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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, which makes up 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Municipalities_of_Finland (571 words)

	Finland
		The Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomi; Swedish: Finland) is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe, bordered by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the southeast and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west.
		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.
		The climate in Southern Finland is a northern temperate climate.
	www.askfactmaster.com /Finland (2291 words)

	Coats of arms — Virtual Finland
		The coats of arms of Finland's modern administrative provinces are in the main derived from those of the historical provinces.
		The emblem is generally interpreted as a reference to the province's position as an eastern border region and to the lengthy struggle between Sweden and Russia for ownership of this area.
		The present provinces are (from north to south) Lapland, Oulu, Western Finland, Eastern Finland, Southern Finland and the autonomous province of Åland, whose status was not affected by the changes.
	virtual.finland.fi /netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=27079 (2869 words)

	Finland - Gurupedia
		Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the southeast and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west, and has land frontiers with Sweden, Norway and Russia and a maritime border with Estonia.
		Finland's nearly 700-year association with the Kingdom of Sweden began in 1154 with the introduction of Christianity by Sweden's King Erik.
		There are two official languages in Finland: Finnish, spoken by 93% of the population, and Swedish, mother tongue for 6% of the population.
	www.gurupedia.com /f/fi/finland.htm (1748 words)

	Finland
		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.
		Today, Finland has 6 administrative provinces (lääni, pl. läänit) The province authority is part of the executive branch of the national government; a system that had not changed drastically since its creation in 1634 to the new division to "greater provinces" in 1997.
		Finland's policy of neutrality was moderated further from "active neutrality" to "military non-alignment," with an emphasis on maintaining a competent independent defence.
	creekin.net /n66-finland.html (3219 words)

	Outdoors.fi - Eastern Gulf of Finland National Park
		Municipalities of Pyhtää (www.pyhtaa.fi, in Finnish and Swedish), and Virolahti (www.virolahti.fi, in Finnish), Towns of Kotka (www.kotka.fi), and Hamina (www.hamina.fi),
		Eastern Gulf of Finland National Park is known for its diversity of bird species, and its war history.
		Eastern Gulf of Finland National Park is included in the network of the most important protected areas in the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area.
	www.luontoon.fi /page.asp?Section=5011 (173 words)

	Gulf of Finland
		The catchment area of the Gulf of Finland is 421 000 km2 (Estonia 35 000 km2, Finland 110 000 km2, Russia 276 000 km2).
		Municipal and industrial wastes (including hazardous and toxic substances), as well as wastewater sludge, are of great concern.
		Municipal sewage and industrial wastewater flowing to the Gulf of Finland from Russia and Estonia are the principal causes of water quality problems in the Gulf.
	www.baltic.vtt.fi /demo/gof (1492 words)

	Finland travel guide - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Finland (Finnish: Suomi, Swedish: Finland, [1]) is in Northern Europe and has borders with Russia to the East, Norway at the North and Sweden to the West.
		Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809.
		Finland is officially bilingual in Finnish and Swedish, and almost all towns on the coast have alternate Finnish and Swedish names.
	wikitravel.org /en/Finland (5034 words)

	Finland - Health System
		As municipalities varied greatly in size, small ones had to unite with others to form health centers, while about half the centers were operated by a single municipality.
		The most common causes of death in Finland were, first, cardiovascular diseases, followed by neoplasms (malignant and benign), accidents, poisonings, trauma from external causes (including suicides), and, lastly, diseases of the respiratory system.
		Finland was also a participant in the World Health Organization's program Health for All by the Year 2000 and was its European reporting nation.
	countrystudies.us /finland/72.htm (1440 words)

	Wikinfo \| Provinces of Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Finland consists of 6 provinces (läänit/län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12.
		The province authority is part of the central government's executive branch; a system that hasn't changed drastically since its creation in 1634.
		The State of Finland is since the late 19th century bilingual.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Provinces_of_Finland (235 words)

	2004 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Finland
		Finland is a constitutional republic with a directly elected head of state (President), a Parliament, a head of government (Prime Minister), and an independent judiciary.
		Elections to the 200-seat Parliament were held in March 2003 and led to the formation of a new coalition government led by the Center Party.
		The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the Orthodox Church are recognized as state churches.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41680.htm (3869 words)

