Administrative divisions of Finland

Finland is divided into:

  • 19 regions (Finnish: maakunta, Swedish: landskap)
  • the regions are divided into 70 sub-regions (Finnish: seutukunta, Swedish: ekonomisk region)
  • the sub-regions are divided into 309 municipalities (Finnish: kunta, Swedish: kommun).

Furthermore, health, social and emergency services are responsible of 21 Wellbeing services counties (Finnish: hyvinvointialue, Swedish: välfärdsområde).

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