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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.
	www.algebra.com /~pavlovd/wiki/Municipalities_of_Finland (476 words)

	Ostrobothnia travel guide - Wikitravel
		Ostrobothnia is a region centered around Vaasa on the west coast of Finland consisting of 17 municipalities.
		It borders with the regions Central Ostrobothnia, Southern Ostrobothnia and Satakunta.
		Ostrobothnia is the only mainland region in Finland that has a slight majority of Swedish-speakers (about 52%), although a few places have a Finnish-speaking majority (the cities of Vaasa and Kaskinen and the municipalities of Laihia, Isokyrö and Vähäkyrö).
	wikitravel.org /en/Ostrobothnia (246 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.
		The size of the council is proportional to the population, the extremes being 9 in Sottunga and 85 in Helsinki.
		Municipal managers (kunnanjohtaja or kaupunginjohtaja) are civil servants named by the council.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Municipalities_of_Finland (265 words)

	MUNICIPALITIES OF FINLAND FACTS AND INFORMATION
		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 areas of the municipalities vary, as the population is the primary criterion for forming a municipality.
	www.witwib.com /municipalities_of_Finland (464 words)

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	Alavus . Finnish language . Western Finland . Finland . Southern Ostrobothnia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alavus is a municipalities of Finland municipality of Finland.
		The municipality has a population of 9,846 and covers an area of 843.1 km² of which 52.46 km² is water.
		Southern Ostrobothnia is a Regions of Finland region maakunta landskap of Finland.
	www.uk.fraquisanto.net /Alavus (311 words)

	Outdoors.fi - Oulanka National Park
		Oulanka National Park is located in the Municipalities Kuusamo and Salla in north-eastern Finland in an upland region.
		Oulanka is a unique and versatile combination of northern, southern and eastern nature.
		The landscape is made up of pine forests, river valleys with sandy banks and rapids, and in the north of vast mires.
	www.luontoon.fi /page.asp?Section=5144 (174 words)

	Kvarkenrådet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Kvarken Region consists the counties Ostrobothnia, Southern Ostrobothnia and Central Ostrobothnia in Finland and the County of Västerbotten and the municipality of Örnsköldsvik in Sweden.
		The Ostrobothnian counties, with 57 municipalities in the Province of Western Finland, have 450.000 inhabitants.
		In the Swedish part of the cross-border region there is 15 municipalities in Västerbotten with 250.000 inhabitants and the municipality of Örnsköldsvik in the county of Västernorrland with 60.000 inhabitants.
	www.kvarken.org /main.asp?sid=150 (282 words)

	Municipalities of Finland -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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)

	AllRefer.com - Finland - Swedish-speaking Finns \| Finnish Information Resource (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A municipality was bilingual if the number of speakers of the minority language exceeded either 3,000 or 8 percent of its population.
		In bilingual municipalities, all documents affecting the general public--tax forms, for example--had to be published in both languages.
		The method used to classify municipalities had to be regarded as successful because, although the overwhelming majority of municipalities were unilingual Finnish-speaking communities, only 4 percent of the Swedish-speaking minority lived in municipalities where their language was not used.
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	Lapua -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lapua (Lappo in (A Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland) Swedish) is a (An urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government) municipality of (Republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917) Finland.
		The municipality has a population of 14,002 (2003) and covers an area of 750.92 (additional info and facts about km²) km² of which 13.61 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/L/La/Lapua.htm (180 words)

	Finland: Report: Part II: Analytic Section (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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.
		On the other hand, the young adults in the urban municipalities, where the educational level of the population is high, complete more often a higher level qualification than their counterparts in the rural areas.
	www2.unesco.org /wef/countryreports/finland/rapport_2.html (5620 words)

	Western Finland
		It borders to the provinces of Oulu, Eastern Finland and Southern Finland.
		In the 1997 redesign that reduced their number of provinces from 12 to 6 the Turku ja Pori province, Vaasa province, Central-Finland province and the northern parts of Häme province formed the new province of Western Finland.
		The coat of arms of Western Finland is composed of the arms of Finland Proper, Satakunda and Ostrobothnia.
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/w/we/western_finland.html (195 words)

	Regional Council of South Ostrobothnia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Today South Ostrobothnia is more than that; the region is known for rock, tango and opera festivals, great sport events and tourism.
		The Regional Council of South Ostrobothnia is joint municipal authority formed and principally funded by the 27 member municipalities.
		In EU structural policy Järviseutu, Kuusiokunnat, Southern Seinäjoki and Southern South Ostrobothnia subregions are included in the Objective 2 area.
	www.epliitto.fi /eng/index_e.htm (500 words)

