This is a list of the former
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
of
Finland
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.
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A
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Ahlainen (Vittisbofjärd) – became part of
Pori
)
, website www.pori.fi
Pori (; sv, Björneborg ) 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 Kokemäki River, west of Tampere, north of Turku and north- ...
in 1972
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Aitolahti (Aitolax) – became part of
Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population ...
in 1966
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Akaa
Akaa ( sv, Ackas) 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 w ...
(Ackas) – was divided in 1946 between
Toijala,
Kylmäkoski,
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 Fin ...
and
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 populat ...
. The name was re-introduced in 2007 when the municipalities of Toijala and Viiala were consolidated.
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Alahärmä – consolidated with
Kauhava in 2009
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Alastaro – consolidated with
Loimaa in 2009
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Alatornio
Alatornio ( sv, Nedertorneå) is a former municipality in the province of Lapland, Finland. It was annexed with Tornio in 1973. The 1970, Alatornio had a population of 8,575 people. (Nedertorneå) – became m par mt of
Tornio
Tornio (; sv, Torneå; sme, Duortnus ; smn, Tuárnus) is a city and municipality in Lapland, Finland. The city forms a cross-border twin city together with Haparanda on the Swedish side. The municipality covers an area of , of which is ...
in 1973
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Alaveteli
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Alaveteli is described as "a project to create a free, standard, internationalised platform ...
(Nedervetil) – consolidated with
Kronoby in 1969
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Angelniemi – became part of
Halikko in 1967
*
Anjala – the municipalities of
Anjala and
Sippola were consolidated in 1975 to form the
Anjalankoski
Anjalankoski is a former town and municipality of Finland. It had 16 379 inhabitants in 2008. 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 ...
market town
*
Antrea (S:t Andree) – was lost to the
USSR
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in 1944
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Anttola – became part of
Mikkeli
Mikkeli (; sv, S:t Michel; la, Michaelia) 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 Etelä-Savo region. The municipality has a population of () (around 34, ...
in 2001
*
Artjärvi (Artsjö) – consolidated with
Orimattila
Orimattila () is a town in Päijänne Tavastia region, Finland. The southern part of Lahti is connected to the village of Orimattila, which is located in the region of Pennala. There are also several municipalities in the area, such as Iitti, K ...
in 2011
*
Askainen (Villnäs) – consolidated with
Masku
Masku () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality, which is located about just north of Turku, has a population of
() and covers an area of ...
in 2009
B
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Bergö – became part of
Malax in 1975
*
Björköby – became part of
Korsholm in 1973
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Bromarf
Bromarv (; fi, Bromarv) is a List of cities and towns in Finland, village and List of former municipalities of Finland, former municipality of Finland comprising the former municipalities Tenala together with the town of Ekenäs. It was merged wit ...
– consolidated mostly with
Tenala (southern part with
Hanko) in 1977
D
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Degerby – consolidated with
Ingå (fi. Inkoo) in 1946
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Dragsfjärd
Dragsfjärd is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009 it was consolidated with Kimito and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finla ...
– consolidated with
Kimito
Kimito (; fi, Kemiö ) is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön. Prior to the consolidation, it was one of the four municipalities ...
and
Västanfjärd to form
Kimitoön in 2009
E
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Ekenäs (fin. Tammisaari) – consolidated with
Karis
Karis (; fi, Karjaa ) is a town and former municipality in Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Ekenäs and Pohja to form the new municipality of Raseborg; fi, Raasepori.
It is located in the Finnish province of Souther ...
and
Pohja (swe. Pojo) to form
Raseborg in 2009
*
Ekenäs landskommun – consolidated with
Ekenäs in 1977
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Elimäki (Elimä)– consolidated with
Kouvola
Kouvola () is a city and municipality in southeastern Finland. It is located along the Kymijoki River in the region of Kymenlaakso, kilometers east of Lahti, west of Lappeenranta and northeast of the capital, Helsinki. With Kotka, Kouvola is ...
in 2009
*
Eno
Eno may refer to:
Music
* English National Opera, London
* ''Eno'', an album by Japanese band Polysics
* "Eno", a song by X-Wife from '' Rockin' Rio EP''
Organisations and businesses
* Eno (company), a Chinese clothing and accessories busine ...
– consolidated with
Joensuu
Joensuu (; krl, Jovensuu; ) is a city and municipality in North Karelia, Finland, located on the northern shore of Lake Pyhäselkä (northern part of Lake Saimaa) at the mouth of the Pielinen River (''Pielisjoki''). It was founded in 1848. The ...
in 2009
*
Eräjärvi – became part of
Orivesi in 1973
*
Esse – became part of
Pedersöre in 1977
*
Etelä-Pirkkala (swe. Södra Birkkala) – name of
Pirkkala (swe.
Birkala) in 1922–1938
H
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Haaga
Haaga ( sv, Haga köping) is a district and a former municipality in the Western major district of Helsinki with a population of 25,435.http://www.hel2.fi/tietokeskus/helsinki_alueittain_2005/203Haaga.pdf 2005 statistics about Haaga
Haaga is d ...
(
:fi:Haagan (kauppala) (swe. Haga köping) – became part of
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...
(swe.
Helsingfors
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city' ...
) in 1946
*
Haapasaari Haapasaari (Finnish for ''aspen island'') may refer to:
* Aspö
Aspö is a small village on the Aspö Island in Väståboland, Finland. Until 2009 it belonged to the municipality of Korpo. Its Finnish-language name is Haapasaari, although this na ...
– became part of
Kotka in 1974
*
Halikko – consolidated with
Salo in 2009
*
Harlu – was lost to the
USSR
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in 1944
*
Hauho – consolidated with
Hämeenlinna
Hämeenlinna (; sv, Tavastehus; krl, Hämienlinna; la, Tavastum or ''Croneburgum'') is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Tavastia and the modern province of Kanta-Häme in the south of ...
(swe. Tavastehus) in 2009
*
Haukivuori – became part of City of
Mikkeli
Mikkeli (; sv, S:t Michel; la, Michaelia) 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 Etelä-Savo region. The municipality has a population of () (around 34, ...
(swe. S:t Michel) in 2007
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Heinjoki – was lost to the
USSR
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in 1944
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Heinolan maalaiskunta
Heinolan maalaiskunta ( sv, Heinola landskommun; literally "Heinola Rural Municipality") is a former municipality in Päijänne Tavastia, Finland. It was established in 1848. It surrounded Heinola town and was united to Heinola in 1997. Most of i ...
(swe. Heinola landskommun) and Heinola were consolidated as
Heinola in 1997
*
Helsingin maalaiskunta
Vantaa (; sv, Vanda, ) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is part of the inner core of the Finnish Capital Region along with Helsinki, Espoo, and Kauniainen. With a population of (), Vantaa is the fourth most populated city in Finland ...
(Helsinge landskommun)– renamed as
Vantaa
Vantaa (; sv, Vanda, ) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is part of the inner core of the Finnish Capital Region along with Helsinki, Espoo, and Kauniainen. With a population of (), Vantaa is the fourth most populated city in Finland ...
(swe. Vanda) in 1972, parts of the municipality had been annexed to Helsinki in 1946 with the exception of Vuosaari (swe.
Nordsjö), which was annexed in 1966
*
Himanka
Himanka ( sv, Himango) is a former municipality of Finland.
