List of cities in Finland

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The list of cities in Finland provides an overview of the population development in the larger cities and municipalities of the state of Finland . A table of the municipalities with the largest area and an alphabetical overview of the cities are also listed. An alphabetical overview of all municipalities can be found under List of cities and municipalities in Finland .

Municipalities by population

The table shows the municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants, their names in Finnish and Swedish , the population figures according to the results of the census of 1990 and 2000 (December 31, respectively), as well as an estimate by the Central Statistical Office in Finland for 1980, 2006 and 2016 (December 31st each). The province ( Lääni ) to which the municipality belonged until the provinces were abolished on January 1, 2010 is also listed. The population figures refer to the respective municipality within its political limits, without politically independent suburbs. The cities are in bold.

(VZ = population census, S = estimate)

rank Name in
Finnish 		Name in
Swedish 		S 1980 VZ 1990 VZ 2000 S 2010 S 2016 Former province
1. Helsinki Helsingfors 483.036 492,400 555.474 588,549 635.181 Southern Finland
2. Espoo Esbo 137.409 172,629 213.271 247.970 274,583 Southern Finland
3. Tampere Tammerfors 166.228 172,560 195,468 213.217 228.274 Western Finland
4th Vantaa Vanda 132.050 154.933 178,471 200,055 219.341 Southern Finland
5. Oulu Uleåborg 121,809 136.029 160,851 185.419 200,526 Oulu
6th Turku Åbo 163,680 159.180 172,561 175.354 187,604 Western Finland
7th Jyväskylä 1 Jyväskylä 67,354 70,081 78.996 130.816 138,850 Western Finland
8th. Lahti Lahtis 108,631 108.272 111,656 116,582 119,452 Southern Finland
9. Kuopio Kuopio 99,687 104,675 108,890 112,336 117,740 Eastern Finland
10. Kouvola Kouvola 94,529 94,352 91,550 88,072 85,306 Southern Finland
11. Pori Bjorneborg 79,405 76,357 75,994 76.185 85.059 Western Finland
12. Joensuu Joensuu 63,969 67,363 71,013 73,305 75,848 Eastern Finland
13. Lappeenranta Villman beach 68,814 68,662 70,587 71,982 72,872 Southern Finland
14th Hämeenlinna Tavastehus 59,224 61,222 63,033 66,829 67,850 Southern Finland
15th Vaasa Vasa 58,335 58,394 61,470 64,345 67,620 Western Finland
16. Rovaniemi Rovaniemi 48.056 54.014 57,253 58,099 62,231 Lapland
17th Seinäjoki Seinäjoki 42,497 47,182 50,670 57,811 62,052 Western Finland
18th Mikkeli S: t Michel 52.505 54,404 55,222 54,455 54,517 Eastern Finland
19th Kotka Kotka 60,752 56,634 54,846 54,607 54,187 Southern Finland
20th Salo Salo 47,638 49,834 52,604 55,235 53,546 Western Finland
21st Porvoo Borgå 38,296 41,930 44,969 47,404 50.144 Southern Finland
22nd Kokkola Karleby 41,848 43,267 44,182 46,260 47,723 Western Finland
23. Lohja Lojo 37,610 41,632 43,786 47,341 47,149 Southern Finland
24. Hyvinkää Hyvinge 37.297 40.194 42,545 44,310 46,596 Southern Finland
25th Nurmijärvi Nurmijärvi 22,115 28,129 33,104 38.006 42,010 Southern Finland
26th Järvenpää Träskända 23,281 31,525 35,915 37,629 41,529 Southern Finland
27. Rauma Raumo 39,613 38,943 37,708 37,044 39,614 Western Finland
28. Kirkkonummi Kyrkslätt 19,919 25,366 29,694 36,942 39,033 Southern Finland
29 Tuusula Tusby 22,412 27,328 31,957 35,434 38,588 Southern Finland
30th Kajaani Kajana 38.016 39,577 38,912 38,027 37,521 Oulu
31. Kerava Kervo 23,851 27,597 30,270 32,305 35,511 Southern Finland
32. Savonlinna Nyslott 41,053 41,359 39,575 37,059 35,242 Eastern Finland
33. Nokia Nokia 23,644 26,063 26,905 31,647 33.210 Western Finland
34. Ylöjärvi Ylöjärvi 18,013 23,434 25,299 30,500 32,799 Western Finland
35. Kaarina S: t Karins 19,351 24,390 26,746 30,911 32,738 Western Finland
36. Kangasala Kangasala 20,733 23,293 24,500 27.303 31,190 Western Finland
37. Riihimäki Riihimäki 23,971 25,000 26,173 27.503 29,160 Southern Finland
38. Vihti Vichtis 16,871 21,648 23,858 26,427 28,967 Southern Finland
39. Raasepori Raseborg 27,972 28,565 28,436 29,065 28,077 Southern Finland
40. Imatra Imatra 36,378 33,566 30,663 29,385 27,517 Southern Finland
41. Sastamala Sastamala 27,591 27,085 26,195 25,764 25,062 Western Finland
42. Raahe Brahestad 23,382 24,103 23,171 22,399 25,010 Oulu
43. Raisio Reso 18,017 21,120 23,149 23,967 24,283 Western Finland
44. Hollola Hollola 16,418 19,915 20,378 21,292 23,791 Southern Finland
45. Lempäälä Lempäälä 12,660 14,564 16,331 20,588 22,745 Western Finland
46. Tornio Torneå 21,076 22,879 22,617 22,299 22,117 Lapland
47. Siilinjärvi Siilinjärvi 15,168 18,749 19,742 20,609 21,768 Eastern Finland
48. Iisalmi Idensalmi 22,648 23,979 23,113 22,319 21,767 Eastern Finland
49. Kemi Kemi 26,928 25,374 23,689 22,771 21,602 Lapland
50. Kurikka Kurikka 27.208 26,566 24,406 22,811 21,501 Western Finland
51. Varkaus Varkaus 26,554 26,428 24,890 23,643 21,468 Eastern Finland
52. Valkeakoski Valkeakoski 22,780 21,724 20,493 20,394 21,346 Western Finland
53. Jämsä Jämsä 26,371 26.005 25,023 22,691 21,259 Western Finland
54. Mäntsälä Mäntsälä 11,458 14,774 16,628 19,975 20,853 Southern Finland
55. Hamina Fredrikshamn 22,995 22,589 21,847 21,400 20,636 Southern Finland

