Finland Sub-regions

Sub-regions of Finland

East Uusimaa region merged with Uusimaa at the start of 2011. I've updated the HASC codes for the affected sub-regions.

I've removed Åland from these tables, since it is now considered a separate country.

I have chosen to regard the sub-regions as the second-order administrative divisions of Finland. There are currently 69 sub-regions, as follows:

Name	HASC	src	Population	Former
Äänekoski	`FI.CF.AA`	`135`	23,303	`FI.LS.AK`
Åboland-Turunmaa	`FI.SF.AT`	`021`	22,708	`FI.LS.AT`
Central Karelia	`FI.NK.CK`	`124`	19,842	`FI.IS.KJ`
Coastal Suupohja	`FI.OS.SR`	`153`	18,245	`FI.LS.SO`
Eastern Lapland	`FI.LA.IL`	`194`	19,248	`FI.LP.KL`
Forssa	`FI.KH.FO`	`053`	35,421	`FI.ES.FS`
Hämeenlinna	`FI.KH.HA`	`051`	92,291	`FI.ES.HM`
Heinola	`FI.PH.HN`	`072`	28,520	`FI.ES.HN`
Helsinki	`FI.US.HL`	`011`	1,363,954	`FI.ES.HK`
Imatra	`FI.SK.IM`	`093`	44,732	`FI.ES.IT`
Inner Savonia	`FI.NS.SS`	`115`	15,332	`FI.IS.SS`
Jämsä	`FI.CF.JM`	`134`	25,806	`FI.LS.JA`
Järviseutu	`FI.SO.JR`	`146`	22,688	`FI.LS.JS`
Joensuu	`FI.NK.JN`	`122`	116,425	`FI.IS.JO`
Joutsa	`FI.CF.JT`	`132`	5,959	`FI.LS.KK`
Jyväskylä	`FI.CF.JY`	`131`	170,070	`FI.LS.JY`
Kajaani	`FI.KA.KJ`	`182`	57,867	`FI.OU.KA`
Kaustinen	`FI.CO.KA`	`161`	16,602	`FI.LS.KN`
Kehys-Kainuu	`FI.KA.KK`	`181`	25,293	`FI.OU.YK`
Kemi-Tornio	`FI.LA.KT`	`192`	60,739	`FI.LP.KT`
Keuruu	`FI.CF.KE`	`133`	12,849	`FI.LS.KE`
Koillismaa	`FI.NO.KM`	`178`	21,321	`FI.OU.KM`
Kokkola	`FI.CO.KO`	`162`	54,427	`FI.LS.KO`
Kotka-Hamina	`FI.KY.KH`	`082`	87,225	`FI.ES.KH`
Kouvola	`FI.KY.KV`	`081`	95,529	`FI.ES.KV`
Kuopio	`FI.NS.KP`	`112`	120,108	`FI.IS.KP`
Kuusiokunnat	`FI.SO.KU`	`144`	23,345	`FI.LS.KU`
Kyrönmaa	`FI.OS.KY`	`151`	17,415	`FI.LS.KY`
Lahti	`FI.PH.LT`	`071`	172,327	`FI.ES.LT`
Lappeenranta	`FI.SK.LR`	`091`	89,716	`FI.ES.LR`
Lohja	`FI.US.RB`	`014`	44,066	`FI.ES.LJ`
Loimaa	`FI.SF.LM`	`025`	37,185	`FI.LS.LM`
Loviisa	`FI.US.LV`	`202`	18,628	`FI.ES.LV`
Mikkeli	`FI.SS.MI`	`101`	73,413	`FI.IS.MK`