Himanka was consolidated with the neighboring town of Kalajoki on January 1, 2010.
It is located in the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 3,123 (31 Dece ...
(swe. Himango) – consolidated with
Kalajoki in 2010
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Hiitola – was lost to the
USSR
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in 1944
*
Hinnerjoki
Hinnerjoki is a village and a former municipality in the Satakunta province, Finland. It was consolidated with Eura in 1970. The village of Hinnerjoki is listed as a Cultural environment of national significance by the Finnish National Board of An ...
– became part of
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 .
The mun ...
in 1970
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Honkajoki
Honkajoki (''Hongonjoki'' until 1952) is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged with the town of Kankaanpää on 1 January 2021.
It was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Satakunta region
In geography, regio ...
– consolidated with
Kankaanpää in 2021
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Honkilahti
Honkilahti ( sv, Honkilahti, also ) is a village and a former municipality in Finland, part of Eura since 1970.
History
The commune of Honkilahti was founded in 1904 when it was separated from Eura. Honkilaht was merged back with Eura in 1970. ...
(swe. Honkilax) – became part of
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 .
The mun ...
in 1970
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Houtskär – consolidated with
Iniö,
Korpo,
Nagu and
Pargas to form
Väståboland
*
Huopalahti
Huopalahti ( sv, Hoplax) 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.
The area was separated ...
(swe.
Hoplax) – became part of
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...
(swe. Helsingfors) in 1946
*
Hyvinkään maalaiskunta (Hyvinge landskommun)– became part of
Hyvinkää
Hyvinkää (; sv, Hyvinge, ) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region, approximately north of the capital Helsinki. The city was chartered in 1960. The population of Hyvinkää is (). Its neighboring muni ...
(swe.
Hyvinge) in 1969
*
Hämeenkoski – consolidated with
Hollola in 2016
*
Hämeenlinnan maalaiskunta
Hämeenlinnan maalaiskunta (abbreviated as ''Hämeenlinnan mlk'', sv, Tavastehus landskommun) is a former municipality of Finland in the former Häme Province, now in Tavastia Proper. It was split between Hämeenlinna, Vanaja and Renko in 19 ...
(Tavastehus landskommun) – was divided in 1948 between
Hämeenlinna
Hämeenlinna (; sv, Tavastehus; krl, Hämienlinna; la, Tavastum or ''Croneburgum'') is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Tavastia and the modern province of Kanta-Häme in the south of ...
(swe. Tavastehus),
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 (30 November ...
and
Vanaja (swe. Vånå)
I
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Ikaalisten maalaiskunta – merged with the neighbouring market town of
Ikaalinen in 1972, which became a city in 1977.
*
Impilahti
Impilahti (russian: Импила́хти; krl, Imbilahti; sv, Impilax) is a rural locality in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located at the northern tip of Lake Ladoga near the Finnish border, about west of Petrozavodsk, the capital city ...
(Imbilax) – was lost to the
USSR
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in 1944, currently part of
Pitkyaranta
*
Iniö – consolidated with
Houtskär,
Korpo,
Nagu and
Pargas to form
Väståboland. Renamed in 2011 to
Pargas
J
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Jaakkima – was lost to the
USSR
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in 1944
*
Jaala – consolidated with
Kouvola
Kouvola () is a city and municipality in southeastern Finland. It is located along the Kymijoki River in the region of Kymenlaakso, kilometers east of Lahti, west of Lappeenranta and northeast of the capital, Helsinki. With Kotka, Kouvola is ...
in 2009
*
Jalasjärvi
Jalasjärvi is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to the town of Kurikka on 1 January 2016.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia
South Ostrobothnia ( fi, Etelä-Pohjanmaa; ...
– consolidated with
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 ( ...
in 2016
*
Jeppo – consolidated with
Nykarleby in 1975
*
Johannes
Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as " John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, '' Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' ...
(finn.
Johannes (Viipurin lääni) swe.
S:t Johannes) – was lost to the
USSR
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in 1944
*
Joutseno – consolidated with
Lappeenranta (swe.
Villmanstrand) in 2009
*
Juankoski – consolidated with
Kuopio
Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cu ...
in 2017
*
Jurva – consolidated with
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 ( ...
in 2009
*
Jyväskylän maalaiskunta (Jyväskylä landskommun) – consolidated with
Jyväskylä in 2009
*
Jämsänkoski – consolidated with
Jämsä in 2009
*
Jäppilä – became part of
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 m ...
in 2004, along with
Pieksämäen maalaiskunta and
Virtasalmi
Virtasalmi is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2004, it was joined to the new municipality of Pieksänmaa with Jäppilä
Jäppilä () is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2004, it was merged to Pieksämäen maala ...
*
Jääski
Lesogorsky (russian: Лесого́рский; fi, Jääski; sv, Jäskis) is an types of inhabited localities in Russia, urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Vyborgsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, ...
– was partially lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944, the rest of the municipality was incorporated into
Imatra,
Joutseno and
Ruokolahti (swe.
Ruokolax) in 1948
K
*
Kaarlela (swe.
Karleby) – became part of the City of
Kokkola (swe.
Karleby) in 1977
*
Kajaanin maalaiskunta (Kajana landskommun) – became part of the City of
Kajaani (swe. Kajana) in 1977
*
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 many summer residences. ''Lake Kakskerta'' is locat ...
– consolidated with
Turku
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
swe.
Åbo
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
) in 1968
*
Kalanti (swe. ''Kaland'') (formerly known as
Uusikirkko Tl (Nykyrka).) – became part of the City of
Uusikaupunki (swe. Nystad) in 1993
*
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 popul ...
– consolidated with
Hämeenlinna
Hämeenlinna (; sv, Tavastehus; krl, Hämienlinna; la, Tavastum or ''Croneburgum'') is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Tavastia and the modern province of Kanta-Häme in the south of ...
in 2009
*
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 (31 Dece ...
– became part of the City of
Varkaus
Varkaus (before year 1929 ''Warkaus'') 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, between city of Kuopio and town of Savonlin ...
in 2005
*
Kanneljärvi – was lost to the
USSR
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in 1944
*
Karhula
Karhula is a former market town ('' kauppala'') and a former municipality of Finland in the former Kymi Province, now in the Kymenlaakso region. It was consolidated with the town of Kotka in 1977.
Its seat was in Helilä, however the municip ...
– became part of the City of
Kotka in 1977
*
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 Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 2,457 (2004 ...
(Karinais) – was consolidated along with Pöytyä in 2005 to form the municipality of
Pöytyä
Pöytyä (; sv, Pöytyä, also ) is a municipality of Finland located in the Southwest Finland region.
The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unil ...
(swe.
Pöytis)
*
Karis
Karis (; fi, Karjaa ) is a town and former municipality in Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Ekenäs and Pohja to form the new municipality of Raseborg; fi, Raasepori.
It is located in the Finnish province of Souther ...
– consolidated with
Ekenäs and
Pohja (swe. Pojo) to form
Raseborg in 2009
*
Karis landskommun
Karis (; fi, Karjaa ) is a town and former municipality in Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Ekenäs and Pohja to form the new municipality of Raseborg; fi, Raasepori.
It is located in the Finnish province of Souther ...
