joensuu
    Joensuu is a city and municipality in North Karelia in eastern Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of North Karelia region. It was founded in 1848...

     in 1954
  • Pielisjärvi – became part of Lieksa
    Lieksa
    Lieksa is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 1973
  • Pietarsaaren maalaiskunta – Finnish name of Pedersöre
    Pedersöre
    Pedersöre is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Bennäs .It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich...

     until 1989
  • Pihlajavesi – became part of Keuruu
    Keuruu
    Keuruu is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region.The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 1969
  • Piikkiö
    Piikkiö
    Piikkiö , is a former municipality of Finland. Piikkiö was consolidated with Kaarina on January 1, 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 6,836 and covered an area of 90.35 km² of which...

     – consolidated with Kaarina
    Kaarina
    Kaarina is a small city and municipality of Finland.It is located in the Finland Proper region and is a neighbouring town of Turku, which is the capital of Finland Proper, therefore Kaarina is a part of the Greater Turku region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of...

     in 2009
  • Piippola
    Piippola
    Piippola is a former municipality of Finland.Piippola is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 1,251 and covered an area of of which is water...

     – consolidated with Kestilä
    Kestilä
    Kestilä is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region.Established in 1867, the population was 1,574 as of 31 December 2008. The municipality covered an area of of which is water...

    , Pulkkila
    Pulkkila
    Pulkkila is a former municipality and a village located in Northern Finland. Pulkkila is the administrative center of the municipality of Siikalatva and belongs to the region of Northern Ostrobothnia....

     and Rantsila
    Rantsila
    Rantsila is a former municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 2,001 and covered a land area of . The population density was...

     to form Siikalatva
    Siikalatva
    Siikalatva is a municipality of Finland.Siikalatva is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. It was created on January 1, 2009 when the municipalities of Kestilä, Piippola, Pulkkila and Rantsila were consolidated into a single municipality.The municipality...

     in 2009
  • Pohja
    Pohja
    Pohja is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Ekenäs and Karis to form the new town of Raseborg in 2009.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 4,936 and covered a land area of...

     – consolidated with Ekenäs
    Ekenäs
    Ekenäs is a former town and municipality of Finland comprising the former municipalities Snappertuna and Tenala together with the town of Ekenäs. It was merged with Pohja and Karis to form the new municipality of Raseborg on January 1, 2009....

     and Karis
    Karis
    Karis is a former Finnish town and Finnish municipality in Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Ekenäs and Pohja that formed the new town of Raseborg....

     to form Raseborg
    Raseborg
    http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Raseborg&action=editRaseborg is a town and municipality of Finland. It was created on January 1, 2009, when the municipalities of Ekenäs, Karis and Pohja were consolidated into a single town....

  • Pohjaslahti – consolidated partly with Vilppula
    Vilppula
    Vilppula is a former municipality of Finland. Neighbouring Mänttä was merged into it on 1 January 2009 to form the municipality of Mänttä-Vilppula....

     and partly with Virrat
    Virrat
    Virrat is a town and municipality of Finland.It is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The town has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is.The municipality is unilingually Finnish...

     in 1973
  • Pohjois-Pirkkala – renamed as Nokia
    Nokia, Finland
    Nokia, Finland is a town and a municipality on the banks of the Nokianvirta River in the region of Pirkanmaa, some west of Tampere. As of it has a population of .-History:...

     in 1938
  • Porin maalaiskunta – became part of the City of Pori
    Pori
    Pori is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland. The city is located some from the Gulf of Bothnia, on the estuary of the Kokemäenjoki river, which is the largest in Finland. Pori is the most important town in the Satakunta region....

     in 1967
  • Pörtom
    Pörtom
    Pörtom is a former municipality in Ostrobothnia, Finland. The municipality was incorporated in Närpes in 1973. North Pörtom, however, was transferred to Malax in 1975.-References:...

     – consolidated with Närpes
    Närpes
    Närpes is a town and municipality of Finland.The municipality is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 1973
  • Porvoon maalaiskunta and Porvoo formed the new City of Porvoo
    Porvoo
    Porvoo is a city and a municipality situated on the southern coast of Finland approximately east of Helsinki. Porvoo is one of the six medieval towns in Finland, first mentioned as a city in texts from 14th century...

     in 1997
  • Purmo
    Purmo
    Purmo is a former municipality of Finland. It was incorporated into the rural municipality of Pedersöre in Ostrobothnia in 1977. Purmo is home to a wooden church built by A. Hakola in 1772. Approximately 1,400 people live in Purmo and like in Pedersöre, they are mainly...

     – became part of Pedersöre
    Pedersöre
    Pedersöre is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Bennäs .It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich...

     in 1977
  • Pulkkila
    Pulkkila
    Pulkkila is a former municipality and a village located in Northern Finland. Pulkkila is the administrative center of the municipality of Siikalatva and belongs to the region of Northern Ostrobothnia....

     – consolidated with Kestilä
    Kestilä
    Kestilä is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region.Established in 1867, the population was 1,574 as of 31 December 2008. The municipality covered an area of of which is water...

    , Piippola
    Piippola
    Piippola is a former municipality of Finland.Piippola is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 1,251 and covered an area of of which is water...

     and Rantsila
    Rantsila
    Rantsila is a former municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 2,001 and covered a land area of . The population density was...

     to form Siikalatva
    Siikalatva
    Siikalatva is a municipality of Finland.Siikalatva is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. It was created on January 1, 2009 when the municipalities of Kestilä, Piippola, Pulkkila and Rantsila were consolidated into a single municipality.The municipality...

     in 2009
  • Purmo
    Purmo
    Purmo is a former municipality of Finland. It was incorporated into the rural municipality of Pedersöre in Ostrobothnia in 1977. Purmo is home to a wooden church built by A. Hakola in 1772. Approximately 1,400 people live in Purmo and like in Pedersöre, they are mainly...

