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	Municipalities of Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of administration in Finland and act as the fundamental administrative units of the country.
		Municipalities have the right to levy a flat percentual tax, which is between 16 and 20 percent, and compromises two thirds of the total tax burden.
		The size of the council is proportional to the population, the extremes being 9 in Sottunga and 85 in Helsinki.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Municipalities_of_Finland (498 words)

	Municipalities of Finland - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self-government in Finland and act as the basic regional administrative units of the country.
		Municipal managers (kunnanjohtaja or kaupunginjohtaja) are civil servants named by the council.
		From 1995 onwards only "municipality" is recognized by law and any municipality that wishes so can call itself a town.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Municipalities_of_Finland (265 words)

	Introduction: Finland, basic facts (the s.c.nordic FAQ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Finland shares a common border in the north with Norway, in the east a long border (1,269 km) with Russia, on the south it is bordered by the Gulf of Finland, and on the west by the Gulf of Bothnia and Sweden.
		Most of Finland is made of ancient granite bedrock, which has been shaped and fractured by numerous ice ages, the marks of which can be seen e.g in the complex lake system, the equally complex archipelagos and the huge boulders scattered all over the country.
		The lake district is an interior plateau of southern central, heavily forested and studded with lakes, swamps and bogs.
	www.lysator.liu.se /nordic/scn/faq41.html (956 words)

	Finland: Report: Part II: Analytic Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Municipalities are obliged to arrange basic education, including the provision of learning materials, school meals and health care, free of charge to all children of compulsory education age in their area.
		In this case, the municipality of residence is obligated to verify a child’s progress in his or her studies.
		A central objective in the information society programme (presented in the chapter 15.1) is to guarantee the provision of basic IT skills, not only to the young, but also to the adult and elderly population.
	www2.unesco.org /wef/countryreports/finland/rapport_2.html (5620 words)

	Municipalities of Finland -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The size of the council is proportional to the population, the extremes being 9 in (additional info and facts about Sottunga) Sottunga and 85 in (The capital and largest city of Finland; located in southern Finland; a major port and commercial and cultural center) Helsinki.
		Municipal managers (kunnanjohtaja or kaupunginjohtaja) are (A public official who is a member of the civil service) civil servants named by the council.
		Municipalities were originally (A local church community) parishes.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mu/municipalities_of_finland.htm (519 words)

	Jyväskylä - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jyväskylä (IPA: /'jyʋæsˌkylæ/) is a city located in central Finland, 140 km from Tampere and 270 km from Helsinki, near Lake Päijänne and Lake Keitele.
		Due to having been the site of many education-related "firsts" in Finland, it is known as a city of schools and the Athens of Finland, and is also famous for its many buildings designed by Alvar Aalto and for hosting Neste Rally Finland, which is part of the World Rally Championship.
		The leaders of Jyväskylä have long proposed that Jyväskylän maalaiskunta (the rural municipality of Jyväskylä) should unite with the city, but Jyväskylä's social and economic problems have been mentioned to be the reason for the insignificant willingness in Jyväskylän maalaiskunta.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4 (526 words)

	The Population in Finland — Virtual Finland
		In Finland, where there is complete freedom of religion, Lutherans account for 85.6% of the population, Orthodox Christians for 1.1% (living mainly in the towns and in the easternmost districts) and those unaffiliated with any church total 12.7% (compared with 2.7% in 1950).
		Finland´s economic structure is that of a typical urbanized country.
		Finland's most densely populated and urbanized areas lie in the south and southwest of the country.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/populat.html (2879 words)

	VERTTI - A Reference Database for Municipal Services (Finland) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Over the past few years the municipalities have become increasingly aware of the need to ensure that good management practices are followed in the provision, operation and maintenance of those services.
		The services provided by municipalities are considered and treated as their "products", and, with diminishing resources, a great deal of attention is paid to the efficiency of the delivery process.
		The municipal agencies use the VERTTI reference database system not only to compare their performance with other municipalities at a certain point of time, but also to monitor the development of their own performance over several years.
	www.unesco.org /most/westeu22.htm (1704 words)

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		Finland's decision to join the EEA and later the EU accelerated his desire to get involved in shaping the future.
		Tony was subsequently re-elected as a city councillor in the autumn of 2000 and served on Jyväskylä's Planning board and as a vice-member of Central Finland's Regional Council.
		In the 2004 municipal elections Tony was re-elected with 218 votes and is currently a member of the Social Affairs and Health board and the Federation of Municipalities' council of Central Finland Health Care District.
	www.kolumbus.fi /gladstone/gladstone/news04.htm (473 words)

