Eastern Finland Province
Place in Finland
Eastern Finland (Finnish: Itä-Suomen lääni, Swedish: Östra Finlands län) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Western Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered Russia to the east.
01History
On September 1, 1997, the Mikkeli Province, the Kuopio Province and Northern Karelia Province were joined to form the new Eastern Finland Province.
All the provinces of Finland were abolished on January 1, 2010.
02Administration
03Subdivisions
At the time of its abolition, the Province of Eastern Finland was composed of three regions:
- North Karelia (Pohjois-Karjala / Norra Karelen)
- North Savo (Pohjois-Savo / Norra Savolax)
- South Savo (Etelä-Savo / Södra Savolax)
These regions were further divided into a total of 11 subregions and 54 municipalities. In the list below, the municipalities that designate themselves as cities or towns (Finnish: kaupunki, Swedish: stad) are shown in bold.
North Karelia
Joensuu sub-region
- Ilomantsi (Ilomants)
- Joensuu
- Juuka (Juga)
- Kontiolahti (Kontiolax)
- Liperi (Libelits)
- Outokumpu
- Polvijärvi
- Heinävesi
Central Karelia
- Kesälahti
- Kitee (Kides)
- Rääkkylä
- Tohmajärvi
Pielinen Karelia
North Savo
Upper Savo
- Iisalmi (Idensalmi)
- Keitele
- Kiuruvesi
- Lapinlahti
- Pielavesi
- Sonkajärvi
- Varpaisjärvi
- Vieremä
Kuopio sub-region
Northeast Savo
Varkaus sub-region
- Kangaslampi
- Leppävirta
- Varkaus
- Joroinen (Jorois)
Inner Savo
South Savo
Mikkeli sub-region
- Hirvensalmi
- Kangasniemi
- Mikkeli (S:t Michel)
- Mäntyharju
- Pertunmaa
- Ristiina (Kristina)
- Puumala
Pieksämäki sub-region
Savonlinna sub-region
- Enonkoski
- Kerimäki
- Punkaharju
- Rantasalmi
- Savonlinna (Nyslott)
- Sulkava
04Former municipalities (disestablished before 2009)
05Heraldry
Sources and credits
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