     – consolidated with Pedersöre
    Pedersöre
    Pedersöre is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Bennäs .It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich...

     in 1977
  • Pusula
    Pusula
    Pusula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.-Species:Species within the genus Pusula include:* Pusula bermontiana * Pusula candida...

     – was merged with Nummi to form Nummi-Pusula
    Nummi-Pusula
    Nummi-Pusula is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Saukkola. Nummi-Pusula was formed in 1981 from the former municipalities Nummi and Pusula....

     in 1981
  • Pyhäjärvi Vpl – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Pyhäjärvi Ol – renamed as Pyhäsalmi in 1993 and again as Pyhäjärvi
    Pyhäjärvi
    Pyhäjärvi is a town and municipality in the south of Northern Ostrobothnia region, Finland. Pyhäjärvi also borders the Northern Savonia and Central Finland regions. The town belongs to the subregion of Nivala–Haapajärvi...

     in 1996
  • Pyhäjärvi Ul – became part of Karkkila
    Karkkila
    - External links :*...

     in 1969
  • Pyhämaa – became part of the City of Uusikaupunki
    Uusikaupunki
    Uusikaupunki , is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is inland water. The population density is .The municipality is unilingually Finnish...

     in 1974
  • Pyhäsalmi – name of Pyhäjärvi
    Pyhäjärvi
    Pyhäjärvi is a town and municipality in the south of Northern Ostrobothnia region, Finland. Pyhäjärvi also borders the Northern Savonia and Central Finland regions. The town belongs to the subregion of Nivala–Haapajärvi...

     in 1993–1996
  • Pyhäselkä
    Pyhäselkä
    Pyhäselkä is a former municipality of Finland, now part of Joensuu. It seat was located in Hammaslahti.Pyhäselkä is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 7,390 and covered an area of 351.58 km² of which 71.38 km² is...

     – consolidated with Joensuu
    Joensuu
    Joensuu is a city and municipality in North Karelia in eastern Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of North Karelia region. It was founded in 1848...

     in 2009
  • Pylkönmäki
    Pylkönmäki
    Pylkönmäki is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated to Saarijärvi on 1 January 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality had a population of 975 and covered an area of 392.61 km² of which 24.58 km² is water...

     – consolidated with Saarijärvi
    Saarijärvi
    Saarijärvi is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is....

     in 2009
  • Pälkjärvi – was partially lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944, the rest was incorporated into Tohmajärvi
    Tohmajärvi
    Tohmajärvi is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water...

     in 1946

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  • Räisälä – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Rantsila
    Rantsila
    Rantsila is a former municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 2,001 and covered a land area of . The population density was...

     – consolidated with Kestilä
    Kestilä
    Kestilä is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region.Established in 1867, the population was 1,574 as of 31 December 2008. The municipality covered an area of of which is water...

    , Piippola
    Piippola
    Piippola is a former municipality of Finland.Piippola is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 1,251 and covered an area of of which is water...

     and Pulkkila
    Pulkkila
    Pulkkila is a former municipality and a village located in Northern Finland. Pulkkila is the administrative center of the municipality of Siikalatva and belongs to the region of Northern Ostrobothnia....

     to form Siikalatva
    Siikalatva
    Siikalatva is a municipality of Finland.Siikalatva is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. It was created on January 1, 2009 when the municipalities of Kestilä, Piippola, Pulkkila and Rantsila were consolidated into a single municipality.The municipality...

     in 2009
  • Rauman maalaiskunta
    Rauman maalaiskunta
    Rauman maalaiskunta is a former municipality of Finland. It was annexed to Rauma on January 1, 1993. The population of the municipality at the time of annexation was about 9,000. The municipality was originally formed in 1476 when a border was drawn between the town of Rauma and the surrounding...

     – became part of the City of Rauma
    Rauma, Finland
    Rauma is a town and municipality of ca. inhabitants on the west coast of Finland, north of Turku, and south of Pori. Granted town privileges on May 17, 1442 , Rauma is known of its high quality lace , and of the old wooden architecture of its centre , which is a Unesco world heritage...

     in 1993
  • Rautio
    Rautio
    Rautio is a former municipality, now a small village of Kalajoki, Finland. It was consolidated to Kalajoki in 1973....

     – became part of Kalajoki
    Kalajoki
    Kalajoki is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 1973
  • Rautu – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Renko
    Renko
    Renko is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Hämeenlinna on 2009-01-01.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality had a population of 2,378 and covered an area of of which is water. The population density...

     – consolidated with Hämeenlinna
    Hämeenlinna
    Hämeenlinna is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Häme in the south of Finland and is the birthplace of composer Jean Sibelius. Today, it belongs to the region of Tavastia Proper, and until 2010 it was the residence city for the Governor of the...

     in 2009
  • Replot
    Replot
    Replot is an island in the Kvarken , the narrowest part of the Gulf of Bothnia in the northern part of the Baltic sea. It has about 2,100 inhabitants, almost only Swedish-speaking. The size is about , one of the largest islands of Finland...