	Regional Council of Southwest Finland and its member municipalities
		The Regional Council of Southwest Finland is one of Finland’s nineteen regional councils.
		The Finnish Regional Councils are joint municipal authorities which function in accordance with the principles of municipal self-government, operating as the authorities on regional development as well as the region’s planning and lobbying organizations.
		The Regional Council of Southwest Finland is comprised of 54 Southwest Finnish municipalities(municipalities), which finance the Council’s operations with payment shares relative to the size of their populations.
	www.varsinais-suomi.fi /Default.aspx?id=345403 (447 words)

	United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - Concluding Observations/Comments - Finland
		The Committee commends Finland for being one of the first countries to ratify ILO Convention No.182 concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour and that it is one of the major donors to the ILO International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC).
		However, not all the municipalities provide the same level of social policies and services for the most vulnerable groups in society, in particular poor families, single-parent families, and disabled, refugee and minority children.
		The Committee notes with appreciation that municipalities provide the services of mother and child welfare clinics but is concerned at the differences between municipalities in the organization of and provision of resources to these clinics.
	www.unhchr.ch /tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/9a4deca213fee561c125697a00317503?Opendocument (2829 words)

	Finland Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		There are 28 municipalities in the region and the total population of the region is 240 000.
		Turku is often said to be the only West European town in Finland as all medieval European towns have four things in common: a river for transport, a cathedral for religious power, a castle that represent the secular power and last but not least - a market place for acts of commerce.
		The Swedes, who extended their empire to Finland in 1155, founded the city of ‘Helsingfors’ (which still today is the city's name in Swedish) in 1550, when King Gustav Vasa needed a site for a strategic and competitively situated trading port.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Finland/Things_To_Do-Finland-R-12.html (1460 words)

	Nordic FAQ - 4 of 7 - FINLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		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.
		SW Finland appears to have been allied with central Sweden already in the Viking age, so it has been hypothesized that the campaign was a punitive expedition against an ally that had become unreliable, perhaps because of the influence of Greek Orthodox missionaries.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/nordic-faq/part4_FINLAND (17049 words)

	The Orthodox Church in Finland
		The main areas of the church used to be in eastern Finland, but in recent times it has moved more to the south.
		The bishop of the diocese of Karelia (eastern Finland) is also the archbishop of Finland (The Finnish Orthodox Church Website).
		The Orthodox Church Museum in Kuopio, eastern Finland, was established in 1957.
	www.uta.fi /~as72342/ortinst.html (1831 words)

	LITOS: Natural stone development in Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) is a national geoscience expert agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry with five offices: Espoo in southern, Kuopio and Outokumpu in eastern, Kokkola in the western and Rovaniemi in northern Finland.
		Another example is the development of the reserves for soapstone industry in eastern Finland, leading to investments, establishment of new quarries and factories and employment of over a hundred people in areas, where employment is generally considered difficult.
		A new core for development activities in the field of natural stone in Finland is the Finnish Stone Centre, raised in the municipality of Juuka in North Karelia.
	www.litosonline.com /articles/82/ar8202e.shtml (1778 words)

	Eastern Europe newsletter 8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		According to the new law, responsibility for assigning work lies with the municipalities; the work can be performed in the community after work or study hours.
		The visitors learned how community service is organised in Finland and visited the Turku prosecutor's office, the court, the Probation Association and a few sites where offenders perform community work, including a university kitchen and a home for the elderly.
		Finland introduced community service in the early 1990s, firstly on an experimental basis in selected regions and then, after a four-year trial period, in the rest of the country.
	www.penalreform.org /english/nlececa8_3.htm (953 words)

	Advanced IT on four wheels. By Barbro Wigell-Ryynänen
		Juva and Rantasalmi, rural municipalities in eastern Finland, have wireless buses driving around villages, participating in various local events and offering their customers Internet connections on a trial basis.
		Municipalities in Finland can apply for state aid to build a new library or to acquire a mobile one.
		Municipalities are granted subsidies in accordance with a five-year-plan, drawn up in co-operation with the Provincial State Offices, in order of priority.
	www.splq.info /issues/vol35_2/11.htm (342 words)

	National Minorities of Finland, The Roma — Virtual Finland
		In the 17th century, the Roma were ordered to settle in the eastern part of the realm, which was Finland.
		When Finland, on 9 November 1994, ratified the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages it declared that it undertook to apply the general principles listed in Chapter 2 to the Romani language and to the other non-territorial languages in Finland.
		Since 1996, the Research Institute for the Languages of Finland has conducted research on the Romani language and provided linguistic advice and guidance services, assisted by experts of the Romani Language Board (both native Roma members and non-Roma linguists), which was established in 1997.
	virtual.finland.fi /netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=26474 (1896 words)