– consolidated with
Karis
Karis (; fi, Karjaa ) is a town and former municipality in Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Ekenäs and Pohja to form the new municipality of Raseborg; fi, Raasepori.
It is located in the Finnish province of Souther ...
in 1969
*
Karjala – became part of
Mynämäki
Mynämäki (; sv, Virmo) is a municipality of Finland located in the Southwest Finland region. Neighbouring municipalities are Aura, Eura, Laitila, Masku, Nousiainen, Pöytyä, Rusko, Taivassalo, Turku and Vehmaa.
The municipality ha ...
(swe.
Virmo) in 1977
*
Karkku
Karkku is a locality and former municipality in Pirkanmaa region, Finland. It was consolidated in 1973 with Vammala, which in turn, was consolidated with Äetsä and Mouhijärvi into a town of Sastamala in 2009. Karkku is located by the lake Rau ...
(formerly known as
Sastamala
Sastamala () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water, making it the largest municipality in the Pirkanmaa region in terms of area ...
) – became part of the City of
Vammala in 1973
*
Karttula
Karttula is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the city of Kuopio on 1 January 2011.
The municipality was located in the Northern Savonia region. It had a population of 3,483 (31 October 2010) and covered a land area of . ...
– consolidated with
Kuopio
Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cu ...
in 2011
*
Karuna – became part of
Sauvo
Sauvo (; sv, Sagu) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Like many waterside areas near major p ...
(swe. Sagu) in 1969
*
Karunki (Karungi) – became part of the City of Tornio in 1973
*
Kaukola – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Kauvatsa
Kauvatsa is a former municipality in the Satakunta province, Finland. It was annexed with the municipality of Kokemäki
Kokemäki (; sv, Kumo) is a town and municipality in the Satakunta Region of Finland. The town has a population of () a ...
– became part of
Kokemäki in 1969
*
Keikyä – formed
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.
On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with the municipaliti ...
along with Kiikka in 1981
*
Kemin maalaiskunta (Kemi landskommun) – renamed as
Keminmaa in 1979
*
Kerimäki – consolidated with
Savonlinna
Savonlinna (, , ; sv, Nyslott, lit=New Castle) is a town and a municipality of inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region, which is why the city is also nicknamed the "Capital of Saimaa". Together with Mi ...
in 2013
*
Kestilä
Kestilä is a village and 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 536 as of 31 December 2015. The municipality covered an area ...
– consolidated with
Piippola
Piippola is a village and a former municipality of Finland.
Piippola is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The village has a population of 550 (31 December 2015). The former municipality covered an a ...
,
Pulkkila and
Rantsila
Rantsila ( sv, Rantsila, also ) is a village and former municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The village had a population of 812 (31 December 2015), while the former m ...
to form
Siikalatva in 2009
*
Kiihtelysvaara – became part of the City of
Joensuu
Joensuu (; krl, Jovensuu; ) is a city and municipality in North Karelia, Finland, located on the northern shore of Lake Pyhäselkä (northern part of Lake Saimaa) at the mouth of the Pielinen River (''Pielisjoki''). It was founded in 1848. The ...
in 2005
*
Kiikala – consolidated with
Salo in 2009
*
Kiikka – formed
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.
On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with the municipaliti ...
along with Keikyä in 1981
*
Kimito
Kimito (; fi, Kemiö ) is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön. Prior to the consolidation, it was one of the four municipalities ...
– consolidated with
Dragsfjärd
Dragsfjärd is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009 it was consolidated with Kimito and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finla ...
and
Västanfjärd to form
Kimitoön in 2009
*
Kirvu – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Kisko – consolidated with
Salo in 2009
*
Kiukainen (swe.
Kiukais) – consolidated with
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 .
The mun ...
in 2009
*
Kivennapa (swe.
Kivinebb) – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Kodisjoki
Kodisjoki is a village and a former municipality of Finland. At the time of the municipality's disestablishment, Kodisjoki was located in the province of Western Finland, now it is in the Satakunta region. Kodisjoki became part of the city of ...
– became part of City of
Rauma (Swe.
Raumo) in 2007
*
Koijärvi – was divided between
Forssa and
Urjala in 1969
*
Koivisto (swe. Björkö, Vl)– was lost to the
USSR
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in 1944
*
Koiviston mlk (Björkö landskommun Vl)– was lost to the
USSR
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in 1944
*
Konginkangas
Konginkangas is a settlement and former municipality of Finland in the Central Finland region. It was consolidated with Äänekoski in 1993.
The municipality bordered Äänekoski, Saarijärvi, Kannonkoski, Viitasaari, Vesanto, Konnevesi and ...
– became part of
Äänekoski in 1993
*
Korpilahti (swe.
Korpilax) – consolidated with
Jyväskylä in 2009
*
Korpiselkä – was partially lost to the
USSR
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in 1944, the rest was incorporated into
Tuupovaara in 1946
*
Korpo – consolidated with
Houtskär,
Iniö,
Nagu and
Pargas to form
Väståboland
*
Kortesjärvi – consolidated with
Kauhava in 2009
*
Koskenpää – became part of
Jämsänkoski in 1969
*
Koski Hl. – renamed as
Hämeenkoski in 1995
*
Kuhmalahti (swe.
Kuhmalax) – consolidated with
Kangasala in 2011
*
Kuivaniemi – became part of
Ii (swe. Ijo) in 2007
*
Kullaa – became part of
Ulvila (swe.
Ulvsby) in 2005
*
Kulosaari (swe.
Brändö
Brändö is an island municipality of Åland, Finland. Characteristics of Brändö are the numerous assembly of islands and islets, most important of which are linked by bridges and causeways. The municipality has a population of () and covers ...
)– became part of
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...
(swe.
Helsingfors
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city' ...
) in 1946
*
Kuolajärvi – renamed as
Salla in 1936
*
Kuolemajärvi – was lost to the
USSR
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in 1944
*
Kuopion maalaiskunta (Kuopio landskommun) – most of the municipality was incorporated into
Kuopio
Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cu ...
and the rest into
Siilinjärvi in 1969
*
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 Ku ...
– became part of
Jämsä in 2001
*
Kurkijoki (swe.
Kronoborg)– was lost to the
USSR
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in 1944
*
Kuru
Kuru may refer to:
Anthropology and history
* Kuru (disease), a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy associated with the cannibalistic funeral practices of the Fore people
* Kuru (mythology), part of Meithei mythology
* Kuru Kingdom, ...
– consolidated with
Ylöjärvi
Ylöjärvi () is a town and a municipality in the Pirkanmaa region, northwest of Tampere and north of the capital city Helsinki in Finland. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population densit ...
in 2009
*
Kuusankoski – consolidated with
Kouvola
Kouvola () is a city and municipality in southeastern Finland. It is located along the Kymijoki River in the region of Kymenlaakso, kilometers east of Lahti, west of Lappeenranta and northeast of the capital, Helsinki. With Kotka, Kouvola is ...
in 2009
*
Kuusjoki
Kuusjoki () is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo Salo or Salò may refer to:
Places Finland
*Salo, Finland, a town in Western Finland
** Salo sub-region, a subdivision of Finland Proper and one of the Sub-regio ...
– consolidated with
Salo in 2009
*
Kuusjärvi – renamed as
Outokummun kauppala in 1968
*
Kvevlax became part of
Korsholm in 1973
*
Kylmäkoski – consolidated with
Akaa
Akaa ( sv, Ackas) 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 w ...