     – became part of Korsholm
    Korsholm
    Korsholm is a municipality of Finland. The town of Vaasa was founded in Korsholm parish in 1606 and today the municipality completely surrounds the city. It is a coastal, mostly rural municipality, consisting of a rural landscape and a large, fractured archipelago...

     in 1973
  • Revonlahti – consolidated with Paavola
    Paavola
    Paavola is a former municipality of Finland, now a village in the municipality of Siikajoki. The village is located beside the Siikajoki river. Though lacking rail transport connections, the settlement does lie beside the crossroads of routes 86 and 807....

     to form Ruukki
    Ruukki
    Ruukki is a former municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 4,505 and covered an area of of which is water. The population density was .The municipality was unilingually Finnish.In 2007...

     in 1973
  • Riistavesi
    Riistavesi
    -References:* *...

     – became part of the City of Kuopio
    Kuopio
    Kuopio is a city and a municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia, Finland. A population of makes it the ninth biggest city in the country. The city has a total area of , of which is water and half forest...

     in 1973
  • Rovaniemen maalaiskunta
    Rovaniemen maalaiskunta
    Rovaniemen maalaiskunta was a municipality of Finland. It merged with the city of Rovaniemi on January 1, 2006.It was located in the province of Lapland. The municipality had a population of 21,803 and covered an area of 7,915.51 km² of which 409.06 km² was water. The population density...

     – was consolidated with the City of Rovaniemi to form the City of Rovaniemi
    Rovaniemi
    Rovaniemi is a city and municipality of Finland. It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland. It is situated close to the Arctic Circle and is between the hills of Ounasvaara and Korkalovaara, at the confluence of the Kemijoki River and its...

     in 2006
  • Ruotsinpyhtää
    Ruotsinpyhtää
    Ruotsinpyhtää is a former municipality of Finland. Ruotsinpyhtää, Pernå and Liljendal were consolidated to Loviisa on January 1, 2010.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the Eastern Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 2,893 and covered an area of of...

     – consolidated with Loviisa
    Loviisa
    Loviisa is a municipality and town of inhabitants on the southern coast of Finland. About 43 per cent of the population is Swedish-speaking.The municipality covers an area of of which is water...

     in 2010
  • Ruskeala
    Ruskeala
    Ruskeala is a rural locality under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of Sortavala in the Republic of Karelia, Russia....

     – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

  • Ruukki
    Ruukki
    Ruukki is a former municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 4,505 and covered an area of of which is water. The population density was .The municipality was unilingually Finnish.In 2007...

     – became part of Siikajoki
    Siikajoki
    Siikajoki is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is...

     in 2007
  • Rymättylä
    Rymättylä
    Rymättylä is a former municipality of Finland. It was, together with Merimasku and Velkua, consolidated with the town of Naantali on January 1, 2009....

     – consolidated with Naantali
    Naantali
    Naantali is a city in south-western Finland, known as one of the most important tourist centres of the country. The municipality has a population of , and is located in the region of Finland Proper, west of Turku....

     in 2009

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  • Saari
    Saari
    Saari is a former municipality of Finland.It was located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 1,411 and covered an area of 183.08 km² of which 15.70 km² is water...

     – consolidated with Parikkala and Uukuniemi
    Uukuniemi
    Uukuniemi is a former municipality of Finland.It was located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the South Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 516 and it covered an area of 156.58 km² of which 54.88 km² was water. The population density was 5.1 inhabitants per...

     to form Parikkala
    Parikkala
    Parikkala is a municipality of Finland located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 2005
  • Sahalahti
    Sahalahti
    Sahalahti is a former municipality of Finland.It was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality had a population of 2,229 and covered an area of 171.96 km² of which 35.09 km² was water. The population density was 16.3 inhabitants per...

     – became part of Kangasala
    Kangasala
    Kangasala is a municipality in Finland, next to Tampere. It was founded in 1865. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 2005
  • Säkkijärvi – was partially lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944, the rest was incorporated into Miehikkälä
    Miehikkälä
    Miehikkälä is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is....

     and Ylämaa
    Ylämaa
    Ylämaa is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Lappeenranta on January 1, 2010.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the South Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 1,408 and covers an area of of which is water. The population...

     in 1946
  • Sakkola – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Salmi
    Salmi
    Salmi is a rural settlement and town near Pitkäranta in Republic of Karelia ....

     – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Saloinen (known as Salo until 1913) – became part of the City of Raahe
    Raahe
    Raahe is a town and municipality of Finland. Founded by Swedish statesman and Governor General of Finland Count Per Brahe the younger in 1649, it is one of 10 historic wooden towns remaining in Finland. Examples of other Finnish historic wooden towns are Kaskinen , Old Rauma, Porvoo , Jakobstad ,...

     in 1973
  • Sammatti
    Sammatti
    Sammatti is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the city of Lohja in the beginning of 2009.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 1,365 and covered a land area of...

     – consolidated with Lohja
    Lohja
    Lohja , is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The town has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water...

     in 2009
  • Sastamala – the old name of Karkku. The name was re-introduced in 2009, when Äetsä
    Äetsä
    Äetsä is a former municipality of southwestern Finland. The municipality was founded on 1981 when municipalities of Keikyä and Kiikka were consolidated to a single municipality....

    , Mouhijärvi
    Mouhijärvi
    Mouhijärvi is a former municipality of Finland, located in the southwestern part of the country. It was an agricultural village since the 18th century....

     and Vammala
    Vammala
    Vammala is a former town and municipality of southwestern Finland, chartered in 1907.On 1 January 2009 Vammala was consolidated with the municipalities of Mouhijärvi and Äetsä, to form a new city named Sastamala.-Geography:...

     were consolidated.
  • Savonranta
    Savonranta
    Savonranta is a former municipality of Finland. It became part of Savonlinna in the beginning of the year 2009.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality had a population of 1,263 and covered an area of 568.59 km² of which 182.55...

