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Finland Proper

Finland Proper is a region in Western Finland with a population of 480,000. It is the south-west corner of , including much of the archipelago but not the .
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is oldest city, and used to be the country's largest until the mid-19th century. Believed to have been founded in the early 13th century, it is the cradle of modern Finnish culture and has extensively influenced Finnish history.

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is a city of about 52,000 inhabitants in Finland Proper, perhaps best known for Nokia mobile phones. Much of the surrounding countryside, including Halikko, Kiikala, Kisko, Kuusjoki, Muurla, Perniö, Pertteli, , Särkisalo and Uskela, is nowadays incorporated into .

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is a town and municipality of . It is located in the Southwest Finland region, 71 kilometres northwest of and 97 kilometres south of .

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The is the part of the Baltic Sea between the main islands of and the mainland. It is one of the largest archipelagos in the world, by count of islands and islets, with the biggest islands being some ten to twenty kilometres across, some of the inhabited islands less than a kilometre, and thousands of skerries.

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is a town in , located in the region of Southwest Finland. It lies south of the regional capital, . The population of is approximately 37,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 353,000.

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is the west coast of Finland Proper, north of the and .

is in the inland of Finland Proper. Alastaro, Mellilä and Metsämaa have been merged with the city and are included below. Virttaa is a village in Alastaro.

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is a town and municipality in Finland Proper. The former municipality of Somerniemi is also handled in this article.

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is a town and municipality of . It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 11,241 and covers an area of 242.26 square kilometres of which 3.89 km2 is water.

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is a town and a municipality of . It is located in the Southwest Finland region, and it is 59 kilometres from to . The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: 8492} and covers an area of 545.32 square kilometres of which 13.65 km2 is water.

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in , in Finland Proper, is centred around the raised bog Kurjenrahka. Besides bogs and birdlife it features lakes and forests, among them the old-growth Pukkipalo.

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is a municipality of . It is located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,297 and covers an area of 117.72 square kilometres of which 0.1 km2 is water.

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is a municipality in the north of the in Finland Proper, on the border to the Bothnian Sea.

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is a municipality of . It is located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 2,968 and covers an area of 299.47 square kilometres of which 47.21 km2 is water.

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is a mostly rural municipality in the inland of Finland Proper, including also the former municipalities of Karinainen and Yläne. This article additionally covers the neighbouring municipality of Aura.

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is a mostly rural municipality in the . This was where the first bishops of Finland resided.

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is a small town and municipality in Finland Proper. This article covers also Koski in the north-east.

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, the inland countryside north of urban in Finland Proper, can be a nice change from city tourism. There are quiet roads, agritourism farms, small museums and natural landscapes.

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and Merimasku are rural areas in the in Finland Proper, consisting of a few main islands and about 500 smaller ones. The main islands have road connection to the mainland.

is an island group and former municipality in the , Finland Proper. The islands have a large number of summer cottages.

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is a former municipality in Finland Proper, today part of . It was a common stop on present highway 110 when it was highway 1. The administrative centre was Kitula, while the former parish village is 3 km farther towards Helsinki.