Source: Statistics Finland

1 On January 1, 2009, the rural municipality of Jyväskylä and the municipality of Korpilahti were incorporated into the city of Jyväskylä, which has become the seventh largest city in Finland with around 130,000 inhabitants.

Municipalities by area

The municipality with the largest area in Finland is Inari with 17,334 square kilometers. It is therefore larger than the German state of Thuringia . The smallest municipality in area, the city of Kauniainen , covers only six square kilometers. The following table lists the largest municipalities in the country with the province ( Lääni ) to which the municipality belonged until the provinces were abolished on January 1, 2010 ( as of January 1, 2007 ). The cities are in bold.

rank Surname Area in km² Former province
1. Inari 17,333.89 Lapland
2. Sodankylä 12,415.21 Lapland
3. Enontekio 8,391.53 Lapland
4th Kittila 8,263.14 Lapland
5. Rovaniemi 8,017.20 Lapland
6th Savukoski 6,496.64 Lapland
7th Salla 5,872.48 Lapland
8th. Pudasjärvi 5,867.33 Oulu
9. Suomussalmi 5,857.79 Oulu
10. Kuusamo 5,808.93 Oulu
11. Kuhmo 5,456.90 Oulu
12. Utsjoki 5,371.81 Lapland
13. Lieksa 4,067.75 Eastern Finland
14th Kemijärvi 3,931.34 Lapland
15th Ranua 3,696.81 Lapland
16. Posio 3,545.16 Lapland
17th Ilomantsi 3,172.91 Eastern Finland
18th Sotkamo 2,952.51 Oulu
19th Taivalkoski 2,651.12 Oulu
20th Kolari 2,617.61 Lapland
21st Puolanka 2,598.84 Oulu
22nd Kajaani 2,264.10 Oulu
23. Ylitornio 2,212.64 Lapland
24. Mikkeli 2,124.62 Eastern Finland
25th Muonio 2,038.09 Lapland

Source: Statistics Finland

Urban settlements by population

By far the largest metropolitan area in Finland is Helsinki with a population of 1,274,746 (as of December 31, 2005). A quarter of the country's population is thus concentrated in the capital region .

The following table contains the urban settlements (Finnish Taajama , Swedish Tatort ) with more than 20,000 inhabitants with their population according to the results of the censuses of November 1, 1980, December 31, 1990 and December 31, 2000 as well as estimates by the Central Statistical Office in Finland for December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2016. The province ( Lääni ) to which the urban settlement belonged until the provinces were abolished on January 1, 2010 is also listed. The population figures refer to the respective urban settlement - the geographical urban area - not to the city or municipality in the political sense.

