The Province of Southern Finland is a province of Finland. It borders the provinces of Western Finland and Eastern Finland. It also borders the Gulf of Finland and Russia.

Historical Provinces

In the 1997 redesign that reduced their number of provinces from 12 to 6 the Uusimaa province, Kymi province and the southern parts of Häme province formed the new province of Southern Finland.

Administration

The State Provincial Office is a joint regional authority of seven different ministries. It promotes national and regional objectives of the State central administration. The State Provincial Office of Southern Finland employs about 380 persons. Its service units are located in the cities of Hämeenlinna, Helsinki and Kouvola.

Regions

Southern Finland is divided into 6 regions:

• South Karelia (Etelä-Karjala/ Södra Karelen)
• Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme/ Päijänne Tavastland)
• Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme/ Egentliga Tavastland)
• Uusimaa (Uusimaa/ Nyland)
• Eastern Uusimaa (Itä-Uusimaa/ Östra Nyland)
• Kymenlaakso (Kymenlaakso/ Kymmenedalen)

Southern Finland is divided into 88 municipalities.

Heraldry

The coat of arms of Southern Finland is composed of the arms of Tavastia, Karelia and Nylandia.

External links

• Southern Finland State Provincial Office - Official site

Provinces of Finland

Finlàndia del Sud | Südfinnland | Lõuna-Soome lään | Finlandia Meridional | Finlande méridionale | 남핀란드 주 | Finlandia Selatan | Finlandia meridionale | Dél-Finnország | Zuid-Finland | Södra Finlands län | Södra Finlands län | Finlanda de Sud | Lulli-Suoma leatna | Etelä-Suomen lääni | Södra Finlands län