(swe.
Ackas) in 2011
*
Kymi (swe. Kymmene) – became part of the City of
Kotka in 1977
*
Kyyrölä – became part of
Muolaa in 1934
*
Käkisalmen mlk (swe.
Kexholms landskommun) – was lost to the
USSR
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in 1944
*
Käkisalmi (swe.
Kexholm) – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Kälviä (swe.
Kelviå) – consolidated with
Kokkola (swe.
Karleby) in 2009
*
Köyliö – consolidated with
Säkylä
Säkylä is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Satakunta region, southeast of the city of Pori. The municipality has a population of () and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water (). The population density is ...
in 2016
L
*
Lahdenpohja – was lost to the
USSR
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in 1944
*
Lammi – consolidated with
Hämeenlinna
Hämeenlinna (; sv, Tavastehus; krl, Hämienlinna; la, Tavastum or ''Croneburgum'') is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Tavastia and the modern province of Kanta-Häme in the south of ...
(swe.
Tavastehus) in 2009
*
Lappee – became part of the City of
Lappeenranta (swe.
Villmanstrand) in 1967
*
Lappi – consolidated with
Rauma (swe.
Raumo) in 2009
*
Lappfjärd – became part of the City of
Kristinestad in 1973
*
Lauritsala – consolidated with
Lappeenranta (swe.
Villmanstrand) in 1967
*
Lavansaari (swe.
Lövskär) – was lost to the
USSR
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in 1944
*
Lavia - consolidated with
Pori
)
, website www.pori.fi
Pori (; sv, Björneborg ) 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 Kokemäki River, west of Tampere, north of Turku and north- ...
in 2015
*
Lehtimäki - consolidated with
Alajärvi in 2009
*
Leivonmäki – became part of
Joutsa
Joutsa is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. Jyväskylä is located about north of the Joutsa municipality.
The municipality has a population of
() and cov ...
in 2008
*
Lemu – consolidated with
Masku
Masku () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality, which is located about just north of Turku, has a population of
() and covers an area of ...
in 2009
*
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 (31 December 2009) and covered an area of of which is wate ...
– consolidated with
Loviisa
Loviisa (; sv, Lovisa ; formerly Degerby) is a municipality and town of inhabitants () on the southern coast of Finland. It is located from Helsinki and from Porvoo. About 43 per cent of the population is Swedish-speaking.
The municipality c ...
(swe.
Lovisa
Lovisa is a Swedified form of Louise, which originates in Louis and has been used in Sweden since the 17th century. It was placed in the Swedish calendar in the 1750s after king Adolf Fredericks marriage to Lovisa Ulrika of Prussia in 1744. L ...
) in 2010
*
Lohjan kunta (swe.
Lojo kommun Lojo may refer to:
*Lohja (Finnish) or Lojo (Swedish), town and municipality in Finland
*Lo'Jo
Lo'Jo (formerly Lo'Jo Triban) is a French band, gathering a group of France-based musicians of various origins, performing and recording a blend of wo ...
) and Lohja were consolidated to form
Lohja
Lohja (; sv, Lojo) is a city and municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland. The city has a population of 47,518 (2017), and it covers an area of of which , or 8.3 percent, is water. The population density of Lohja is . The municipality is b ...
(swe. Lojo) in 1997
*
Lohjan maalaiskunta (swe. Lojo landskommun)– renamed as
Lohjan kunta (swe.
Lojo kommun Lojo may refer to:
*Lohja (Finnish) or Lojo (Swedish), town and municipality in Finland
*Lo'Jo
Lo'Jo (formerly Lo'Jo Triban) is a French band, gathering a group of France-based musicians of various origins, performing and recording a blend of wo ...
) in 1978
*
Lohtaja
Lohtaja ( sv, Lochteå) is a former municipality of Finland. Lohtaja was consolidated with the city of Kokkola on January 1, 2009.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia
Central Ostrob ...
(swe.
Lochteå) – consolidated with
Kokkola (swe.
Karleby) in 2009
*
Loimaan kunta (swe.
Loimijoki) and Loimaa consolidated to form
Loimaa in 2005
*
Loimaan maalaiskunta (Loimijoki landskommun) – renamed as
Loimaan kunta in 1978
*
Lokalahti (Lokalax) – became part of the City of
Uusikaupunki (swe. Nystad) in 1981
*
Lumivaara – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
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. It is a rural town containing a few lakes, most famous being lake Kukki ...
(Luopiois) – became part of
Pälkäne in 2007
*
Luvia - merged with
Eurajoki in 2017
*
Längelmäki – was divided in 2007 between
Jämsä and
Orivesi
M
*
Maaninka – consolidated with
Kuopio
Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cu ...
in 2015
*
Maaria
Maaria (''S:t Marie'' in Swedish) 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 construc ...
(swe.
S:t Marie) – became part of the City of
Turku
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
(swe.
Åbo
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
) in 1967
*
Maxmo (Maksamaa) – consolidated with
Vörå to form
Vörå-Maxmo in 2007
*
Mellilä – consolidated with
Loimaa in 2009
*
Merimasku – consolidated with
Naantali (swe.
Nådendal, lat.
Vallis Gratia Vallis (plural Valles) is Latin for valley, vale; it may refer to the following :
;Places and jurisdictions on Earth
* the Swiss canton Wallis
* Vallis (see), an ancient city, former bishopric and Latin Catholic titular see in Africa Proconsulari ...
) in 2009
*
Messukylä (swe. Messoby)– became part of the City of
Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population ...
(swe.
Tammerfors) in 1947
*
Metsämaa – became part of
Loimaan kunta in 1976
*
Metsäpirtti
Zaporozhskoye (russian: Запоро́жское; fi, Metsäpirtti) is a settlement
Settlement may refer to:
* Human settlement, a community where people live
*Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building
*Closi ...
– was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Mietoinen
Mietoinen (; sv, Mietois) is a former
A former is an object, such as a template, gauge or cutting die, which is used to form something such as a boat's hull. Typically, a former gives shape to a structure that may have complex curvature.
A f ...
(Mietois) – became part of
Mynämäki
Mynämäki (; sv, Virmo) is a municipality of Finland located in the Southwest Finland region. Neighbouring municipalities are Aura, Eura, Laitila, Masku, Nousiainen, Pöytyä, Rusko, Taivassalo, Turku and Vehmaa.
The municipality ha ...
in 2007
*
Mikkelin maalaiskunta
Mikkelin maalaiskunta (abbreviated ''Mikkelin mlk'', sv, Sankt Michels landskommun) is a former municipality of Finland located in the modern region of Southern Savonia. Together with Anttola, it was consolidated with the town of Mikkeli in 20 ...
(S:t Michels landskommun)– became part of the City of
Mikkeli
Mikkeli (; sv, S:t Michel; la, Michaelia) 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 Etelä-Savo region. The municipality has a population of () (around 34, ...
in 2001
*
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.
On 1 January in 2009 Mouhijärvi was consolidated with the municipalities of Vammala and Äe ...
– consolidated with
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.
On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with the municipaliti ...
and
Vammala to form
Sastamala
Sastamala () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water, making it the largest municipality in the Pirkanmaa region in terms of area ...
in 2009
*
Munsala – consolidated with
Nykarleby in 1975
*
Muolaa – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Muurla – consolidated with
Salo in 2009
*
Muuruvesi – became part of
Juankoski in 1971
*
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.
