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Council (council seats)

The number of seats in the council depends on the size of the municipality (population). The smallest number of councillors is 17 (maximum population 2,000) and the highest 85 (population of over 400,000).



Statistics using the definition

Validity of the definition

  • Valid

Source organisation

  • Tilastokeskus

Related concepts


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