	Finland travel guide - Facts, hotels, events etc - Finland.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Rovaniemi, the regional capital of Lapland, is a delightful town in all seasons: the midnight sun in summer, the riot of colours in autumn...
		Finland with its thousands of lakes is an ideal destination for countryside holidays and for staying in a lakeside holiday cottage.
		Impressive hilly landscapes, foaming rapids and tranquil wilderness areas are among the attractions of eastern Finland.
	finland.com (1786 words)

	WWF - Old-growth forests protected in Finland
		Helsinki, Finland – In negotiations between WWF and Metsähallitus, an agreement has been reached to complement the protection of old-growth forests in Northern Finland.
		An agreement has been reached over conservation in areas that border, in the south, on a line drawn from Oulu to southern Kuhmo and in the north on Enontekiö's municipal border and the northern areas of the Kittilä, Sodankylä, Savukoski and Salla municipalities.
		Finland demonstrates its global responsibility by safeguarding the conservation of these unique old-growth forests.
	www.panda.org /news_facts/newsroom/index.cfm?uNewsID=61220 (601 words)

	Finland Provinces
		Finland was a grand duchy of the Russian Empire in 1900, enjoying a good measure of autonomy.
		Finland, as usually understood, is divided into five läänit (sing.
		Western Finland is separated from Åland by the Skiftet, or Kihti (channel).
	www.statoids.com /ufi.html (1124 words)

	GREENPEACE STOPS FINNISH FOREST PARK SERVICE FROM CLEARCUTTING ANCIENT FORESTS
		The debate on protecting the last ancient forests in Finland has escalated as a consequence of a statement made by the Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Raimo Tammilehto, who accused environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs) of demanding the impossible and obstructing the dialogue and the legal framework in forestry issues.
		Tammilehto was referring to the demand made by all Finnish environmental NGOs to protect 400,000 hectares of forests in southern Finland in order to raise the area of protected forests from two to five percent.
		The protests in Finland are part of Greenpeace’s global campaign to highlight the plight of the world’s last remaining ancient forests.
	archive.greenpeace.org /pressreleases/forests/2002mar16.html (414 words)

	Provinces of Finland
		Traditionally Finland has been divides into nine 'historical provinces' (in Finnish 'historiallinen maakunta', Swedish 'historiska landskap').
		In 1995 the old system "Finland 12 provinces (lääni, län, 400+ municipalities" was replaced with a new one: "Finland 6 provinces (lääni, län), 20 regions/counties (maakunta, landskap), 400+ municipalities".
		Editor's note: According to Finnish heraldists, the heraldry of the newer regions (maakunta/landskap) shall be treated along the lines of municipal heraldry (because they are legally municipal entities), so pages for them are linked from the page for Finnish municipal flags rather than the page for Finnish provincial flags.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/fi-prov.html (286 words)

	The Archipelago of Finland - Turku Archipelago Tourist Association - the eastern area
		The eastern area of the archipelago comprises the island of Kimito with its islets, and Särkisalo.
		There are three municipalities on the island of Kimito itself: Västanfjärd, Kimito and Dragsfjärd.
		Farming, fishing and small-scale industry, large-scale industry to some extend, the service trade and tourism are the most important industries in all four municipalities.
	www.saaristo.org /eng/skargarden_ostra.htm (391 words)

	Finland Travel Guides - Travelers Digest
		A blast through SW Finland - travel review on SW Finland including the Aland Islands and Helsinki by Greg Rubidge.
		Hedgehog, The - a travel and study guide to Finland and the city of Helsinki.
		Welcome to Finland - WTF is an online magazine about culture and economy in Finland.
	www.travelersdigest.com /finland_travel_guides.htm (379 words)

	Open Directory - Regional:Europe:Finland
		If your site is related to a municipality which is not yet included in the directory, please submit it in the appropriate provincial category under Regional: Europe: Finland.
		Maps and views of individual municipalities or regions should be submitted to an appropriate category in Regional: Europe: Finland: Localities or Regional: Europe: Finland: Regions.
		Finnish versions of magazines and newspapers should be submitted to the category World: Suomi: Uutiset, radio stations to the category World: Suomi: Kulttuuri ja viihde: Radio and TV stations to the category World: Suomi: Kulttuuri ja viihde: Televisio instead.
	dmoz.org /Regional/Europe/Finland/desc.html (673 words)

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