     – consolidated with Savonlinna
    Savonlinna
    Savonlinna is a town and a municipality of inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region. The Finnish name of the town means "Castle of Savonia" and the Swedish name means "Newcastle".- History :...

     in 2009
  • Säyneinen – became part of Juankoski
    Juankoski
    Juankoski is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is...

     in 1971
  • Seinäjoen maalaiskunta – became part of Seinäjoki
    Seinäjoki
    Seinäjoki is a city located in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra bruk iron and gunpowder factories founded in 1798. Seinäjoki became a municipality in 1868, market town in 1931 and town in 1960...

     in 1959
  • Seiskari
    Seiskari
    Seskar is an island in the Gulf of Finland, part of the Leningrad Oblast of Russia. The island was an independent municipality of Finland populated by Finns at least since 16th century, until 1940, when ownership was transferred to the Soviet Union following the Moscow Peace Treaty...

     – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Sideby – became part of the City of Kristinestad
    Kristinestad
    Kristinestad is a town and a municipality in Finland. It is located in the western part of Finland on the shore of the Bothnian Sea. The population of Kristinestad is and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water . The population density is . The population is bilingual...

     in 1973
  • Simpele – was partially lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944, the rest was incorporated into Rautjärvi
    Rautjärvi
    Rautjärvi is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is....

     in 1973
  • Sippola – was consolidated with Anjala
    Anjala
    Anjala was a town in Southern Finland, which merged in 1975 with Sippola to form Anjalankoski, later further merged into Kouvola.Anjala is remembered historically in connection with the 18th Century event known as the Anjala Conspiracy....

     to form Anjalankosken kauppala
    Anjalankoski
    Anjalankoski is a former town and municipality of Finland. It had 17,301 inhabitants . About 4/5 of the people live in the vicinity of the Kymi River. The most densely populated communities are Myllykoski and Inkeroinen. In addition, there is plenty of countryside.The town's major industry is...

     in 1975
  • Snappertuna – most of the municipality was incorporated into Ekenäs
    Ekenäs
    Ekenäs is a former town and municipality of Finland comprising the former municipalities Snappertuna and Tenala together with the town of Ekenäs. It was merged with Pohja and Karis to form the new municipality of Raseborg on January 1, 2009....

     and the rest into Karis
    Karis
    Karis is a former Finnish town and Finnish municipality in Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Ekenäs and Pohja that formed the new town of Raseborg....

     in 1977
  • Somerniemi
    Somerniemi
    Somerniemi is a former municipality of Finland. It was incorporated to Somero in 1977. The wood church of Somerniemi is from year 1813 ....

     – became part of Somero
    Somero
    Somero is a municipality of Finland, located in the province of Western Finland and part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Somero is unilingually Finnish....

     in 1977
  • Soanlahti – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Solf – the part on the mainland became part of Korsholm
    Korsholm
    Korsholm is a municipality of Finland. The town of Vaasa was founded in Korsholm parish in 1606 and today the municipality completely surrounds the city. It is a coastal, mostly rural municipality, consisting of a rural landscape and a large, fractured archipelago...

     in 1973
  • Sortavala
    Sortavala
    Sortavala is a town in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located at the northern tip of Lake Ladoga. Population: It is an important station of the Vyborg-Joensuu railroad.-History:...

     – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Sortavalan mlk – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Suistamo – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Sumiainen
    Sumiainen
    Sumiainen is a former municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality had a population of 1,293 and covered an area of 307.93 km² of which 77.34 km² is water...

     – became part of City of Äänekoski
    Äänekoski
    Äänekoski is a town and municipality of Finland.-Geography:It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. It is neighboured by Kannonkoski, Konnevesi, Laukaa, Saarijärvi, Uurainen, Vesanto and Viitasaari. The town has a population of and covers an area...

     together with Suolahti
    Suolahti
    Suolahti was a former town and municipality of Finland. It is located next to Lake Keitele in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region...

     in 2007
  • Sundom – became part of the City of Vaasa
    Vaasa
    Vaasa is a city on the west coast of Finland. It received its charter in 1606, during the reign of Charles IX of Sweden and is named after the Royal House of Vasa...

     in 1973
  • Suodenniemi
    Suodenniemi
    Suodenniemi is a former municipality of southwestern Finland.Suodenniemi was first consolidated into Vammala in 2007. On 1 January 2009, Vammala itself was consolidated with Äetsä and Mouhijärvi to form the new named town of Sastamala.-Geography:...

     – became part of City of Vammala
    Vammala
    Vammala is a former town and municipality of southwestern Finland, chartered in 1907.On 1 January 2009 Vammala was consolidated with the municipalities of Mouhijärvi and Äetsä, to form a new city named Sastamala.-Geography:...

     in 2007
  • Suojärvi – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Suolahti
    Suolahti
    Suolahti was a former town and municipality of Finland. It is located next to Lake Keitele in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region...

     – became part of City of Äänekoski
    Äänekoski
    Äänekoski is a town and municipality of Finland.-Geography:It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. It is neighboured by Kannonkoski, Konnevesi, Laukaa, Saarijärvi, Uurainen, Vesanto and Viitasaari. The town has a population of and covers an area...

     together with Sumiainen
    Sumiainen
    Sumiainen is a former municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality had a population of 1,293 and covered an area of 307.93 km² of which 77.34 km² is water...

     in 2007
  • Suomusjärvi
    Suomusjärvi
    Suomusjärvi is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on January 1, 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 1,321 and covered an area of 176.53 km² of which 16.38 km² is water...

