Sammatti ( Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsɑmːɑtːi] ) is a former municipality of Finland . It was consolidated with the city of Lohja in the beginning of 2009.
12-499: It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region . The municipality had a population of 1,365 (31 December 2008) and covered a land area of 72.01 square kilometres (27.80 sq mi). The population density was 18.96 inhabitants per square kilometre (49.1/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish . It was the birthplace of one of Finland's most famous writers, Elias Lönnrot ,
24-541: A border. In 1634, administratives provinces were formed in Sweden, and therefore in Finland, which was a part of Sweden until 1809. Five of the provinces covered what is now Finland; some of these also covered parts of what are now Russia. The exact division of the country into provinces has fluctuated over time. The boundaries of the old provinces partly survive in telephone area codes and electoral districts. The exception
36-680: Is Helsinki: there is a telephone numbering area that comprises Greater Helsinki (code 09), while only the city of Helsinki proper comprises the electoral district of Helsinki, the rest of Greater Helsinki belonging to the Uusimaa electoral district. a. ^ Some duties, which in Mainland Finland are handled by the provinces, are on the Åland Islands transferred to the autonomous Government of Åland . b. ^ The Åland Islands are unilingually Swedish. The provinces were abolished altogether effective 1 January 2010. Since then,
48-600: The Ministries of Employment and the Economy , Transport and Communications and Environment. Government of %C3%85land The Landskapsregering is the government of Åland , an autonomous region of Finland . The government is led by a Lantråd , the premier of Åland, who is elected by the Lagting , the parliament of Åland. Government member parties since 2023: Liberals for Åland , Åland Centre Party and
60-474: The Registry Offices (Finnish maistraatti , Swedish magistrat ). Formerly there was also a division to state local districts (Finnish kihlakunta , Swedish härad ), which were districts for police, prosecution, and bailiff services, but there was reorganization such that 24 police districts were founded. These usually encompass multiple municipalities. Provinces governed only state offices, such as
72-517: The borders of the provinces. The provinces were eventually abolished at the end of 2009. Consequently, different ministries may subdivide their areal organization differently. Besides the former provinces, the municipalities of Finland form the fundamental subdivisions of the country. In current use are the regions of Finland , a smaller subdivision where some pre-1997 lääni s are split into multiple regions. Åland retains its special autonomous status and its own regional parliament . Each province
84-469: The compiler of the Kalevala . Prior to its consolidation into Lohja in 2009, Sammatti contained of the following villages: [REDACTED] Media related to Sammatti at Wikimedia Commons Provinces of Finland Between 1634 and 2009, Finland was administered as several provinces ( Finnish : Suomen läänit , Swedish : Finlands län ). Finland had always been a unitary state :
96-649: The former province of Western Finland , and the former province of Oulu was revamped as Northern Finland; other old provincial boundaries remain much the same in the new disposition. In parallel, there are 15 Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (Finnish: elinkeino-, liikenne- ja ympäristökeskus , usually abbreviated ely-keskus ), which are responsible for other state administration: employment, road and transport infrastructure, and environmental monitoring . They are each responsible for one or more of regions of Finland , and include offices of
108-428: The police. Most services, such as healthcare and maintenance of local streets, were and remain today the responsibility of municipalities of Finland . Many municipalities are too small for a hospital and some other services, so they cooperate in municipality groups, e.g. health care districts, using borders that vary depending on the type of service. Often Swedish-language municipalities cooperate even if they do not share
120-493: The provincial authorities were part of the central government's executive branch and apart from Åland , the provinces had little autonomy. There were never any elected provincial parliaments in continental Finland. The system was initially created in 1634. Its makeup was changed drastically on 1 September 1997, when the number of the provinces was reduced from twelve to six. This effectively made them purely administrative units, as linguistic and cultural boundaries no longer followed
132-812: The regional administration of the Finnish state has two parallel top-level organs in the hierarchy: the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment on the one hand, and the Regional State Administrative Agencies on the other. Six Regional State Administrative Agencies ( aluehallintovirasto, regionförvaltningsverk , abbr. avi ) – in addition to the State Department of Åland – are primarily responsible for law enforcement. Among these, South-Western Finland and Western and Central Finland cover
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#1732787460315144-562: Was led by a governor (Finnish maaherra , Swedish landshövding ) appointed by the president on the recommendation of the cabinet. The governor was the head of the State Provincial Office (Finnish lääninhallitus , Swedish länsstyrelse ), which acted as the joint regional authority for seven ministries in the following domains: The official administrative subentities under the Provincial Office authorities were
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