Finland Proper

Finland Proper on a map o Finland

Finland Proper or Soothwast Finland[1] (Finnish: Varsinais-Suomi, Swadish: Egentliga Finland), is a region in sooth-wastren Finland. It borders the regions o Satakunta, Tavastie Proper an Uusimaa.

Historical Provinces

Main airticle: Finland Proper (historical province)

Regional Cooncil

Main airticle: Regional Cooncil o Soothwast Finland

Municipalities

Main airticle: Municipalities o Finland Proper

The region o Finland Proper is made up o 28 municipalities, o which 11 are touns.

Touns

Finland Proper Sub-regions, touns an municipalities
  • Turku (198,211)[2]
  • Salo (50,966)
  • Raisio (25,046)
  • Kaarina (35,878)
  • Naantali (19,882)
  • Uusikaupunki (15,086)
  • Väståboland (15,398)
  • Loimaa (15,373)
  • Paimio (11,117)
  • Somero (8,425)
  • Laitila (8,361)

Ither municipalities

  • Aura
  • Kimitoön
  • Koski Tl
  • Kustavi
  • Lieto
  • Marttila
  • Masku
  • Mynämäki
  • Nousiainen
  • Oripää
  • Pyhäranta
  • Pöytyä
  • Rusko
  • Sauvo
  • Taivassalo
  • Tarvasjoki
  • Vehmaa

Heraldry

The region uises the coat o airms o the historical province o Finland Proper.

Notes

  1. ↑ The regional cooncil o the region uises the name "Soothwast Finland". Despite this, the Leid Plannin Depairtment o Finland recommends the name "Finland Proper" as suggestit in the statement bi the Interior Meenistry o Finland in 1988.
  2. ↑ "Preliminar population structur bi aurie, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 Apryle 2023.

Freemit airtins

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Coordinates: 60°30′N 22°45′E / 60.500°N 22.750°E / 60.500; 22.750