     – consolidated with Salo
    Salo, Finland
    Salo is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 2009
  • Suoniemi – became part of the City of Nokia
    Nokia, Finland
    Nokia, Finland is a town and a municipality on the banks of the Nokianvirta River in the region of Pirkanmaa, some west of Tampere. As of it has a population of .-History:...

     in 1973
  • Suursaari
    Hogland
    Gogland or Hogland is an island in the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, located some 180 km west of Saint Petersburg and 35 km away from the coast of Finland . The island is a part of the Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The area of Hogland Island is approximately...

     – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Särkisalo
    Särkisalo
    Särkisalo is a former municipality of Finland, located mostly on Särkisalo island. It was consolidated with Salo on January 1, 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 710 and covered an area of...

     – consolidated with Salo
    Salo, Finland
    Salo is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 2009
  • Säräisniemi – a part of Utajärvi
    Utajärvi
    Utajärvi is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is...

     was annexed to Säräisniemi to form the municipality of Vaala
    Vaala
    Vaala is a municipality in Finland. It is located in the Kainuu region. Established in 1954 , the municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water...

     in 1954
  • Säynätsalo – became part of the City of Jyväskylä
    Jyväskylä
    Jyväskylä is the capital of Central Finland and the largest city on the Finnish Lakeland, north-east of Tampere and north of Helsinki, on northern coast of lake Päijänne. The city has been continuously one of the most rapidly growing cities in Finland since World War II. The city is surrounded...

     in 1993
  • Sääksmäki
    Sääksmäki
    Sääksmäki is a village and a former municipality, currently part of Valkeakoski in the Pirkanmaa region of Western Finland. A past president of Finland, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, the Finnish film producer and director Veikko Aaltonen,eminent Finnish historian Eino Jutikkala, and actress Pirkko Mannola...

     – became part of Valkeakoski
    Valkeakoski
    Valkeakoski is a town and municipality in Finland.Valkeakoski is located south of Tampere and north of Helsinki in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of...

     in 1973
  • Sääminki – most of the municipality was incorporated into Savonlinna
    Savonlinna
    Savonlinna is a town and a municipality of inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region. The Finnish name of the town means "Castle of Savonia" and the Swedish name means "Newcastle".- History :...

     and the rest into Punkaharju
    Punkaharju
    Punkaharju is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is...

     in 1973

T

  • Teisko – was divided between Tampere
    Tampere
    Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...

     and Kuru
    Kuru, Finland
    Kuru is a former municipality of Finland, now part of the town of Ylöjärvi.Kuru is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. Kuru lies north of Tampere. The municipality had a population of 2,782 and covered an area of 820.48 km² of which 103.53 km² is water....

     in 1972
  • Temmes
    Temmes
    Temmes is a former municipality in Northern Ostrobothnia in central western Finland. In 2000, the area had a population of 700. It is the birth place of the renowned Finnish folklorist and poet Martti Haavio. Since 2001, most parts of the area have been part of the municipality of Tyrnävä. Separate...

     – became part of Tyrnävä
    Tyrnävä
    Tyrnävä is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is....

     in 2001
  • Tenala
    Tenala
    Tenala is a former municipality in Uusimaa, Finland. It was neighboured by Hanko, Kisko, Perniö, Pohja, Särkisalo and Ekenäs.The municipality was established in 1329. The stone church of Tenala was built in late 15th century and the paintings on the piers are from the 17th century. The bell tower...

     – became part of the City of Ekenäs
    Ekenäs
    Ekenäs is a former town and municipality of Finland comprising the former municipalities Snappertuna and Tenala together with the town of Ekenäs. It was merged with Pohja and Karis to form the new municipality of Raseborg on January 1, 2009....

     in 1993
  • Terijoki
    Zelenogorsk, Saint Petersburg
    Zelenogorsk , ' before 1948, is a municipal town in Kurortny District of the federal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, located in part of the Karelian Isthmus on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, and a station on the St. Petersburg-Vyborg railroad. It is located about northwest of central Saint...

     – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Terjärv – consolidated with Kronoby
    Kronoby
    Kronoby is a municipality of Finland.Kruunupyy is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 1969
  • Toijala
    Toijala
    Toijala is a former town and municipality of Finland, located some south of Tampere. On 1 January 2007, it was consolidated with Viiala to form the town of Akaa....

     – consolidated with Viiala
    Viiala
    Viiala is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2007, it was consolidated with Toijala to form the town of Akaa.Viiala is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality had a population of 5,329 and covered an area of 56.78 km2 of which...

     to form Akaa
    Akaa
    Akaa is a town and a municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland. It was created on January 1, 2007 when the town of Toijala and the municipality of Viiala were united into a single town. The municipality of Kylmäkoski was consolidated with Akaa on 1 January 2011....

     in 2007
  • Tottijärvi – became part of the City of Nokia
    Nokia, Finland
    Nokia, Finland is a town and a municipality on the banks of the Nokianvirta River in the region of Pirkanmaa, some west of Tampere. As of it has a population of .-History:...

     in 1976
  • Turtola – renamed as Pello
    Pello
    Pello is a municipality of Finland.It is located approximately north of the Arctic Circle in the western partprovince of Lapland and is part of the Lapland region. The municipality is at the national border with Sweden by the Tornionjoki-river. The municipality has a population of and covers an...

     in 1949
  • Tuulos
    Tuulos
    Tuulos is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Hämeenlinna on January 1, 2009.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality had a population of 1,536 and covered an area of 171.24 km² of which 13.14 km² is...