	Central Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Central Finland is a region (maakunta / landskap) in the province of Western Finland.
		It borders to the regions Päijänne Tavastia, Pirkanmaa, Southern Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Northern Ostrobothnia, Northern Savonia and Southern Savonia.
		Jyväskylä is the regional centre and by far the largest city in the area.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Central_Finland (92 words)

	Keski-Suomi kartoilla
		Central Finland as an administrative and provincial entity is characterised by large lakes.
		In fact, it was not until the foundation of a separate administrative district in 1960 that it received its final touches.The district was largely made up of municipalities of the Vaasa and Häme administrative districts.
		A few municipalities from the administrative districts of Kuopio and Mikkeli were also annexed to the new administrative district of Central Finland.
	www.finnica.fi /centralfinland/maps/artikkelieka.htm (133 words)

	Keuruu -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is located in the (The proper sphere or extent of your activities) province of (additional info and facts about Western Finland) Western Finland and is part of the (additional info and facts about Central Finland) Central Finland (The extended spatial location of something) region.
		The municipality has a population of 11,395 (2003) and covers an area of 1,430.79 (additional info and facts about km²) km² of which 170.17 km² is water.
		The municipality is unilingually (The official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages) Finnish.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/K/Ke/Keuruu.htm (139 words)

	HTL-Jenbach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The area of Central Finland is 19 763 square kilometers, 5,8 % of the total area of Finland.
		Central Finland is full of different kinds of sporting possibilities.
		On the campus of the College of Central Finland there is a concert hall which has weekly performers throughout the year.
	www.asn-ibk.ac.at /schulen/htljenbach/NEU/comenius1/finland.htm (738 words)

	Cycling in Finland / Route guides / The Great Lakes Route (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Central Finland route extends from Helsinki to Jyväskylä;, a length of 312 km, passing through various types of landscape as well as interesting visitor attractions to suit every taste.
		Finally, the course trails along the stunning coastline of Finland’s third largest lake, Lake Päijänne, towards Jyväskylä;, which is the regional hub of Central Finland.
		Culture, agriculture and forestry, luscious coastal sceneries, picturesque municipalities and villages, vibrant towns with their diverse amenities – the Central Finland route offers all this and more.
	www.visitfinland.com /cycling/eng/route_guides/central/general.html (119 words)

	Virtual Finland · ARTIKKELIPOHJA
		The courts of law situated in Finland simply continued to function with the same powers and applying the same legal rules as before.
		Another important reform, gradually introduced in the 1970s and 1980s, was the abolition of the fees compensation system: a substantial part of the income of the judge was formed by certain fees paid directly to him by the clients of the court.
		Finland is a bilingual country, using Finnish and Swedish.
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/court.html (1970 words)

	Encyclopedia: Municipalities-of-Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country.
		Municipalities control many community services, such as schools and health care, but they do not maintain roads, set laws or keep police forces.
		In 2003 there are 446 Municipalities in Finland.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Municipalities_of_Finland (201 words)

	UNRISD: Publications \| Water Services in Finland: Competition for Non-Core Operations - Not for Monopolies
		The autonomy of municipalities is based on their right to levy taxes and impose user service charges.
		The municipalities have a constitutional autonomy and the possibility to design their administration and service production according to what their democratically elected government considers to be the best.
		Finland has a long and extensive experience in public-private cooperation in the water supply and sewerage sector, although perhaps not in the narrow and partly misleading sense that public-private partnership is too often understood (i.e.
	www.unrisd.org /unrisd/website/document.nsf/(httpPublications)/853006C74AB95995C1256F270059FEDA?OpenDocument (428 words)

	Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland) is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe, bordered by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the south and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west.
		The beginning of Finland's nearly 700-year association with the Kingdom of Sweden is traditionally connected with the year 1154 and the alleged introduction of Christianity by Sweden's King Erik.
		Finland has a highly industrialised, largely free-market economy, with per capita output roughly that of the UK, France, Germany, and Italy.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/F/Finland.htm (3319 words)

	Agenda 21 - Finland
		Finland has a broad and constantly developing network of investment protection agreements which is aimed at promoting private sector partnerships For example in Zambia is currently under planning a 40-million FIM programme where the main objective is to enhance the private sector involvement in agricultural and rural development interventions, mainly in Luapula province.
		Finland is in favor of enhanced co-operation, coherence and co-ordination between the relevant international bodies and, for example, emphasizes the importance of the joint work programmes at UNCTAD and UNEP.
		Finland is currently reporting to OECD on the actions taken by the Finnish government by August 1999 to implement the 44 measures proposed by the OECD in its environmental performance review of Finland carried out in 1996-1997 (publication "OECD Environmental Performance Review: Finland's Progress Report" not yet available).
	www.un.org /esa/agenda21/natlinfo/countr/finland/eco.htm (9229 words)