Nivala-Haapajärvi	`FI.NO.NH`	`176`	30,796	`FI.OU.NH`
North Eastern Savonia	`FI.NS.NS`	`113`	20,162	`FI.IS.KS`
North Western Pirkanmaa	`FI.TR.NP`	`061`	27,118	`FI.LS.LU`
Northern Lapland	`FI.LA.PL`	`197`	17,060	`FI.LP.YL`
Northern Satakunta	`FI.SA.PS`	`044`	24,120	`FI.LS.PS`
Oulu	`FI.NO.OU`	`171`	219,473	`FI.OU.OL`
Oulu Arc	`FI.NO.OK`	`173`	23,445	`FI.OU.II`
Pieksämäki	`FI.SS.PI`	`105`	37,060	`FI.IS.PM`
Pielinen Karelia	`FI.NK.PK`	`125`	29,862	`FI.IS.PK`
Pietarsaari	`FI.OS.JK`	`154`	49,220	`FI.LS.JK`
Pori	`FI.SA.PR`	`043`	137,714	`FI.LS.PI`
Porvoo	`FI.US.PV`	`201`	74,863	`FI.ES.PV`
Raahe	`FI.NO.RH`	`174`	34,921	`FI.OU.RA`
Rauma	`FI.SA.RM`	`041`	65,818	`FI.LS.RM`
Riihimäki	`FI.KH.RI`	`052`	45,329	`FI.ES.RI`
Rovaniemi	`FI.LA.RV`	`191`	63,781	`FI.LP.RV`
Saarijärvi-Viitasaari	`FI.CF.SV`	`138`	33,760	`FI.LS.SJ`
Salo	`FI.SF.SL`	`022`	64,242	`FI.LS.SA`
Savonlinna	`FI.SS.SA`	`103`	46,159	`FI.IS.SL`
Seinäjoki	`FI.SO.SE`	`142`	122,990	`FI.LS.PN`
Siikalatva	`FI.NO.SI`	`175`	15,588	`FI.OU.SI`
South Eastern Pirkanmaa	`FI.TR.SP`	`062`	8,049	`FI.LS.KP`
South Western Pirkanmaa	`FI.TR.LP`	`068`	27,892	`FI.LS.LP`
Southern Pirkanmaa	`FI.TR.EP`	`063`	42,793	`FI.LS.EP`
Suupohja	`FI.SO.SU`	`141`	24,488	`FI.LS.SP`
Tampere	`FI.TR.TA`	`064`	338,642	`FI.LS.TP`
Torne Valley	`FI.LA.TO`	`193`	8,961	`FI.LP.TR`
Tunturi Lapland	`FI.LA.TL`	`196`	14,174	`FI.LP.TL`
Turku	`FI.SF.TU`	`023`	305,387	`FI.LS.TU`
Upper Pirkanmaa	`FI.TR.YP`	`069`	36,211	`FI.LS.PP`
Upper Savonia	`FI.NS.YS`	`111`	58,879	`FI.IS.YS`
Vaasa	`FI.OS.VA`	`152`	91,105	`FI.LS.VA`
Vakka-Suomi	`FI.SF.VS`	`024`	31,655	`FI.LS.VS`
Varkaus	`FI.NS.VK`	`114`	33,942	`FI.IS.VK`
Ylivieska	`FI.NO.YL`	`177`	40,600	`FI.OU.YV`
HASC:Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. The middle two letters identify the region. For key, see the Regions of Finland page. src: Sub-region code from Statistics Finland. Population: 2008-12-31 estimate (using 2009 regional division) Former: Approximate equivalent sub-region from the 1996 table.