     – consolidated with Hämeenlinna
    Hämeenlinna
    Hämeenlinna is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Häme in the south of Finland and is the birthplace of composer Jean Sibelius. Today, it belongs to the region of Tavastia Proper, and until 2010 it was the residence city for the Governor of the...

     in 2009
  • Tuupovaara
    Tuupovaara
    Tuupovaara is a former municipality of Finland, located in the province of Eastern Finland. It was consolidated, together with Kiihtelysvaara, to municipality of Joensuu on January 1, 2005. The municipality had a population of 2,176 and covered an area of 661.34 km² of which 56.55 km² is water...

     – became part of the City of Joensuu
    Joensuu
    Joensuu is a city and municipality in North Karelia in eastern Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of North Karelia region. It was founded in 1848...

     in 2005
  • Tyrvää – became part of Vammala
    Vammala
    Vammala is a former town and municipality of southwestern Finland, chartered in 1907.On 1 January 2009 Vammala was consolidated with the municipalities of Mouhijärvi and Äetsä, to form a new city named Sastamala.-Geography:...

     in 1973, originally Vammala was separated from Tyrvää in 1915
  • Tyrväntö – became part of Hattula
    Hattula
    Hattula is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Parola.It is part of the Tavastia Proper region and until 2010 it was located in the province of Southern Finland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water...

     in 1971
  • Tytärsaari – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944

U

  • Ullava
    Ullava
    Ullava is a former municipality of Finland. Ullava was condolidated with the city of Kokkola on 2009-01-01.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The former municipality had a population of 1,037 and covered an area of 177.03 km² of which...

     – consolidated with Kokkola
    Kokkola
    Kokkola is a town and municipality of Finland.The town is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is...

     in 2009
  • Uudenkaupungin maalaiskunta – became part of the City of Uusikaupunki
    Uusikaupunki
    Uusikaupunki , is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is inland water. The population density is .The municipality is unilingually Finnish...

     in 1969
  • Uukuniemi
    Uukuniemi
    Uukuniemi is a former municipality of Finland.It was located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the South Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 516 and it covered an area of 156.58 km² of which 54.88 km² was water. The population density was 5.1 inhabitants per...

     – consolidated with Parikkala and Saari
    Saari
    Saari is a former municipality of Finland.It was located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 1,411 and covered an area of 183.08 km² of which 15.70 km² is water...

     to form Parikkala
    Parikkala
    Parikkala is a municipality of Finland located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 2005
  • Uusikirkko – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Uusikirkko Tl – renamed as Kalanti
    Kalanti
    Kalanti is a former municipality in Finland Proper region, Finland. Kalanti is first mentioned in historical sources 1332. It was merged with Uusikaupunki in 1993....

     in 1936, became part of the City of Uusikaupunki
    Uusikaupunki
    Uusikaupunki , is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is inland water. The population density is .The municipality is unilingually Finnish...

     in 1993
  • Uskela
    Uskela
    Uskela is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to Salo in 1967. Uskela was the oldest congregation of its region; it was formed in the 12th century. Surrounding municipalities were divided from Uskela. The last one was Salo as a market town in 1887. In 1967 Uskela and part of Halikko...

     – became part of Salo
    Salo, Finland
    Salo is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 1967

V

  • Vahto
    Vahto
    Vahto is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Rusko on January 1, 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 1,876 and covered an area of 77.10 km² of which 0.02 km² is water...

     – consolidated with Rusko
    Rusko
    Rusko is a municipality of Finland.It is located in Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is....

     in 2009
  • Vahviala – was partially lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944, the rest was incorporated into Lappee and Ylämaa
    Ylämaa
    Ylämaa is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Lappeenranta on January 1, 2010.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the South Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 1,408 and covers an area of of which is water. The population...

     in 1946
  • Valkjärvi – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Valkeala
    Valkeala
    Valkeala is a former municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Southern Finland, near the city of Kouvola, and it was a part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality had a population of 11,238 and covered an area of 1,004.40 km² of which 143.47 km² was water...

     – consolidated with Kouvola
    Kouvola
    Kouvola is a town and municipality in southeastern Finland. It is located northeast of the capital, Helsinki.The city has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 2009
  • Vammala
    Vammala
    Vammala is a former town and municipality of southwestern Finland, chartered in 1907.On 1 January 2009 Vammala was consolidated with the municipalities of Mouhijärvi and Äetsä, to form a new city named Sastamala.-Geography:...

     – consolidated with Äetsä
    Äetsä
    Äetsä is a former municipality of southwestern Finland. The municipality was founded on 1981 when municipalities of Keikyä and Kiikka were consolidated to a single municipality....

     and Mouhijärvi
    Mouhijärvi
    Mouhijärvi is a former municipality of Finland, located in the southwestern part of the country. It was an agricultural village since the 18th century....

     to form Sastamala
    Sastamala
    Sastamala is a town and municipality of Finland. It was created January 1, 2009, when the municipalities of Vammala, Äetsä and Mouhijärvi were consolidated into a single town....

     in 2009
  • Vampula
    Vampula
    Vampula is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Huittinen on 1 January 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality had a population of 1,677 and covered a land area of . The population density was .The...

     – consolidated with Huittinen
    Huittinen
    Huittinen is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the Satakunta region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 2009
  • Vanaja
    Vanaja
    Vanaja is a former municipality of Finland. It was located in Tavastia Proper about north of Helsinki. It is also speculated that it might have been the name for an Iron Age and early Middle Ages settlement found opposite to the Häme Castle....

     – was divided between Hämeenlinna
    Hämeenlinna
    Hämeenlinna is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Häme in the south of Finland and is the birthplace of composer Jean Sibelius. Today, it belongs to the region of Tavastia Proper, and until 2010 it was the residence city for the Governor of the...