The place name ''Mänttä'' comes from an old house which Tuomas Niilonpoika Mäntsä (1570–161 ...
– consolidated with
Vilppula
Vilppula was a former municipality of Finland. Neighbouring Mänttä was merged into it on 1 January 2009 to form the municipality of Mänttä-Vilppula. The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
It was located in the province of Western Finl ...
(Filpula) in 2009. At the same time, Vilppula was renamed as
Mänttä-Vilppula (swe.
Mänttä-Filpula).
N
*
Naantalin maalaiskunta (Nådendals landskommun) – became part of the City of
Naantali (swe.
Nådendal) in 1964
*
Nagu – consolidated with
Pargas,
Houtskär,
Iniö and
Korpo to form a new city of
Väståboland
*
Nastola – consolidated with
Lahti
Lahti (; sv, Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is the capital of the region of Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) and its growing region is one of the main economic hubs of Finland. Lahti is situated on a bay at the southern e ...
in 2016
*
Nedervetil (Alaveteli) – consolidated with
Kronoby in 1969
*
Noormarkku
Noormarkku ( sv, Norrmark) 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 (31 December 2009) and covered an area of of which ...
(swe.
Norrmark) – consolidated with
Pori
)
, website www.pori.fi
Pori (; sv, Björneborg ) 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 Kokemäki River, west of Tampere, north of Turku and north- ...
(swe. Björneborg) in 2010
*
Nuijamaa – became part of the City of
Lappeenranta (swe.
Villmanstrand) in 1989
*
Nummi – was consolidated with
Pusula to form
Nummi-Pusula in 1981
*
Nurmeksen maalaiskunta (Nurmes landskommun) became part of the City of
Nurmes in 1973
*
Nurmo
Nurmo is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated, together with Ylistaro to Seinäjoki 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 ...
– consolidated with
Seinäjoki
Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; la, Wegelia, formerly sv, Östermyra) is a city located in South Ostrobothnia, Finland; east of Vaasa, north of Tampere, west of Jyväskylä and southwest of Oulu. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra b ...
in 2009
*
Nykarleby landskommun – consolidated with 1975 with
Nykarleby
O
*
Oravais – consolidated with
Vörå-Maxmo to form
Vörå in 2011
*
Oulujoki (swe.
Uleälv)– was divided in 1965. Most of it was consolidated with
Oulu
Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after ...
(swe.
Uleåborg), and other parts with
Haukipudas,
Kempele,
Kiiminki
Kiiminki ( sv, Kiminge) was a municipality of Finland. Along with Haukipudas, Oulunsalo and Yli-Ii municipalities it was merged with the city of Oulu on 1 January 2013. Kiiminki municipality was part of the Oulu province in the Northern Ostr ...
(swe.
Kiminge),
Oulunsalo (swe.
Uleåsalo),
Tyrnävä
Tyrnävä () is a municipality in the North Ostrobothnia region of Finland with a population of
(). It covers an area of , of
which
is water. The population density is
. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The city of Oulu is located abou ...
,
Utajärvi
Utajärvi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region next to the border of the Kainuu region, and is part of the former province of Oulu. It is from Utajärvi to Oulu and to Kajaani. The municipality has a pop ...
and
Ylikiiminki
Ylikiiminki ( sv, Överkiminge) 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 popul ...
(swe.
Överkiminge).
*
Oulunkylä (swe.
Åggelby) – became part of the City of
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...
(swe.
Helsingfors
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city' ...
) in 1946
P
*
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, Myn� ...
(swe.
Patis) – became part of the City of
Turku
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
(swe.
Åbo
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
) in 1973
*
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 ...
– was consolidated with
Revonlahti
Siikajoki is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the North Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
. Neighbour municipalities are Hailuoto, Liminka, Lu ...
(swe. Revolax) to form
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 (31 December 2006) and covered an area of of which is water. The popu ...
in 1973
*
Pargas landskommun – consolidated with
Houtskär,
Iniö,
Nagu and
Korpo to form
Väståboland
*
Pattijoki
Pattijoki is a settlement and former municipality in Finland. It was a part of the Oulu Province, but now located in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia. It was consolidated with the town of Raahe in 2003.
It bordered Raahe, Siikajoki, Vihanti ...
– became part of the City of
Raahe (swe.
Brahestad) in 2003
*
Perniö (swe. Bjärnå) – consolidated with
Salo in 2009
*
Pertteli
Pertteli (); sv, S:t Bertils) 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 Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population ...
(S:t Bertils) – consolidated with
Salo in 2009
*
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 (2004) and covered an area of 459.13 km2 of ...
and Seinäjoki consolidated to form the City of
Seinäjoki
Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; la, Wegelia, formerly sv, Östermyra) is a city located in South Ostrobothnia, Finland; east of Vaasa, north of Tampere, west of Jyväskylä and southwest of Oulu. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra b ...
in 2005
*
Pernå
Pernå (, Sweden ; fi, Pernaja) is a former municipality of Finland.
Pernå is located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the Eastern Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 3,961 (31 December 2009) and covered a ...
– consolidated with
Loviisa
Loviisa (; sv, Lovisa ; formerly Degerby) is a municipality and town of inhabitants () on the southern coast of Finland. It is located from Helsinki and from Porvoo. About 43 per cent of the population is Swedish-speaking.
The municipality c ...
in 2010
*
Petalax – consolidated with
Malax in 1973
*
Petsamo Petsamo may refer to:
* Petsamo Province, a province of Finland from 1921 to 1922
* Petsamo, Tampere, a district in Tampere, Finland
* Pechengsky District
Pechengsky District (russian: Пе́ченгский райо́н; fi, Petsamo; no, Peisen ...
– was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Pieksämä – name of
Pieksämäki
Pieksämäki () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region, about north of Mikkeli, east of Jyväskylä and south of Kuopio. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is wa ...
in 1930–1948
*
Pieksämäen maalaiskunta (Pieksämäki landskommun) – consolidated with
Jäppilä and
Virtasalmi
Virtasalmi is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2004, it was joined to the new municipality of Pieksänmaa with Jäppilä
Jäppilä () is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2004, it was merged to Pieksämäen maala ...
to form
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 m ...
in 2004
*
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 m ...
– became part of City of
Pieksämäki
Pieksämäki () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Savonia region, about north of Mikkeli, east of Jyväskylä and south of Kuopio. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is wa ...
in 2007
*
Pielisensuu – became part of the City of
Joensuu
Joensuu (; krl, Jovensuu; ) is a city and municipality in North Karelia, Finland, located on the northern shore of Lake Pyhäselkä (northern part of Lake Saimaa) at the mouth of the Pielinen River (''Pielisjoki''). It was founded in 1848. The ...
in 1954
*
Pielisjärvi – became part of
Lieksa in 1973
*
Pietarsaaren maalaiskunta – Finnish name of
Pedersöre until 1989
*
Pihlajavesi – became part of
Keuruu in 1969
*
Piikkiö (
Pikis)– consolidated with
Kaarina in 2009
*
Piippola
Piippola is a village and a former municipality of Finland.
Piippola is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The village has a population of 550 (31 December 2015). The former municipality covered an a ...