(VZ = population census, S = estimate)

rank Surname VZ 1980 VZ 1990 VZ 2000 S 2005 S 2016 Former province
1. Helsinki 680.507 888.871 1,027,305 1,071,599 1,249,820 Southern Finland
2. Tampere 161,530 218,722 270.753 292,288 330.711 Western Finland
3. Turku 142,771 205,953 239.018 246.312 269.057 Western Finland
4th Oulu 85,987 112.149 157.605 171,345 198.358 Oulu
5. Jyväskylä 57,643 84.165 98,510 105,760 121,782 Western Finland
6th Lahti 58,525 104,649 110.160 112.187 118.119 Southern Finland
7th Kuopio 60,547 72.169 78.259 79,750 88.023 Eastern Finland
8th. Pori 59,034 76,682 84,575 93,220 84,536 Western Finland
9. Vaasa 48,259 56,747 61,090 62.106 67,979 Western Finland
10. Joensuu 41,887 46,838 51,793 52,493 67.193 Eastern Finland
11. Lappeenranta 44,445 48,000 51,891 53,011 55,510 Southern Finland
12. Rovaniemi 28,853 34,853 45,804 47,443 52,481 Lapland
13. Kotka 14,485 51,253 53.094 53.206 52,279 Southern Finland
14th Hämeenlinna 32,607 41,160 45,089 46.112 50,012 Southern Finland
15th Seinäjoki 23,043 33,592 38.001 41,213 49.281 Western Finland
16. Kouvola 30,038 52,575 51,587 50,667 48,837 Southern Finland
17th Hyvinkää 29.101 36,514 44,868 47.032 43,279 Southern Finland
18th Porvoo 22,753 30,536 35,554 35,652 38,156 Southern Finland
19th Mikkeli 27,364 34,070 35,793 35,573 36,710 Eastern Finland
20th Kokkola 28,921 31.209 32,439 33,082 36,662 Western Finland
21st Rauma 29,346 34.106 35.163 34,722 33,552 Western Finland
22nd Lohja 13,570 28,591 31,217 32,378 33.195 Southern Finland
23. Kajaani 27,402 29,587 31,238 30,742 30,157 Oulu
24. Salo 16,521 23,978 27,599 28,898 29,759 Western Finland
25th Imatra 33,779 34,150 31,715 30,523 28,358 Southern Finland
26th Riihimäki 21,815 23,561 24,969 25,793 28,138 Southern Finland
27. Kemi 21,748 29,604 29,189 28,465 27,103 Lapland
28. Savonlinna 8,694 23,998 23,861 23,555 22,261 Eastern Finland
29 Forssa 16,781 17,544 19,171 22,076 21,409 Western Finland
30th Jakobstad 19,652 20,676 20,810 20,838 20,783 Western Finland

Source: Statistics Finland

Alphabetical overview of the cities

In Finland there are 310 municipalities (finn. Kunta , swedish commun ), of which 107 are towns ( kaupunki , stad ) (as of 2020). The number of cities tripled between 1950 and 2008. The development went as follows: 1950: 35 cities, 1960: 41, 1970: 50, 1980: 84, 1990: 94, 2000: 109 and 2008: 113. The number of all municipalities, however, fell from 547 to 415 in the same period. The following The table contains all cities in the country whose names are in Finnish and Swedish , the province ( lääni , län ) to which the city belonged until the provinces were abolished on January 1, 2010, and the year in which the city charter was granted or the city was created by amalgamation.