    , Hattula
    Hattula
    Hattula is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Parola.It is part of the Tavastia Proper region and until 2010 it was located in the province of Southern Finland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water...

    , Janakkala
    Janakkala
    Janakkala is a municipality of Finland. Its administrative centre is in Turenki, which is nowadays often erroneously shown on maps as being "Janakkala"....

     and Renko
    Renko
    Renko is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Hämeenlinna on 2009-01-01.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality had a population of 2,378 and covered an area of of which is water. The population density...

     in 1967
  • Varpaisjärvi
    Varpaisjärvi
    Varpaisjärvi is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the municipality of Lapinlahti on January 1, 2011.The municipality was located in the Northern Savonia region. It had a population of 2,899 and covered a land area of . The population density was .The municipality was...

     – consolidated with Lapinlahti
    Lapinlahti
    Lapinlahti is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 2011
  • Vehkalahti
    Vehkalahti
    Vehkalahti is a former municipality surrounding the town of Hamina in south-eastern Finland. At the beginning of 2003 Hamina and Vehkalahti combined to form a new town of Hamina.-History:...

     – became part of the City of Hamina
    Hamina
    Hamina is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The town has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is...

     in 2003
  • Vehmersalmi
    Vehmersalmi
    Vehmersalmi is a former municipality of Finland. It is a part of the city Kuopio since January 1, 2005.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality had a population of 2,053 and covered an area of 550.59 km² of which...

     – became part of the City of Kuopio
    Kuopio
    Kuopio is a city and a municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia, Finland. A population of makes it the ninth biggest city in the country. The city has a total area of , of which is water and half forest...

     in 2005
  • Velkua
    Velkua
    Velkua is a former municipality of Finland. It was, together with Merimasku and Rymättylä, consolidated with the town of Naantali on January 1, 2009....

     – consolidated with Naantali in 2009
  • Viiala
    Viiala
    Viiala is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2007, it was consolidated with Toijala to form the town of Akaa.Viiala is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality had a population of 5,329 and covered an area of 56.78 km2 of which...

     – consolidated with Toijala
    Toijala
    Toijala is a former town and municipality of Finland, located some south of Tampere. On 1 January 2007, it was consolidated with Viiala to form the town of Akaa....

     to form Akaa
    Akaa
    Akaa is a town and a municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland. It was created on January 1, 2007 when the town of Toijala and the municipality of Viiala were united into a single town. The municipality of Kylmäkoski was consolidated with Akaa on 1 January 2011....

     in 2007
  • Viipuri
    Vyborg
    Vyborg is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated on the Karelian Isthmus near the head of the Bay of Vyborg, to the northwest of St. Petersburg and south from Russia's border with Finland, where the Saimaa Canal enters the Gulf of Finland...

     (Swedish: Viborg) – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Viipurin mlk – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Viljakkala
    Viljakkala
    Viljakkala is a former municipality of Finland.It was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality had a population of 2,043 and covered an area of 224.70 km² of which 24.61 km² was water. The population density was 10.2 inhabitants...

     – became part of City of Ylöjärvi
    Ylöjärvi
    Ylöjärvi is a town and a municipality in Western Finland located west of Tampere.The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The population has increased rapidly in recent years, in 1990 it was slightly over 18,000.Ylöjärvi was founded as...

     in 2007
  • Vilppula
    Vilppula
    Vilppula is a former municipality of Finland. Neighbouring Mänttä was merged into it on 1 January 2009 to form the municipality of Mänttä-Vilppula....

     – consolidated with Mänttä
    Mänttä
    Mänttä is a former town and municipality of Finland. It was merged with the municipality of Vilppula to form Mänttä-Vilppula on 1 January 2009....

     to form Mänttä-Vilppula
    Mänttä-Vilppula
    Mänttä-Vilppula is a town and municipality of Finland. The municipalities of Mänttä and Vilppula were consolidated into a single municipality on January 1st, 2009...

     in 2009
  • Virtasalmi
    Virtasalmi
    Virtasalmi is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2004, it was joined to the new municipality of Pieksänmaa with Jäppilä and Pieksämäen maalaiskunta....

     – consolidated with Pieksämäen maalaiskunta
    Pieksämäen maalaiskunta
    Pieksämäen maalaiskunta is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2004 it was joined to new municipality of Pieksänmaa with Jäppilä and Virtasalmi....

     and Jäppilä
    Jäppilä
    Jäppilä is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2004 it was merged to Pieksämäen maalaiskunta and Virtasalmi to form the new municipality of Pieksänmaa, which merged with the town of Pieksämäki in 2007. The village of Jäppilä is located northeast of Pieksänmäki center.The coat of arms...

     to form Pieksänmaa
    Pieksänmaa
    Pieksänmaa is a former municipality of Finland. It became part of the town of Pieksämäki in 2007.Pieksänmaa was formed in 2004 when the municipalities of Pieksämäen maalaiskunta, Jäppilä and Virtasalmi were consolidated to a single municipality...

  • Vörå
    Vörå
    Vörå is a municipality of Finland. In 2011, it was created from the municipalities of Vörå-Maxmo and Oravais. Vörå-Maxmo was created in 2007 from the municipalities of Vörå and Maxmo...