– consolidated with
Kestilä
Kestilä is a village and 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 536 as of 31 December 2015. The municipality covered an area ...
,
Pulkkila and
Rantsila
Rantsila ( sv, Rantsila, also ) is a village and former municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The village had a population of 812 (31 December 2015), while the former m ...
to form
Siikalatva in 2009
*
Pohja (Pojo)– consolidated with
Ekenäs and
Karis
Karis (; fi, Karjaa ) is a town and former municipality in Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Ekenäs and Pohja to form the new municipality of Raseborg; fi, Raasepori.
It is located in the Finnish province of Souther ...
to form
Raseborg
*
Pohjaslahti
Pohjaslahti is a village and former municipality of Finland at the time of its existence in the Häme Province, now in the Pirkanmaa region. It was divided between Vilppula and Virrat in 1973. Pohjaslahti was the last rural municipality to be ...
– consolidated partly with
Vilppula
Vilppula was a former municipality of Finland. Neighbouring Mänttä was merged into it on 1 January 2009 to form the municipality of Mänttä-Vilppula. The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
It was located in the province of Western Finl ...
and partly with
Virrat in 1973
*
Pohjois-Pirkkala – renamed as
Nokia
Nokia Corporation (natively Nokia Oyj, referred to as Nokia) is a Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, established in 1865. Nokia's main headquarters are in Espoo, Finland, i ...
in 1938
*
Porin maalaiskunta (Björneborgs landskommun) – became part of the City of
Pori
)
, website www.pori.fi
Pori (; sv, Björneborg ) 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 Kokemäki River, west of Tampere, north of Turku and north- ...
in 1967
*
Pörtom – consolidated with
Närpes in 1973
*
Porvoon maalaiskunta
Porvoon maalaiskunta, (Borgå landskommun, ''Swedish'') is a former municipality of Finland. It was established in 1866 and it was located in Eastern Uusimaa around the city of Porvoo. The municipality was consolidated with Porvoo in 1997.
Nei ...
(Borgå landskommun) and Porvoo formed the new City of
Porvoo
Porvoo (; sv, Borgå ; la, Borgoa) is a city and a municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland, situated on the southern coast about east of the city border of Helsinki and about from the city centre. Porvoo was one of the six medieva ...
in 1997
*
Pulkkila – consolidated with
Kestilä
Kestilä is a village and 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 536 as of 31 December 2015. The municipality covered an area ...
,
Piippola
Piippola is a village and a former municipality of Finland.
Piippola is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The village has a population of 550 (31 December 2015). The former municipality covered an a ...
and
Rantsila
Rantsila ( sv, Rantsila, also ) is a village and former municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The village had a population of 812 (31 December 2015), while the former m ...
to form
Siikalatva in 2009
*
Punkaharju – consolidated with
Savonlinna
Savonlinna (, , ; sv, Nyslott, lit=New Castle) is a town and a municipality of inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region, which is why the city is also nicknamed the "Capital of Saimaa". Together with Mi ...
in 2013
*
Purmo – consolidated with
Pedersöre in 1977
*
Pusula – was merged with
Nummi to form
Nummi-Pusula in 1981
*
Pyhäjärvi Vpl – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Pyhäjärvi Ol – renamed as Pyhäsalmi in 1993 and again as
Pyhäjärvi in 1996
*
Pyhäjärvi Ul – became part of
Karkkila in 1969
*
Pyhämaa – became part of the City of
Uusikaupunki in 1974
*
Pyhäsalmi – name of
Pyhäjärvi in 1993–1996
*
Pyhäselkä – consolidated with
Joensuu
Joensuu (; krl, Jovensuu; ) is a city and municipality in North Karelia, Finland, located on the northern shore of Lake Pyhäselkä (northern part of Lake Saimaa) at the mouth of the Pielinen River (''Pielisjoki''). It was founded in 1848. The ...
in 2009
*
Pylkönmäki
Pylkönmäki is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated to Saarijärvi on 1 January 2009.
It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality had a population of 975 (2006) and covered an area of 392.61 km² of whic ...
– consolidated with
Saarijärvi in 2009
*
Pälkjärvi – was partially lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944, the rest was incorporated into
Tohmajärvi in 1946
R
*
Räisälä – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Rantsila
Rantsila ( sv, Rantsila, also ) is a village and former municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The village had a population of 812 (31 December 2015), while the former m ...
(Frantsila) – consolidated with
Kestilä
Kestilä is a village and 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 536 as of 31 December 2015. The municipality covered an area ...
,
Piippola
Piippola is a village and a former municipality of Finland.
Piippola is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The village has a population of 550 (31 December 2015). The former municipality covered an a ...
and
Pulkkila to form
Siikalatva in 2009
*
Rauman maalaiskunta
Rauman maalaiskunta (the rural municipality of Rauma, often abbreviated Rauman mlk) 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. Th ...
(Raumo landskommun) – became part of the City of
Rauma in 1993
*
Rautio – became part of
Kalajoki in 1973
*
Rautu – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
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 (30 November ...
(Rengo) – consolidated with
Hämeenlinna
Hämeenlinna (; sv, Tavastehus; krl, Hämienlinna; la, Tavastum or ''Croneburgum'') is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Tavastia and the modern province of Kanta-Häme in the south of ...
in 2009
*
Replot – became part of
Korsholm in 1973
*
Revonlahti
Siikajoki is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the North Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
. Neighbour municipalities are Hailuoto, Liminka, Lu ...
(Revonlax) – consolidated with
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 ...
to form
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 (31 December 2006) and covered an area of of which is water. The popu ...
in 1973
*
Riistavesi – became part of the City of
Kuopio
Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cu ...
in 1973
*
Ristiina – became part of City of
Mikkeli
Mikkeli (; sv, S:t Michel; la, Michaelia) 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 Etelä-Savo region. The municipality has a population of () (around 34, ...
(swe.
S:t Michel) in 2013
*
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 o ...
(Roavniemi landskommun) – was consolidated with the City of Rovaniemi to form the City of
Rovaniemi
Rovaniemi ( , ; sme, Roavvenjárga ; smn, Ruávinjargâ; sms, Ruäʹvnjargg) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland, and its southern part Pe ...
in 2006
*
Ruotsinpyhtää
Ruotsinpyhtää (; sv, Strömfors) 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 Uusi ...
(Strömfors) – consolidated with
Loviisa
Loviisa (; sv, Lovisa ; formerly Degerby) is a municipality and town of inhabitants () on the southern coast of Finland. It is located from Helsinki and from Porvoo. About 43 per cent of the population is Swedish-speaking.
The municipality c ...
in 2010
*
Ruskeala – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
*
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 (31 December 2006) and covered an area of of which is water. The popu ...
– became part of
Siikajoki in 2007
*
Rymättylä (Rimito) – consolidated with
Naantali in 2009
S
*
Saari – consolidated with Parikkala and
Uukuniemi to form
Parikkala in 2005
*
Sahalahti (Sahalax) – became part of
Kangasala in 2005
*
Säkkijärvi – was partially lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944, the rest was incorporated into
Miehikkälä and
Ylämaa in 1946
*
Sakkola – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Salmi – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Saloinen (Salois) (known as Salo until 1913) – became part of the City of
Raahe (Brahestad) in 1973
*
Sammatti – consolidated with
Lohja
Lohja (; sv, Lojo) is a city and municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland. The city has a population of 47,518 (2017), and it covers an area of of which , or 8.3 percent, is water. The population density of Lohja is . The municipality is b ...
in 2009
*
Sastamala
Sastamala () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water, making it the largest municipality in the Pirkanmaa region in terms of area ...