Change history:

In 1996, there were 86 sub-regions, as listed in the table here. The HASC codes show their relation to the five provinces as they stood from 1997-09-01 to 2010-01-01. There were also two sub-regions in Åland, which I have listed separately.

Name	HASC	src
Äänekoski	`FI.LS.AK`	`135`
Åboland-Turunmaa	`FI.LS.AT`	`021`
Eteläiset Seinänaapurit	`FI.LS.ES`	`143`
Etelä-Pirkanmaa	`FI.LS.EP`	`063`
Forssa	`FI.ES.FS`	`053`
Hämeenlinna	`FI.ES.HM`	`051`
Härmänmaa	`FI.LS.HR`	`145`
Heinola	`FI.ES.HN`	`072`
Helsinki	`FI.ES.HK`	`011`
Ii	`FI.OU.II`	`173`
Ilomantsi	`FI.IS.IM`	`123`
Imatra	`FI.ES.IT`	`093`
Itä-Pirkanmaa	`FI.LS.IP`	`065`
Jakobstadsregionen	`FI.LS.JK`	`154`
Jämsä	`FI.LS.JA`	`134`
Järviseutu	`FI.LS.JS`	`146`
Joensuu	`FI.IS.JO`	`122`
Joroinen	`FI.IS.JR`	`104`
Juva	`FI.IS.JV`	`102`
Jyväskylä	`FI.LS.JY`	`131`
Kaakkoinen Keski-Suomi	`FI.LS.KK`	`132`
Kaakkois-Pirkanmaa	`FI.LS.KP`	`062`
Kaakkois-Satakunta	`FI.LS.KS`	`042`
Kajaani	`FI.OU.KA`	`182`
Kärkikunnat	`FI.ES.KR`	`094`
Kaustinen	`FI.LS.KN`	`161`
Kehys-Kainuu (Ylä-Kainuun)	`FI.OU.YK`	`181`
Kemi-Tornio	`FI.LP.KT`	`192`
Keski-Karjala	`FI.IS.KJ`	`124`
Keuruu	`FI.LS.KE`	`133`
Koillis-Lappi	`FI.LP.KL`	`194`
Koillismaa	`FI.OU.KM`	`178`
Koillis-Pirkanmaa	`FI.LS.KI`	`066`
Koillis-Savo	`FI.IS.KS`	`113`
Kokkola	`FI.LS.KO`	`162`
Kotka-Hamina	`FI.ES.KH`	`082`
Kouvola	`FI.ES.KV`	`081`
Kuopio	`FI.IS.KP`	`112`
Kuusiokunnat	`FI.LS.KU`	`144`
Kyrönmaa	`FI.LS.KY`	`151`
Lahti	`FI.ES.LT`	`071`
Lakeus	`FI.OU.LK`	`172`
Lappeenranta	`FI.ES.LR`	`091`
Lohja	`FI.ES.LJ`	`012`
Loimaa	`FI.LS.LM`	`025`
Lounais-Pirkanmaa	`FI.LS.LP`	`068`
Loviisa	`FI.ES.LV`	`016`
Luoteis-Pirkanmaa	`FI.LS.LU`	`061`
Mikkeli	`FI.IS.MK`	`101`
Nivala-Haapajärvi	`FI.OU.NH`	`176`
Orimattila	`FI.ES.OR`	`014`
Oulu	`FI.OU.OL`	`171`
Outokumpu	`FI.IS.OK`	`121`
Pieksämäki	`FI.IS.PM`	`105`
Pielisen Karjala	`FI.IS.PK`	`125`
Pohjoiset Seinänaapurit	`FI.LS.PN`	`142`
Pohjois-Pirkanmaa	`FI.LS.PP`	`067`
Pohjois-Satakunta	`FI.LS.PS`	`044`
Pori	`FI.LS.PI`	`043`
Porvoo	`FI.ES.PV`	`015`
Posio-Ranua	`FI.LP.PR`	`195`
Raahe	`FI.OU.RA`	`174`
Rauma	`FI.LS.RM`	`041`
Riihimäki	`FI.ES.RI`	`052`
Rovaniemi	`FI.LP.RV`	`191`
Saarijärvi	`FI.LS.SJ`	`136`
Salo	`FI.LS.SA`	`022`
Savitaipale	`FI.ES.SV`	`092`
Savonlinna	`FI.IS.SL`	`103`
Siikalatva	`FI.OU.SI`	`175`
Sisä-Savo	`FI.IS.SS`	`115`
Suupohja	`FI.LS.SP`	`141`
Sydösterbottens kustregion	`FI.LS.SO`	`153`
Sysmä	`FI.ES.SY`	`073`
Tammisaari	`FI.ES.TS`	`013`
Tampere	`FI.LS.TP`	`064`
Torniolaakso	`FI.LP.TR`	`193`
Tunturi-Lappi	`FI.LP.TL`	`196`
Turku	`FI.LS.TU`	`023`
Vaasa	`FI.LS.VA`	`152`
Vakka-Suomi	`FI.LS.VS`	`024`
Varkaus	`FI.IS.VK`	`114`
Viitasaari	`FI.LS.VT`	`137`
Ylä-Lappi (Pohjois-Lapin)	`FI.LP.YL`	`197`
Ylä-Savo	`FI.IS.YS`	`111`
Ylivieska	`FI.OU.YV`	`177`
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. The middle two letters identify the province. For key, see the Regions of Finland page. src: Sub-region code from Statistics Finland.

1997-01-01: 3 sub-regions merged with others.
2001-01-01: 4 sub-regions merged with others.
In those two changes, Itä-Pirkanmaa, Joroinen, Koillis-Pirkanmaa, Lakeus, Orimattila , Posio-Ranua, and Sysmä sub-regions disappeared.
2003-01-01: Name of Ii sub-region changed to Oulu Arc (Finnish: Oulunkaari).
2004-01-01: Saarijärven and Viitasaaren sub-regions merged to form Saarijärven-Viitasaaren. Kaakkois-Satakunnan sub-region split into two parts, which merged with Rauma and Pori. Name of Kaakkoinen Keski-Suomi sub-region changed to Joutsa. Name of Pohjoiset Seinänaapurit sub-region changed to Seinäjoki.
2007-01-01: Kärkikunnat sub-region merged with Imatra. Outokumpu and Ilomantsi sub-regions merged with Joensuu.
2009-01-01: Juva sub-region split in two parts, which merged with Mikkeli and Pieksämäki. Eteläiset Seinänaapurit and Härmänmaa sub-regions merged with Seinäjoki. Lohja sub-region merged with Helsinki. Länsi-Saimaa sub-region (formerly named Savitaipale) merged with Lappeenranta. The resulting division is shown in the main table above.
2010-01-01: Heinola sub-region merged with Lahti. Name of Siikalatva sub-region changed to Haapaveden-Siikalatva.
2011-01-01: Loviisa and Porvoo sub-regions, formerly constituting East Uusimaa region, became part of Uusimaa region.
There were also some transfers of municipalities from one sub-region to another.

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