	Districts of Finland
		Finland is divided into 82 districts (seutukunnat/ekonomiska regioner in Finnish/Swedish).
		The districts are formed by groups of municipalities within the 20 Regions of Finland.
		The districts represent a LAU 1 level of division used in conjunction with the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/districts_of_finland (127 words)

	Arts Council of Central Finland - Keski-Suomen taidetoimikunta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Central Finland is characterised by cultural activities that are both lively and wide-ranging.
		To complement the regional emphasis on culture, studies in the arts are conducted at the University of Jyväskylä;.
		We have pooled resources with the Regional Council of Central Finland, the University of Jyväskylä; and other educational institutions, the various municipalities in the area, business and commerce, the local Employment and Economic Development Centre, and the travel industry.
	www.kstaide.net /english.htm (187 words)

	Central Finland - Regional Council of Central Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Central Finland - Regional Council of Central Finland
		Regional Council of Central Finland - Office and personnel
		Members of the Parties in the Regional Council and the Board
	www.keskisuomi.fi /english/eng.htm (28 words)

	Asthma Programme 1
		Extensive epidemiological population studies on the incidence and prevalence of asthma in Finland are few.
		The prevalence of asthma is highest in many municipalities in Central Finland (Fig.
		The difference between the municipality with the highest prevalence and that with the lowest is over five-fold.
	pre20031103.stm.fi /english/eho/publicat/asthma/osa1.htm (1779 words)

	Ministry of the Interior - Local government finances
		The Ministry of the Interior's Department for Municipal Affairs monitors the state of local government finances and assesses the economic prospects of municipalities.
		The Department is responsible for developing the system of central government transfers to local government, calculating the balancing of central government transfers on the basis of municipal tax revenue, calculating the general transfer to local government, and granting the municipalities the money.
		The Department also monitors the ability of the municipalities to meet their funding needs, as stipulated in section 65 of the Local Government Act.
	www.intermin.fi /intermin/home.nsf/pages/FDAEC7E4DA2CE7DFC2256B81003DFC2F?opendocument (176 words)

	Ministry of the Interior - Trends in the number of municipalities
		At present in 2005, there are 432 municipalities in Finland.
		The number of municipalities in Finland has fluctuated over the years, but the trend has been downwards.
		In 1955, Finland still had a total of 547 municipalities, but during the 1960s there were several mergers, and in 1977 the figure stood at 464 and had dropped to 455 by 1996.
	www.laaninhallitus.fi /intermin/home.nsf/wLatestEng/03F6557A0F57627EC2256B81004A0151 (115 words)

	Arts Council of Central Finland - Keski-Suomen taidetoimikunta
		Teaming up with the various cultural offices in the region's municipalities, aiming at securing basic cultural services and boosting spearhead projects and cultural travel.
		We actively observe cultural life in Central Finland, to be able to express opinions and comment on various topical phenomena.
		The project aims at securing a new generation of artists in Central Finland.
	www.kstaide.net /activities.htm (589 words)

	Finland maps from Omnimap.com, world leader in map supply.
		Finland 1:10,000 City Topographic Maps produced by the Soviet military.
		The distribution of 40 elements in glacial till in Finland are presented in this atlas.
		Subjects covered in this atlas are the following: historical development of geochemistry in Finland; sampling, analysis and data processing; geochemical evolution of the earth; quaternary sediments; bedrock and associated geophysical and other features; results of the mapping; and description of elements and geochemical maps.
	www.omnimap.com /catalog/int/finland.htm (1016 words)

	Statistics Finland - Elections statistics - Votes cast for the parties and voting turnout in the Municipal elections ...
		The Centre Party of Finland received the second highest number of votes in the country, and lost its position as the largest party from the previous Municipal elections.
		The number of votes cast for the Christian Democrats in Finland fell by 0.3 percentage points to four per cent of all votes cast.
		Voting was as a whole weaker in urban municipalities (56.3%) than in semi-urban (60.7%) and rural municipalities (63.8%).
	www.stat.fi /til/kvaa/2004/kvaa_2004_2004-10-25_kat_002_en.html (927 words)

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