| | Municipalities of Finland -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | A municipality is governed by an elected council (valtuusto), which is legally autonomous and answers only to the voters. |
 | | 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. |
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