No changes on 1 January 2024
No changes on 1 January 2023
No changes on 1 January 2022
Changes on 1 January 2021
Heinävesi (090) moved from the region of South Savo to the region of North Karelia (12).
Iitti (142) moved from the region of Kymenlaakso (08) to the region of Päijät-Häme (07).
Isokyrö (152) moved from the region of Ostrobothnia (15) to the region of South Ostrobothnia (14).
Joroinen (171) moved from the region of South Savo (10) to the region of North Savo (11).
Kuhmoinen (291) moved from the region of Central Finland (13) to the region of Pirkanmaa (06).
No changes on 1 January 2020
Changes on 1 January 2019
Åland has been left out of the Finnish name (previously Ahvenanmaa-Åland) for the region of Åland.
The English name of three regions has changed:
Etelä-Savo > South Savo
Pohjois-Savo > North Savo
Varsinais-Suomi > Southwest Finland.
On 1 January 2016, Vaala (785) moved from the region of Kainuu (18) to the region of North Ostrobothnia (17).
On 1 January 2013, Suomenniemi (775) was merged with Mikkeli (491), whereby the area of the former municipality of Suomenniemi moved from the region of South Karelia (09) to the region of Etelä-Savo (10), and Kiikoinen (254) was merged with Sastamala (790), whereby the area of the former municipality of Kiikkoinen moved from the region of Satakunta (04) to the region of Pirkanmaa (06). On 1 January 2011, the region of Itä-Uusimaa (20) was merged with the region of Uusimaa (01). On 1 January 2010, Himanka (095) was merged with the municipality of Kalajoki (208) and the area of the former municipality of Himanka moved from the region of Ostrobothnia (16) to that of North Ostrobothnia (17). On 1 January 2009, the boundary between Itä-Uusimaa (20) and Uusimaa (01) changed when part of Sipoo was merged with Helsinki. On 1 January 2007, as a result of the abolishment of Längelmäki (443), the regional boundary changed, when part of the area of Längelmäki moved from Pirkanmaa (06) to the region of Central Finland. The areas of Längelmäki were merged with Jämsä (182, Central Finland) and Orivesi (562, Pirkanmaa). The size of the area merged with Orivesi is 300 km2, the area merged with Jämsä 197.6 km2. According to the population data on the situation in 2004, 64 per cent (1,088 persons) of the inhabitants in the present municipality of Längelmäki moved to the area merged with Jämsä and 36 per cent (612) to the area merged with Orivesi. On 1 January 2005, Punkalaidun (619) moved from the region of Satakunta (04) to the region of Pirkanmaa (06). The change is taken into account in statistics produced on the national level. The change is not taken into consideration in statistics submitted to Eurostat, because data are delivered according to the NUTS classification. (NUTS is the EU's common classification of statistical regions, which is updated at most every three years.) On 1 January 2002, Kangaslampi (212) moved from the region of Etelä-Savo (10) to the region of Pohjois-Savo (11). As a result of the municipal merger of 1 January 2001 when Kuorevesi (299) merged with Jämsä, the former municipality of Kuorevesi moved from the region of Pirkanmaa to that of Central Finland. On 1 March 1998, regions received their official names. In this connection, two regions changed their names: The new name of the region of Häme (05) is Kanta-Häme. The new name of Coastal Vasa (15) is Ostrobothnia.