The Regional State Administrative Agencies ( fi, aluehallintovirasto, avi, sv, regionförvaltningsverk) are a set of top-level regional organs of the state of

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

, mainly in charge of basic public services and legal permits. Six agencies took over some of the tasks of the earlier

provinces of Finland Between 1634 and 2009, Finland was administered as several provinces ( fi, Suomen läänit, sv, Finlands län). Finland had always been a unitary state: the provincial authorities were part of the central government's executive branch and apa ...

, which were abolished at the end of 2009. A seventh agency in the autonomous area

Åland Åland ( fi, Ahvenanmaa: ; ; ) is an autonomous and demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations. It is the smallest region of Finland by area and population, with a size of 1,580 km2, and a populat ...

is named the State Department of Åland. The agencies themselves do not constitute a subdivision of Finland ( ISO 3166-2:FI); instead, the first-level subdivisions are the

regions of Finland Finland is divided into 19 regions ( fi, maakunta; sv, landskap)., smn, eennâmkodde, and sms, mäddkåʹdd. The regions are governed by regional councils that serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of each region. The council ...

. The other important set of top-level regional state agencies are the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (''ely-keskus'').

Agencies and their regions

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Agencies and their regions

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