– the old name of
Karkku
Karkku is a locality and former municipality in Pirkanmaa region, Finland. It was consolidated in 1973 with Vammala, which in turn, was consolidated with Äetsä and Mouhijärvi into a town of Sastamala in 2009. Karkku is located by the lake Rau ...
. The name was re-introduced in 2009, when
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.
On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with the municipaliti ...
,
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.
On 1 January in 2009 Mouhijärvi was consolidated with the municipalities of Vammala and Äe ...
and
Vammala were consolidated.
*
Savonranta – consolidated with
Savonlinna
Savonlinna (, , ; sv, Nyslott, lit=New Castle) is a town and a municipality of inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region, which is why the city is also nicknamed the "Capital of Saimaa". Together with Mi ...
in 2009
*
Säyneinen – became part of
Juankoski in 1971
*
Seinäjoen maalaiskunta (Seinäjoki landskommun) – became part of
Seinäjoki
Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; la, Wegelia, formerly sv, Östermyra) is a city located in South Ostrobothnia, Finland; east of Vaasa, north of Tampere, west of Jyväskylä and southwest of Oulu. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra b ...
in 1959
*
Seiskari (Seitskär) – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Sideby – became part of the City of
Kristinestad in 1973
*
Simpele – was partially lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944, the rest was incorporated into
Rautjärvi in 1973
*
Sippola – was consolidated with
Anjala to form
Anjalankosken kauppala in 1975
*
Snappertuna
Raseborg ( fi, Raasepori) is a town (administrative area) 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. Of these, Ekenäs now serves as t ...
– most of the municipality was incorporated into
Ekenäs and the rest into
Karis
Karis (; fi, Karjaa ) is a town and former municipality in Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Ekenäs and Pohja to form the new municipality of Raseborg; fi, Raasepori.
It is located in the Finnish province of Souther ...
in 1977
*
Somerniemi
Somerniemi is a former municipality of Finland. It was incorporated to Somero in 1977, at the time in Häme Province, which then became part of the new Western Finland Province
Western Finland ( fi, Länsi-Suomen lääni, sv, Västra Finlands ...
(Sommarnäs) – became part of
Somero in 1977
*
Soanlahti – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Solf – the part on the mainland became part of
Korsholm in 1973
*
Sortavala
Sortavala (russian: Сортавала; Finnish and krl, Sortavala; sv, Sordavala); till 1918 Serdobol (russian: Сердоболь) is a town in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located at the northern tip of Lake Ladoga near the Finnish b ...
(Sordavala) – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Sortavalan mlk (Sordavala landskommun)– was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Suistamo – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Sumiainen (Sumiais) – became part of City of
Äänekoski together with
Suolahti in 2007
*
Sundom – became part of the City of
Vaasa
Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas), in 1973
*
Suodenniemi
Suodenniemi is a List of former municipalities of Finland, 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 f ...
– became part of City of
Vammala in 2007
*
Suojärvi
Suoyarvi (russian: Суоя́рви; krl, Suojärvi; fi, Suojärvi) is a town and the administrative center of Suoyarvsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located northwest of Petrozavodsk. Population:
History
It is known that ...
– was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Suolahti – became part of City of
Äänekoski together with
Sumiainen in 2007
*
Suomenniemi – became part of City of
Mikkeli
Mikkeli (; sv, S:t Michel; la, Michaelia) 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 Etelä-Savo region. The municipality has a population of () (around 34, ...
(swe. S:t Michel) in 2013
*
Suomusjärvi – consolidated with
Salo in 2009
*
Suoniemi Suoniemi may refer to:
* Suoniemi, Finland, village and former municipality
* Kalevi Suoniemi
Kalevi Ensio Suoniemi (14 July 1931 – 17 June 2010) was a Finnish gymnast. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics event ...
– became part of the City of
Nokia
Nokia Corporation (natively Nokia Oyj, referred to as Nokia) is a Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, established in 1865. Nokia's main headquarters are in Espoo, Finland, i ...
in 1973
*
Suursaari – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Särkisalo (Finby) – consolidated with
Salo in 2009
*
Säräisniemi – a part of
Utajärvi
Utajärvi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region next to the border of the Kainuu region, and is part of the former province of Oulu. It is from Utajärvi to Oulu and to Kajaani. The municipality has a pop ...
was annexed to Säräisniemi to form the municipality of
Vaala in 1954
*
Säynätsalo – became part of the City of
Jyväskylä in 1993
*
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 Fin ...
– became part of
Valkeakoski in 1973
*
Sääminki (Säminge) – most of the municipality was incorporated into
Savonlinna
Savonlinna (, , ; sv, Nyslott, lit=New Castle) is a town and a municipality of inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region, which is why the city is also nicknamed the "Capital of Saimaa". Together with Mi ...
and the rest into
Punkaharju in 1973
T
*
Tarvasjoki – consolidated with
Lieto in 2015
*
Teisko – was divided between
Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population ...
and
Kuru
Kuru may refer to:
Anthropology and history
* Kuru (disease), a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy associated with the cannibalistic funeral practices of the Fore people
* Kuru (mythology), part of Meithei mythology
* Kuru Kingdom, ...
in 1972
*
Temmes – became part of
Tyrnävä
Tyrnävä () is a municipality in the North Ostrobothnia region of Finland with a population of
(). It covers an area of , of
which
is water. The population density is
. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The city of Oulu is located abou ...
in 2001
*
Tenala – became part of the City of
Ekenäs in 1993
*
Terijoki – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Terjärv – consolidated with
Kronoby in 1969
*
Toijala – consolidated with
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 populat ...
to form
Akaa
Akaa ( sv, Ackas) 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 w ...
in 2007
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Tottijärvi
Tottijärvi is a village and a former municipality in Nokia, Finland. It is located by the lake Pyhäjärvi, about 30 kilometres southwest of the city of Tampere. The population of Tottijärvi is 717 (2008).
History
The history of Tottijärv ...
– became part of the City of
Nokia
Nokia Corporation (natively Nokia Oyj, referred to as Nokia) is a Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, established in 1865. Nokia's main headquarters are in Espoo, Finland, i ...
in 1976
*
Turtola – renamed as
Pello in 1949
*
Tuulos – consolidated with
Hämeenlinna
Hämeenlinna (; sv, Tavastehus; krl, Hämienlinna; la, Tavastum or ''Croneburgum'') is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Tavastia and the modern province of Kanta-Häme in the south of ...
in 2009
*
Tuupovaara – became part of the City of
Joensuu
Joensuu (; krl, Jovensuu; ) is a city and municipality in North Karelia, Finland, located on the northern shore of Lake Pyhäselkä (northern part of Lake Saimaa) at the mouth of the Pielinen River (''Pielisjoki''). It was founded in 1848. The ...
in 2005
*
Tyrvää (Tyrvis) – became part of
Vammala in 1973, originally Vammala was separated from Tyrvää in 1915
*
Tyrväntö
Tyrväntö is a former municipality of Finland in the Häme Province, now in Tavastia Proper. It was consolidated with Hattula in 1971. The northern part of the former municipality was transferred to Valkeakoski in 1978.
