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		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.
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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)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> ro:Kotka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Kotka (finnish Eagle) is a town and municipality of Finland.
		It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region.
		The municipality has a population of 54,204 (2005) and covers an area of 750 kmÂ² of which 478 kmÂ² is water.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/ro:Kotka (148 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Municipalities of Finland
		Municipalities have the right to levy a flat percentual tax, which is between 16 and 20 percent, and they provide two thirds of public services.
		Essentially, a large number of small municipalities is seen as detrimental to the provision of public services, having been originated from a time when horses and carriages were used from transport, and there have been suggestions of state-imposed mergers.
		A state-imposed merger of Helsinki and a part of Sipoo, a rural, 40% Swedish-speaking municipality adjacent to Greater Helsinki, was recently approved by the government, counter to the opinion of the Sipoo municipal council.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Municipalities_of_Finland (720 words)

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		It borders to the regions of Kymenlaakso, Southern Savonia, North Karelia and to Russia.
		The municipality of Ruokolahti is situated in south-eastern Finland, in the region of South Karelia.
		Neighbouring municipalities are Imatra, Joutseno, Taipalsaari, Puumala, Sulkava, Punkaharju, Parikkala and Rautjärvi.
	south.karelia.en.wikivx.com (2387 words)

	Virolahti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Virolahti is the southeasternmost municipality of Finland on the border of Russian Federation.
		The municipality has a population of 3,752 (2003) and covers an area of 375.35 km² of which 4.13 km² is water.
		The Vaalimaa border crossing, which connects the municipality with Russia, is located in Virolahti.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Virolahti (104 words)

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		Kotka (Finnish for eagle) is a town and municipality of Finland.
		The municipality has a population of 54,860 (2005) and covers an area of 750 km² of which 478 km² is water.
		The municipality is officially unilingually Finnish, although home to a Swedish-speaking minority of a few hundred persons with a Swedish-speaking school.
	scifichrome.info /wikki.php?title=Kotka (125 words)

	Kymenlaakso Polytechnic
		Kymenlaakso Polytechnic (Kymenlaakson ammattikorkeakoulu) is one of 28 polytechnics authorised by the Ministry of Education to provide higher education.
		Kymenlaakso Polytechnic is located in the south-west part of Finland, in the region of Kouvola, around 130 km north-east of Helsinki and in Kotka, 130 kms east of Helsinki, on the coast of the Gulf of Finland.
		Kymenlaakso Polytechnic started operation on the 1st of August in 1996 and it is a merger of the following institutes of higher education, all of them having already long traditions of education, dating back to 1868.
	www.kyamk.fi /english/klpolytechnic2.html (743 words)

	www.environment.fi - Background and organization of the ECOREG project
		Kymenlaakso will thus serve as a pilot region for which methods and practices will be developed, to be reproduced and transferred for use in other European regions.
		The environmental impacts and risks of transportation in the Kymenlaakso region are significant, especially due to active road, train and ship traffic through the region, and due to two big seaports (Kotka and Hamina) by the Gulf of Finland.
		In terms of population, the Kymenlaakso region is slowly declining.
	www.environment.fi /default.asp?node=10945&lan=en (610 words)

	ITÄ-UUDENMAAN LIITTO - ÖSTRA NYLANDS FÖRBUND
		The biggest municipalities by population in the region are Porvoo, Sipoo and Loviisa.
		The municipalities in Itä-Uusimaa are situated by the European road E18 that links the southern coast of Finland to St Petersburg in Russia.
		Agricultural municipalities are Lapinjärvi, Liljendal, Myrskylä and Pukkila.
	liitto.ita-uusimaa.fi /?lang=eng (926 words)

	Finland: Report: Part II: Analytic Section
		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.
		Municipalities in the Sami Homeland have done their best to organise both Sami classes and instruction given in Sami, although the number of participants has been small.
	www2.unesco.org /wef/countryreports/finland/rapport_2.html (5620 words)

	Coastal Management in Finland
		The width of the coastal zone is determined case by case, usually at municipality level.
		During the implementation, several goals were achieved: the municipalities succeeded in encouraging the participation of the inhabitants and landowners in the planning; solutions were found for some difficult conflicts and progress in integrating environmental impact assessment was made.
		The participating Finnish counties are Itä-Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso and Päijät-Häme. The 3+3 Local Agenda project supports regional development in the Eastern Gulf of Finland and maintenance and protection of environment according to the principles of sustainable development.
	www.coastalguide.org /icm/baltic/finland.html (3711 words)