Finland Proper

Latitude of center
60.5° or 60° 30′ north
Longitude of center
22.25° or 22° 15′ east
Population
481,000
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
Geo­Names ID
830708
Wiki­data ID
Q5712
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Finland Proper” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Suidwes-Finland”
  • Albanian: “Finlanda Jugperëndimore”
  • Arabic: “فارسينايس سوومي”
  • Armenian: “Վարսինայս-Սուոմի”
  • Asturian: “Finlandia del Sudoeste”
  • Asturian: “Finlandia del Suroeste”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənub-qərbi Finlandiya”
  • Azerbaijani: “Egentliga Finland”
  • Balinese: “Finlandia Kelod Kauh”
  • Basque: “Jatorrizko Finlandia”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёва-Заходняя Фінляндыя”
  • Bengali: “ফিনল্যান্ড প্রপার”
  • Bosnian: “Jugozapadna Finska”
  • Catalan: “Finlàndia Pròpia”
  • Cebuano: “Varsinais-Suomi”
  • Chinese: “Se-lâm Hun-lân Tōa-khu”
  • Chinese: “芬兰本部区”
  • Chinese: “芬蘭本部區”
  • Chinese: “西南芬蘭”
  • Chinese: “西南芬蘭區”
  • Czech: “Vlastní Finsko”
  • Danish: “Egentliga Finland”
  • Danish: “Varsinais-Suomi”
  • Dutch: “Egentliga Finland”
  • Dutch: “Varsinais-Suomi”
  • Dutch: “Zuidwest-Finland”
  • Esperanto: “Egentliga Finland”
  • Esperanto: “Origina Finnlando”
  • Esperanto: “Pura Finnlando”
  • Esperanto: “Varsinais-Suomi”
  • Estonian: “Päris-Soome maakond”
  • Estonian: “Päris-Soome”
  • Finnish: “Egentliga Finland”
  • Finnish: “Lounais-Suomi”
  • Finnish: “Varsinais-Suomen maakunta”
  • Finnish: “Varsinais-Suomi”
  • French: “Egentliga Finland”
  • French: “Finlande du Sud-Ouest”
  • French: “Finlande-Propre”
  • French: “Varsinais-Suomi”
  • French: “Finlande propre” (historical)
  • Galician: “Finlandia Propia”
  • Georgian: “ვარსინაის-სუომი”
  • German: “Egentliga Finland”
  • German: “Varsinais-Suomen maakunta”
  • German: “Varsinais-Suomi”
  • Greek: “Νοτιοδυτική Φινλανδία”
  • Gujarati: “ફિનલેન્ડ પ્રોપર”
  • Hebrew: “דרום-מערב פינלנד”
  • Hindi: “फ़िनलैंड प्रॉपर”
  • Icelandic: “Suðvestur-Finnland”
  • Inari Sami: “Varsinais-Suomâ eennâmkodde‎”
  • Inari Sami: “Varsinais-Suomâ eennâmkodde”
  • Indonesian: “Finland Proper”
  • Indonesian: “Finlandia Barat Daya”
  • Indonesian: “Finlandia Sejati”
  • Indonesian: “Varsinais-Suomi”
  • Irish: “Iardheisceart na Fionlainne”
  • Italian: “Egentliga Finland”
  • Italian: “Finlandia originale”
  • Italian: “Finlandia Propria”
  • Italian: “Varsinais-Suomi”
  • Japanese: “南西スオミ県”
  • Kannada: “ಫಿನ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಸರಿಯಾದ”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Варсинайс Суоми”
  • Korean: “남서수오미 지역”
  • Latin: “Finnia Propria”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidrietumsomija”
  • Latvian: “Īstā Somija”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietvakarių Suomija”
  • Lombard: “Finlandia Propia”
  • Macedonian: “Југозападна Финска”
  • Malay: “Finland Proper”
  • Manx: “Finnlynn Chiart”
  • Manx: “Finnlynn Heear Yiass”
  • Marathi: “फिनलंड प्रॉपर”
  • Mazanderani: “اصلی فلاند ناحیه”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Se-lâm Hun-lân Tōa-khu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Eegentelk Finlun”
  • Northern Sami: “Áitosaš-Suoma eanangoddi”
  • Northern Sami: “Áitosaš-Suopma”
  • Northern Sami: “Varsinais-Suoma eanangoddi”
  • Northern Sami: “Varsinais-Suopma”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Egentliga Finland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Egentliga Finland”
  • Norwegian: “Egentliga Finland”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Finlàndia Pròpria”
  • Persian: “جنوب غرب فنلاند”
  • Persian: “فنلاند اصلی”
  • Polish: “Egentliga Finland”
  • Polish: “Finlandia Południowo-Zachodnia”
  • Polish: “Finlandia Właściwa”
  • Polish: “Varsinais-Suomi”
  • Portuguese: “Egentliga Finland”
  • Portuguese: “Finlândia do Sudoeste”
  • Portuguese: “Finlândia Própria”
  • Portuguese: “Varsinais-Suomi”
  • Romanian: “Finlanda Propriu-Zisă”
  • Russian: “Варсинайс-Суоми”
  • Russian: “Исконная Финляндия”
  • Russian: “Собственно Финляндия”
  • Russian: “Юго-Западная Финляндия”
  • Scots: “Finland Proper” (historical)
  • Serbian: “Uža Finska”
  • Serbian: “Ужа Финска”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prava Finska”
  • Sinhala: “ෆින්ලන්ත ප්‍රොපර්”
  • Skolt Sami: “Varsinais-Lääʹddjânnam mäddkåʹdd”
  • Skolt Sami: “Varsinais-Lääʹddjânnam”
  • Skolt Sami: “Varsinais-Suomi mäddkåʹdd”
  • Skolt Sami: “Varsinais-Suomi”
  • Slovak: “Varsinais-Suomi”
  • Slovenian: “Jugozahodna Finska”
  • Slovenian: “Varsinais-Suomi”
  • Spanish: “Egentliga Finland”
  • Spanish: “Finlandia del Sudeste”
  • Spanish: “Finlandia Propia”
  • Spanish: “Varsinais-Suomi”
  • Swedish: “Egentliga Finland”
  • Swedish: “Varsinais-Suomen maakunta”
  • Swedish: “Varsinais-Suomi”
  • Tamil: “பின்லாந்து ப்ரொபேர்”
  • Telugu: “ఫిన్లాండ్ ప్రాపర్”
  • Turkish: “Güneybatı Finlandiya”
  • Ukrainian: “Південно-Західна Фінляндія”
  • Urdu: “جنوب مغربی فن لینڈ”
  • Vietnamese: “Finland Proper”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Nam Phần Lan”
  • Western Panjabi: “فنلینڈ خاص”
  • Wu Chinese: “西南芬兰区”
  • Yue Chinese: “西南芬蘭”

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