	Cwen (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Orkneyinga saga it is stated that they ruled in Cwenland (presumably along the coast shore of Gulf of Bothnia) and their active period is estimated by historians to be ca.
		Although findings are sparse, judging from grave findings in Ostrobothnia, there is some archaeological support of a class based hierarchy, presumably based on fur trade, where a leading class could have consisted of Swedish traders or an upper class of domestic origin, but they are dated to 6th century.
		It was previously assumed by historians that regions in Southern Lapland and below were not inhabited by South Sami groups, and hence Cwens were the aboriginals of those regions.
	www.usedaudiparts.com /search.php?title=Cwen (616 words)

	FMI - News
		The mean temperature for the whole year was about half a degree higher than the average in southern and eastern parts of the country and about one degree higher than the average in Ostrobothnia and in Lapland.
		The hot weather of early May in southern and central Finland, and the spell of ten hot days in Lapland in July, were both exceptional cases.
		Northern Ostrobothnia was hit around the 10th, Southwestern Finland on the 23rd, and Southern Ostrobothnia on the 30th of December.
	www.fmi.fi /view/news?Tulostus=1&Id=1111661315.html (1046 words)

	Southern Ostrobothnia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Southern Ostrobothnia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Southern Ostrobothnia is one of the 20 (The extended spatial location of something) regions (fi: maakunta / sv: landskap) of (Republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917) Finland.
		Main article: (additional info and facts about Municipalities of Southern Ostrobothnia) Municipalities of Southern Ostrobothnia
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/so/southern_ostrobothnia.htm (67 words)

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		Lapua (''Lappo'' in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland.
		It is located in the province of Western_Finland and is part of the Southern_Ostrobothnia region.
		The municipality has a population of 14,002 (2003) and covers an area of 750.92 kmÂ² of which 13.61 kmÂ² is water.
	adscontractors.com /Lapua (99 words)

	Suomi.fi - Map of municipalities and communities
		You are on the page: First page / A-Z index / Map of municipalities and communities
		You can access the websites of regions and municipalities through links or through the map.
		When you choose a region, you are given a list of municipalities in the region and a map of the region with municipal boundaries.
	www.suomi.fi /suomifi/english/a_z_index/map_of_municipalities_and_communities (86 words)

	Municipalities of Southern Ostrobothnia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Municipalities of Southern Ostrobothnia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Municipalities of Southern Ostrobothnia contains research on
		Municipalities of Southern Ostrobothnia, South Eastern Bothnia, Northern Seinänaapurit District, Southern Seinänaapurit District, Kuusiokunnat District, Härmänmaa District, Järviseutu District and See also.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Municipalities_of_Southern_Ostrobothnia (85 words)

	Read about Southern Savonia at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Southern Savonia and learn about Southern Savonia ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Southern Savonia is a region (maakunta / landskap) in the south-east of Finland.
		Southern Savonia is located in the heart of the Finnish lake district, and is perhaps best known for
		Southern Savonia includes 20 municipalities listed below (towns marked in bold).
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Southern_Savonia (104 words)

	Soini (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The municipality of Soini is situated in the Suomenselkä watershed area on the boundary between Ostrobothnia and Central Finland.
		The present population of the municipality are descendants of the people who first moved here in the early 16th century.
		In the 19th century Soini was one of the most important tar-making municipalities in Ostrobothnia.
	www.travel.fi /etela-pohjanmaa/int/soini.html (141 words)

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		Encyclopedia : M : MU : MUN : Municipalities of Finland
		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.
	snetinformation.info /index.php?title=Municipalities_of_Finland (176 words)

	CERD/C/363/Add.2
		The decision of the Directorate of Immigration shall in its entirety be submitted to the County Administrative Court of Southern Finland for approval.
		The municipalities will be under an obligation to provide immigrants, who live on unemployment benefit or other social benefits, with such services as to facilitate their controlling their lives and the integration of their old culture with the new one.
		In accordance with a government decision, municipalities and other bodies organizing education are granted State subsidies for arranging the teaching of and in the Sami language in the Sami Homeland, at comprehensive schools and upper secondary schools and in vocational education.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord2000/documentation/tbodies/cerd-c-363-add2.htm (18734 words)

	Southern Ostrobothnia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Southern Ostrobothnia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This page was last modified 01:58, 5 May 2005.
		Southern Ostrobothnia, Historical Provinces, Regional Council, Municipalities, Heraldry and External links.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Southern_Ostrobothnia (90 words)

	Southern Ostrobothnia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Southern Ostrobothnia is one of the 20 regions (fi: maakunta / sv: landskap) of Finland.
		Map highlighting the location of the Region of Southern Ostrobothnia
		This page was last modified 20:05, 11 November 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southern_Ostrobothnia (51 words)

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