	Municipalities in Southern Finland and Archipelago in Finland - Official Travel and Tourism Guide
		Yet Turku is also sufficiently compact to explore on foot or by using some of the best-planned public transport in the world.
		Korppoo is a smal municipality in the middle of southern archipelago
		Destinations > Southern Finland and Archipelago > Municipalities in Southern Finland and Archipelago
	www.visitfinland.com /w5/index.nsf/(pages)/Southern_Finland_Municipalities (313 words)

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		Ingå (IPA: //), or Inkoo (/ˈiŋkoː/) in Finnish, is a municipality of Finland.
		The municipality is bilingual, with majority being Swedish and minority Finnish speakers.
		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.
	inkoo.en.wikivx.com (12815 words)

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		SAVE 5E in Universities — Pilot Action Case Study University of Helsinki /Kymenlaakso Polytechnic In the framework of SAVE 5E -project, Helsinki University/Kotka Unit has relied on Kymenlaakso Polytechnic as Pilot Action Case Study due to the fact that Kotka Unit is a small regional university unit having max.
		Kymenlaakso Polytechnic is a public organisation hence its procurement is to be implemented in accordance with the national law on public procurement.
		Conclusion Kymenlaakso Polytechnic’s ”Green Procurement Guide” has a more diverse approach to the environmental friendly procurement and it is not very detailed in setting the criteria for energy efficiency of the computers.
	homepage.eircom.net /~cecl/save5Epilotaction_helsinki_140405.doc (781 words)

	Child maintenance and custody - Childhood and family - Statistics by themes - Stakes
		From liable parents, a total of EUR 67.9 million was recovered, of which EUR 60.0 million was paid to municipalities as a recompense for maintenance allowance payments, and EUR 7.9 million was paid as maintenance payments to children.
		The maintenance payment debt accumulated over the years that is to be recovered from liable parents by municipalities amounted to EUR 257.7 million, of which the maintenance payment debt to be paid to the municipalities accounted for EUR 234.9 million and the maintenance payments to be paid to children for EUR 22.8 million.
		The mother alone was entrusted with the care of the child in 6 per cent and the father alone in 1 per cent of cases.
	www.stakes.fi /EN/tilastot/statisticsbytopic/childhoodandfamily/childmaintenanceandcustody.htm (570 words)

	KyAMK English Website - Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Kymenlaakson University of Applied Sciences is one of 29 such institutions authorised by the Ministry of Education in Finland to provide higher education, as of 1992.
		We are a limited company owned by the city of Kotka and the municipalities of the Kouvola region.
		We have 3500 full-time students, approximately 500 part-time students in further education leading to a degree, and a staff of around 500.
	jool.kyamk.fi:8080 /Plone/generalinformation/About (107 words)

	Cormus Welfare
		Iitti is a wide municipality by area that has included earlier the areas of Valkeala, Jaala, Kuusankoski and Kouvola.
		· Iitti is a countryside central municipality of 7400 inhabitants.
		The municipalities have given the Federation the responsibilities of regional supervision of interests, trade politics, planning of the general regional land use, vocational and apprenticeship education and regional waste disposal.
	www.cormuswelfare.fi /affiliatedorganisations.html (725 words)

	Kymenlaakso Polytechnic - Guide for Int'l applicants
		Kymenlaakso Polytechnic is one of the 28 polytechnics (AMK-institutions) authorised by the Ministry of Education to provide higher education (so called non-university sector) in Finland as from 1992.
		The polytechnic is an international, and in particular, a European model of vocational and application-oriented higher education, set up alongside the universities.
		Every Finnish municipality has one or several public libraries (KIRJASTO) from where residents may borrow material (books, periodicals, audio-visual material, ADP and CD-ROM discs, videotapes...) in most cases free of charge.If an item is not returned by the due date, a fee will be charged.
	www.hochstrate.de /micha/guideforintl8.html (3439 words)