Name in
Finnish 		Name in
Swedish 		Former
province 		City law
since
Äänekoski Äänekoski Western Finland 1973
Ähtäri Etseri Western Finland 1986
Akaa Ackas Western Finland 2007
Alajärvi Alajärvi Western Finland 1986
Alavus Alavo Western Finland 1977
Espoo Esbo Southern Finland 1972
Forssa Forssa Southern Finland 1964
Haapajärvi Haapajärvi Oulu 1977
Haapavesi Haapavesi Oulu 1996
Hämeenlinna Tavastehus Southern Finland 1639
Hamina Fredrikshamn Southern Finland 1653
Hanko Hangö Southern Finland 1874
Harjavalta Harjavalta Western Finland 1977
Heinola Heinola Southern Finland 1839
Helsinki Helsingfors Southern Finland 1550
Huittinen Vittis Western Finland 1977
Hyvinkää Hyvinge Southern Finland 1960
Iisalmi Idensalmi Eastern Finland 1891
Ikaalinen Ikalis Western Finland 1977
Imatra Imatra Southern Finland 1971
Pietarsaari Jakobstad Western Finland 1652
Jämsä Jämsä Western Finland 1977
Järvenpää Träskända Western Finland 1967
Joensuu Joensuu Eastern Finland 1848
Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Western Finland 1837
Kaarina S: t Karins Western Finland 1993
Kajaani Kajana Oulu 1651
Kalajoki Kalajoki Oulu 1865
Kangasala Kangasala Western Finland 2018
Kankaanpää Kankaanpää Western Finland 1972
Canister Canister Western Finland 1986
Karkkila Högfors Southern Finland 1977
Caskinen Kaskö Western Finland 1785
Kauhajoki Kauhajoki Western Finland 2001
Kauhava Kauhava Western Finland 1986
Kauniainen Grankulla Southern Finland 1972
Kemi Kemi Lapland 1869
Kemijärvi Kemijärvi Southern Finland 1973
Kerava Kervo Southern Finland 1970
Keuruu Keuru Western Finland 1986
Kitee Kides Eastern Finland 1992
Kiuruvesi Kiuruvesi Eastern Finland 1993
Kokemäki Kumo Western Finland 1977
Kokkola Karleby Western Finland 1620
Kotka Kotka Southern Finland 1878
Kouvola Kouvola Southern Finland 1960
Kristiinankaupunki Kristinestad Western Finland 1649
Kuhmo Kuhmo Oulu 1986
Kuopio Kuopio Eastern Finland 1775
Kurikka Kurikka Western Finland 1977
Kuusamo Kuusamo Oulu 2000
Lahti Lahtis Southern Finland 1905
Laitila Letala Western Finland 1986
Lappeenranta Villman beach Southern Finland 1649
Lapua Lappo Western Finland 1977
Lieksa Lieksa Eastern Finland 1973
Lohja Lojo Southern Finland 1969
Loimaa Loimaa Western Finland 1969
Loviisa Lovisa Southern Finland 1745
Mänttä-Vilppula Mänttä-Vilppula Western Finland 1973 (Mänttä)
Maarianhamina Mariehamn Åland 1861
Mikkeli S: t Michel Eastern Finland 1838
Naantali Nådendal Western Finland 1443
Narpiö Narpes Western Finland 1993
Nivala Nivala Oulu 1992
Nokia Nokia Western Finland 1977
Nurmes Nurmes Eastern Finland 1974
Uusikaarlepyy Nykarleby Western Finland 1620
Orimattila Orimattila Southern Finland 1992
Orivesi Orivesi Western Finland 1986
Oulainen Oulainen Oulu 1977
Oulu Uleåborg Oulu 1605
Outokumpu Outokumpu Eastern Finland 1977
Paimio Pemar Western Finland 1997
Parains Pargas Western Finland 1977
Parkano Parkano Western Finland 1977
Pieksämäki Pieksämäki Eastern Finland 1962
Pori Bjorneborg Western Finland 1558
Porvoo Borgå Southern Finland 1346
Pudasjärvi Pudasjärvi Oulu 2004
Pyhäjärvi Pyhäjärvi Oulu 1993
Raahe Brahestad Oulu 1649
Raisio Reso Western Finland 1974
Raasepori Raseborg Southern Finland 2009
Rauma Raumo Western Finland 1442
Riihimäki Riihimäki Southern Finland 1960
Rovaniemi Rovaniemi Lapland 1960
Saarijärvi Saarijärvi Western Finland 1986
Salo Salo Western Finland 1960
Sastamala Sastamala Western Finland 2009
Savonlinna Nyslott Eastern Finland 1639
Seinäjoki Seinäjoki Western Finland 1960
Somero Somero Western Finland 1993
Suonenjoki Suonenjoki Eastern Finland 1977
Tampere Tammerfors Western Finland 1779
Tornio Torneå Lapland 1621
Turku Åbo Western Finland 1229
Ulvila Ulvsby Western Finland 1365
Uusikaupunki Nystad Western Finland 1617
Vaasa Vasa Western Finland 1606
Valkeakoski Valkeakoski Western Finland 1963
Vantaa Vanda Southern Finland 1974
Varkaus Varkaus Eastern Finland 1962
Viitasaari Viitasaari Western Finland 1996
Virrat Virdois Western Finland 1977
Ylivieska Ylivieska Oulu 1971
Ylöjärvi Ylöjärvi Western Finland 2004

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics Finland: Population of the largest municipalities (1960-2003)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / pxweb2.stat.fi  
  2. ↑ Statistics Finland: Population of all municipalities (2006) ( MS Excel ; 106 kB)
  3. ↑ Kunnat.net: faces of all communities
  4. ↑ Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council: Population figures in the Helsinki metropolitan area (2005-2030)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ytv.fi  
  5. ↑ Statistics Finland: Population of the largest urban settlements (1980-2000)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / pxweb2.stat.fi  
  6. ↑ Kunnat.net: Number of towns and municipalities since 1900

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