     (Vöyri) – consolidated with Maxmo to form Vörå-Maxmo in 2007
  • Vörå-Maxmo – consolidated with Oravais
    Oravais
    Oravais is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 2,189 and covered a land area of . The population density was...

     to form (new) Vörå
    Vörå
    Vörå is a municipality of Finland. In 2011, it was created from the municipalities of Vörå-Maxmo and Oravais. Vörå-Maxmo was created in 2007 from the municipalities of Vörå and Maxmo...

     in 2011
  • Vuoksela
    Vuoksela
    Vuoksela is a former rural locality on Karelian Isthmus, in Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast, located on the western shore of the northern armlet of Vuoksi River. Until the Winter War and Continuation War, it had been the administrative center of the Vuoksela municipality of the Viipuri...

     – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Vuoksenranta – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Vuolijoki
    Vuolijoki
    Vuolijoki is a former municipality in Finland. The municipality was consolidated with the city of Kajaani in the beginning of year 2007.Vuolijoki was located in the province of Oulu and was part of the Kainuu region. In 2004 the municipality had a population of 2,643 and covered an area of 895.20...

     – became part of the City of Kajaani
    Kajaani
    Kajaani is a town and municipality in Finland.It is the capital of the Kainuu region. It is located southeast of Oulujärvi , which drains to the Gulf of Bothnia along the Oulujoki . There are inhabitants and city surface area is of which is water. The population density is . The town is...

     in 2007
  • Värtsilä – was partially lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944, consolidated with Tohmajärvi to form Tohmajärvi
    Tohmajärvi
    Tohmajärvi is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water...

     in 2005
  • Västanfjärd
    Västanfjärd
    Västanfjärd is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Kimito to form the new municipality of Kimitoön....

     – consolidaetd with Dragsfjärd
    Dragsfjärd
    Dragsfjärd is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Kimito and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön....

     and Kimito
    Kimito
    Kimito is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön...

     to form Kimitoön
    Kimitoön
    Kimitoön is the largest coastal island of Finland with the area of . It is situated in the Finland Proper region in Western Finland province. The island has a population of 7,500 divided between the two municipalities: Kimitoön and Salo of which Salo is mostly located on the mainland. The island...

     in 2009

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  • Ylämaa
    Ylämaa
    Ylämaa is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Lappeenranta on January 1, 2010.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the South Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 1,408 and covers an area of of which is water. The population...

     – consolidated with Lappeenranta
    Lappeenranta
    Lappeenranta is a city and municipality that resides on the shore of the lake Saimaa in South-Eastern Finland, about from the Russian border. It belongs to the region of South Karelia. With approximately inhabitants Lappeenranta is the largest city in Finland...

     in 2010
  • Ylihärmä
    Ylihärmä
    Ylihärmä is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated, together with Alahärmä and Kortesjärvi, to Kauhava on 1 January 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 2,916 and covered a land...

     – consolidated with Kauhava
    Kauhava
    Kauhava is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region, northwest of Helsinki and by the main railway from Helsinki to Oulu. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

     in 2009
  • Ylikiiminki
    Ylikiiminki
    Ylikiiminki is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the city of Oulu on 1 January 2009.It was located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 3,512 and covered a land area of . The population density was...

     – consolidated with Oulu
    Oulu
    Oulu is a city and municipality of inhabitants in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the sixth most populous city in the country. It is one of the northernmost larger cities in the world....

     in 2009
  • Ylistaro
    Ylistaro
    Ylistaro is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated, together with Nurmo to Seinäjoki in 1 January 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 5,582 and covered an area of 484.08 km² of...

     – consolidated with Seinäjoki
    Seinäjoki
    Seinäjoki is a city located in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra bruk iron and gunpowder factories founded in 1798. Seinäjoki became a municipality in 1868, market town in 1931 and town in 1960...

     in 2009
  • Yläne
    Yläne
    Yläne is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated to Pöytyä on 1 January 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 2,119 and covered an area of 364.76 km² of which 21.99 km² is water...

     – consolidated with Pöytyä
    Pöytyä
    Pöytyä is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

     in 2009

Ä

  • Äetsä
    Äetsä
    Äetsä is a former municipality of southwestern Finland. The municipality was founded on 1981 when municipalities of Keikyä and Kiikka were consolidated to a single municipality....

     – consolidated with Mouhijärvi
    Mouhijärvi
    Mouhijärvi is a former municipality of Finland, located in the southwestern part of the country. It was an agricultural village since the 18th century....

     and Vammala
    Vammala
    Vammala is a former town and municipality of southwestern Finland, chartered in 1907.On 1 January 2009 Vammala was consolidated with the municipalities of Mouhijärvi and Äetsä, to form a new city named Sastamala.-Geography:...

     to form Sastamala
    Sastamala
    Sastamala is a town and municipality of Finland. It was created January 1, 2009, when the municipalities of Vammala, Äetsä and Mouhijärvi were consolidated into a single town....

     in 2009
  • Äyräpää – was lost to the USSR
    Soviet Union
    The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

     in 1944
  • Äänekosken maalaiskunta – consolidated with Äänekoski
    Äänekoski
    Äänekoski is a town and municipality of Finland.-Geography:It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. It is neighboured by Kannonkoski, Konnevesi, Laukaa, Saarijärvi, Uurainen, Vesanto and Viitasaari. The town has a population of and covers an area...

     in 1969

Ö

  • Öja
    Oja
    Oja may refer to:Places*Oja , river in La Rioja, Spain*Öja , island in Kokkola region, Finland*Ōja Station, railway station in Hashikami, Japan*5080 Oja, main-belt asteroid, named after Tarmo Oja-People:Surname...

     – became part of Kaarlela in 1969
  • Övermark – consolidated with Närpes
    Närpes
    Närpes is a town and municipality of Finland.The municipality is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

    in 1973
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