	UBC - Environmental Bulletin No 2, 2000
		In the Kymenlaakso area, in the southeastern part of Finland, the ground for the local Environmental Health Programme was laid by conducting a mail survey among the people in the area.
		The main objective of the survey was to assess public opinions and perceptions of various factors of environmental health.
		In Kymenlaakso, however, other aspects of the local environment may be perceived as more significant in terms of environmental health, than in the rest of the country.
	www.ubc.net /newsletter/enviro2_00/p13.html (363 words)

	E-Business in Kymenlaakso
		The project is based on a survey done in the area in 2003, the results of which are available in the Reports section.
		The project is ESR-funded and realised in co-operation with the Kymen Yrittäjät ry (Kouvola Region Entrepreneurs' Association), the Kouvola Region House of Commerce, the Kotka-Hamina Region of Finland ltd, the Kouvola Region Federation of Municipalities, the Kouvola Region Expertise Centre, and Kuusankosken Kehitys Oy.
		The actual target market are the Kouvola Region SMEs with the capabilities and desire to develop their business by electronifying their processes as well as the local accountant companies who feel the need to improve their methods and systems.
	www.eliiketoiminta.com /alue_esittely.asp?lang=eng&area=kymenlaakso (237 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.
		The hundred islands and islets of the park are scattered onto a large open sea area, which is 60 km wide, and far from the mainland or the inhabited islands.
	www.luontoon.fi /page.asp?Section=5011 (173 words)

	Etelä-Suomen Maakuntien Liittouma
		The South Finland Regional Alliance is a co-operational organisation for the Regional Councils of South Karelia, Häme, Itä-Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso, Päijät-Häme, Uusimaa and Southwest Finland.
		The overall development and co-operation of central regions and municipalities should be emphasised and the resourcing of the activity should be promoted.
		The regional structure that is pursued should be supported, international contacts in Southern Finland should be developed, the use of infrastructure should be made more effective and the development investments should be guaranteed.
	www.etela-suomi.fi /english/index.htm (187 words)

	Kymenlaakson Sairaanhoitopiiri
		The purpose of the Kymenlaakso Hospital District is to promote the health of population in the region by providing specialised medical services.
		The member municipalities are Anjalankoski, Elimäki, Hamina, Jaala, Kotka, Kouvola, Kuusankoski, Miehikkälä, Pyhtää, Ruotsinpyhtää, Valkeala and Virolahti.
		The administration of the Hospital District and the Central Hospital are located in Kotka.
	www.kymshp.fi /e_index.html (80 words)

	Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		As a basic municipal service, the library offers all citizens an equal opportunity to obtain information and artistic material.
		The 11 municipalities included in the District Library system use a joint library card, which allows all citizens in the region to easily borrow books from any library participating in this KYYTI system.
		The street-level floor of the main library houses all the material that can be loaned out, service desks for children and adults, desks for taking out and returning books, a music section, the reference library and a newspaper and magazine section.
	www.kouvola.fi /domino/webbi/kieliversiot.nsf/Sivut/Library?Opendocument (337 words)

	planum - webcompass - public bodies / regional - finland
		The regional Council of Kymenlaakso is composed of 13 towns and municipalities.
		The Regional Council of Northern Ostrobothnia is a joint municipal authority that assumes responsibility for the genaral development of its region, performs the statory duties of a regional development agency and takes responsibility for land use planning at the regional level.
		The means of achieving these objectives are development of regional population centres and preservation of living countryside.
	www.planum.net /webcompass/main/m-public_bodies-reg-fi.html (455 words)

	Veturi - STAKES
		For Finnish municipalities the obligation to organise and develop interpreter services as stipulated in the Services and Assistance for the Disabled Act has proved challenging.
		The project supports the building of regional specialist networks and co-operation forums for a variety of stakeholders involved in interpretation services, e.g.
		Other goals include promotion of co-operation structures, experimenting with and establishing modes of operation, division of work, and contracts between a larger number of municipalities and service providers.
	info.stakes.fi /veturi/EN (355 words)

	Finnguide: Finland Directory : Finland cities, towns, municipalities and regions
		"Valkeala is situated in northern Kymenlaakso in the midst of one of the most splendid lake districts in Finland, and also conveniently close to the local centres.
		The Valtimo Municipality webpages are available in Finnish.
		" Velkua is a small municipality in the Turku archipelago, on the southwestern coast of Finland.
	www.finnguide.fi /finlandDirectory/cities_towns.asp?o=355 (279 words)

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