Tyrväntö bordered Ha ...
– became part of
Hattula in 1971
*
Tytärsaari
Bolshoi Tyuters (russian: Большой Тютерс; fi, Tytärsaari; et, Suur Tütarsaar; sv, Tyterskär) is an island in the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, located away from the coast of Finland, to the south-east from Hogland. The i ...
– was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Töysä – consolidated with
Alavus in 2013
U
*
Ullava
Ullava is a former municipality of Finland. Ullava was consolidated with the city of Kokkola on January 1, 2009.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia
Central Ostrobothnia ( fi, Keski- ...
– consolidated with
Kokkola in 2009
*
Uudenkaupungin maalaiskunta (Nystads landskommun)– became part of the City of
Uusikaupunki in 1969
*
Uukuniemi – consolidated with Parikkala and
Saari to form
Parikkala in 2005
*
Uusikirkko (Nykyrka)– was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Uusikirkko Tl (Nykyrka Åbo län)– renamed as
Kalanti in 1936, became part of the City of
Uusikaupunki in 1993
*
Uskela – became part of
Salo in 1967
V
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Vahto – consolidated with
Rusko in 2009
*
Vahviala – was partially lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944, the rest was incorporated into
Lappee and
Ylämaa in 1946
*
Valkjärvi – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Valkeala – consolidated with
Kouvola
Kouvola () is a city and municipality in southeastern Finland. It is located along the Kymijoki River in the region of Kymenlaakso, kilometers east of Lahti, west of Lappeenranta and northeast of the capital, Helsinki. With Kotka, Kouvola is ...
in 2009
*
Valtimo – consolidated with
Nurmes in 2020
*
Vammala – consolidated with
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.
On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with the municipaliti ...
and
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.
On 1 January in 2009 Mouhijärvi was consolidated with the municipalities of Vammala and Äe ...
to form
Sastamala
Sastamala () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water, making it the largest municipality in the Pirkanmaa region in terms of area ...
in 2009
*
Vampula – consolidated with
Huittinen in 2009
*
Vanaja (Vånå)– was divided between
Hämeenlinna
Hämeenlinna (; sv, Tavastehus; krl, Hämienlinna; la, Tavastum or ''Croneburgum'') is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Tavastia and the modern province of Kanta-Häme in the south of ...
,
Hattula,
Janakkala and
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 (30 November ...
in 1967
*
Varpaisjärvi – consolidated with
Lapinlahti
Lapinlahti (; sv, Lapinlahti, also ) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Northern Savonia region, located north of the city of Kuopio. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The popu ...
in 2011
*
Vehkalahti (Veckelax) – became part of the City of
Hamina
Hamina (; sv, Fredrikshamn, , Sweden ) is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located approximately east of the country's capital Helsinki, in the Kymenlaakso region, and formerly the province of Southern Finland. The municipality's pop ...
in 2003
*
Vehmersalmi – became part of the City of
Kuopio
Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cu ...
in 2005
*
Velkua – consolidated with Naantali in 2009
*
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 populat ...
– consolidated with
Toijala to form
Akaa
Akaa ( sv, Ackas) 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 w ...
in 2007
*
Viipuri (Swedish: ''Viborg'') – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Viipurin maalaiskunta
Viipurin maalaiskunta, sv, Viborgs landskommun, is a former municipality in Finland. It consisted of the rural districts around the city of Viipuri. It was ceded to the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic after Finland's defeat in the ...
(Viborgs landskommun)– was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
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 (2003) and covered an area of 224.70 km² of which 24.61& ...
– became part of City of
Ylöjärvi
Ylöjärvi () is a town and a municipality in the Pirkanmaa region, northwest of Tampere and north of the capital city Helsinki in Finland. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population densit ...
in 2007
*
Vilppula
Vilppula was a former municipality of Finland. Neighbouring Mänttä was merged into it on 1 January 2009 to form the municipality of Mänttä-Vilppula. The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
It was located in the province of Western Finl ...
(Filpula)– consolidated with
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.
The place name ''Mänttä'' comes from an old house which Tuomas Niilonpoika Mäntsä (1570–161 ...
to form
Mänttä-Vilppula in 2009
*
Virtasalmi
Virtasalmi is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2004, it was joined to the new municipality of Pieksänmaa with Jäppilä
Jäppilä () is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2004, it was merged to Pieksämäen maala ...
– consolidated with
Pieksämäen maalaiskunta and
Jäppilä to form
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 m ...
*
Vörå (Vöyri) – consolidated with
Maxmo to form
Vörå-Maxmo in 2007
*
Vörå-Maxmo – consolidated with
Oravais to form (new)
Vörå in 2011
*
Vuoksela – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Vuoksenranta – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
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 on the shores of Lake Oulujärvi, and was part of the Kainuu ...
– became part of the City of
Kajaani in 2007
*
Värtsilä – was partially lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944, consolidated with Tohmajärvi to form
Tohmajärvi in 2005
*
Västanfjärd – consolidated with
Dragsfjärd
Dragsfjärd is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2009 it was consolidated with Kimito and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finla ...
and
Kimito
Kimito (; fi, Kemiö ) is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Dragsfjärd and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön. Prior to the consolidation, it was one of the four municipalities ...
to form
Kimitoön in 2009
Y
*
Ylämaa – consolidated with
Lappeenranta in 2010
*
Ylihärmä – consolidated with
Kauhava in 2009
*
Ylikiiminki
Ylikiiminki ( sv, Överkiminge) 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 popul ...
(Överkiminge)– consolidated with
Oulu
Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after ...
in 2009
*
Ylistaro
Ylistaro is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated, together with Nurmo to Seinäjoki on 1 January 2009.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia
South Ostrobothnia ( fi, Ete ...
– consolidated with
Seinäjoki
Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; la, Wegelia, formerly sv, Östermyra) is a city located in South Ostrobothnia, Finland; east of Vaasa, north of Tampere, west of Jyväskylä and southwest of Oulu. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra b ...
in 2009
*
Yläne – consolidated with
Pöytyä
Pöytyä (; sv, Pöytyä, also ) is a municipality of Finland located in the Southwest Finland region.
The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unil ...
in 2009
Ä
*
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.
On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with the municipaliti ...
– consolidated with
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.
On 1 January in 2009 Mouhijärvi was consolidated with the municipalities of Vammala and Äe ...
and
Vammala to form
Sastamala
Sastamala () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water, making it the largest municipality in the Pirkanmaa region in terms of area ...
in 2009
*
Äyräpää – was lost to the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...
in 1944
*
Äänekosken maalaiskunta (Äänekoski landskommun)– consolidated with
Äänekoski in 1969
Ö
*
Öja – became part of
Kaarlela in 1969
*
Övermark – consolidated with
Närpes in 1973
See also
*
Former municipalities of Norway
This is a list of former municipalities of Norway, i.e. municipalities that no longer exist.
When the local council system was introduced in Norway in 1837-38, the country had 392 municipalities. In 1958 the number had grown to a total of 744 rur ...
*
Viipuri province
External links
*{{commons category-inline, Former municipalities of Finland
History of Karelia
Former municipalities