City of Vaasa Vaasan kaupunki - Vasa stad
Coat of arms
Location of Vaasa in Finland
Coordinates: 63°10′00″N 22°00′00″E / 63.166667, 22
Country	Finland
Province	Western Finland
Region	Ostrobothnia
Sub-region
Charter	1606
Government
- City manager	Markku Lumio
Area
- Total	397 km² (153.3 sq mi)
- Land	183 km² (70.7 sq mi)
Population
- Total	57,030
Time zone	CET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+3)
Official languages	Finnish, Swedish
Website: www.vaasa.fi

Vaasa (Swedish: Vasa) is a city on the west coast of Finland. It received its charter in 1606, during the reign of Charles IX of Sweden and is named after the Royal House of Vasa. Today, Vaasa has a population of 57,501 (July 2007)^[1] , and is part of the administrative province of Western Finland and is the regional capital of Ostrobothnia. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Vaasan_vaakuna. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län). ... The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... Ostrobothnia is one of Finlands 20 regions (fi: maakunta/sv: landskap). ... In 2005 Finland is divided into 77 sub-regions (seutukunta in Finnish, ekonomisk region in Swedish). ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... The council-manager government is one of 2 main variations of representative municipal government (for contrast, also see Mayor-Council government). ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing daylight saving Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... Although DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... The two official languages of Finland are Finnish and Swedish. ... ... Events January 27 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins ending in their execution on January 31 May 17 - Supporters of Vasili Shusky invade the Kremlin and kill Premier Dmitri December 26 - Shakespeares King Lear performed in court Storm buries a village of St Ismails near... Charles IX (Karl IX) (October 4, 1550 – October 30, 1611), was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. ... The Vasa Coat of Arms The House of Vasa was the Royal House of Sweden (1523-1654) and of Poland (1587-1668). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. ... Ostrobothnia is one of Finlands 20 regions (fi: maakunta/sv: landskap). ...

The city is bilingual with 71.5% of the population speaking Finnish as their first language and 24.9% speaking Swedish. The city is an important centre for Finland-Swedish culture.^{[citation needed]} ...  Officially monolingual Finnish-speaking municipalities (Sami bilingual municipalities not shown)  Bilingual municipalities with Finnish as the majority language  Bilingual municipalities with Swedish as the majority language  Monolingual Swedish-speaking municipalities (including Ã…land) More than 17,000 Swedish Finns live in officially monolingual Finnish municipalities, and are thus not represented on...

History

Name

Over the years, Vaasa has changed its name several times, due to alternative spellings, political decisions and language condition changes. At first it was called Mustasaari or Mussor after the village where it was founded in 1606, but just a few years later the name was changed to Wasa to honor the royal Swedish lineage. The city was known as Wasa between 1606 and 1855, Nikolainkaupunki (Finnish) and Nikolaistad (Swedish) between 1855 and 1917, Vaasa (Finnish) and Vasa (Swedish) beginning from 1917, with the Finnish name being the primary name from ca 1930 when Finnish speakers became the majority in the city.

Foundation

Old Vaasa in the 1840s by Johan Knutsson

The history of Korsholm (Mustasaari in Finnish) and also of Vaasa begins in the 14th century, when seafarers from the coastal region in central Sweden disembarked at the present Old Vaasa, and the wasteland owners from Finland Proper came to guard their land. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (989x602, 141 KB) Old Vaasa, around 1840. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (989x602, 141 KB) Old Vaasa, around 1840. ... Korsholm (Mustasaari in Finnish) is a municipality of Finland. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... Finland Proper (Varsinais-Suomi in Finnish, Egentliga Finland in Swedish) is a region in south-western Finland. ...

In the middle of the century Saint Mary's Church was built and in the 1370's the building of the fortress at Korsholm, Crysseborgh, was undertaken, and served as an administrative centre of the Vasa County. King Charles IX of Sweden founded the town of Mustasaari/Mussor on October 2, 1606 around the oldest harbour and trade point around the Korsholm church approximately seven kilometres to the southwest from the present city. In 1611 the town was chartered and renamed after the Royal House of Vasa. Events Beginning of the rule of Poland by Capet-Anjou family. ... Korsholm (Mustasaari in Finnish) is a municipality of Finland. ... Österbotten County, Österbottens län, or Pohjanmaan lääni, was a County of Sweden from 1634. ... Charles IX (Karl IX) (October 4, 1550 – October 30, 1611), was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. ... is the 275th day of the year (276th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 27 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins ending in their execution on January 31 May 17 - Supporters of Vasili Shusky invade the Kremlin and kill Premier Dmitri December 26 - Shakespeares King Lear performed in court Storm buries a village of St Ismails near... Events June 23 - Henry Hudsons crew maroons him, his son and 7 others in a boat November 1 - At Whitehall Palace in London, William Shakespeares romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time. ... The Vasa Coat of Arms The House of Vasa was the Royal House of Sweden (1523-1654) and of Poland (1587-1668). ...

Thanks to the sea connections, ship building and trade, especially tar trade, Vaasa flourished in the 17th century and most of the inhabitants earned their living from it. (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...

In 1683 the three-subject or 'trivial' school moved from Nykarleby to Vaasa and four years later a new schoolhouse was built in Vaasa. The first library in Finland was founded in Vaasa in 1794. In 1793 Vaasa had 2,178 inhabitants, and in the year of the catastrophic town fire of 1852 the number had risen to 3,200. Nykarleby, or Uusikaarlepyy in Finnish, is a municipality of Finland. ... Julio Pérez Ferrero Library - Cúcuta, Colombia A modern-style library in Chambéry A library is a collection of information, sources, resources, and services: it is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual. ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1793 (MDCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Town fire

The Court of Appeal, nowadays the Church of Korsholm, survived the fire of 1852

The mainly wooden and densely built town was almost utterly destroyed in 1852. A fire started in a barn belonging to district court judge J.F. Aurén on the morning of August 3. At noon the whole town was ablaze and the fire lasted for many hours. In the evening most of the town had burned to the ground. Out of 379 buildings only 24 privately owned buildings had survived, among them the Falander-Wasastjerna patrician house (built in 1780-1781) which now houses the Old Vaasa museum. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 578 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 740 pixel, file size: 174 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Original upload on sv: 25 juli 2005 kl. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 578 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 740 pixel, file size: 174 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Original upload on sv: 25 juli 2005 kl. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the social and political class in ancient Rome. ...

The Court of Appeal (built in 1775, nowadays the Church of Korsholm), some Russian guard-houses along with a gunpowder storage and the buildings of the Vaasa provincial hospital (nowadays a psychiatric hospital) also survived the blaze. The ruins of the greystone church, the belfry, the town hall and the trivial school can still be found in their original places. Much of the archived material concerning Vaasa and its inhabitants was destroyed in the fire. According to popular belief, the fire got started when a careless visitor fell asleep in Aurén's barn and dropped his pipe in the dry hay. Court of Appeals is the title of certain appellate courts in various jurisdictions. ... Belfry of Bruges A belfry is a building (also known as a bell tower) - or a part of a building - in which bells are hung. ...

The new town

The new town of Nikolaistad (Nikolainkaupunki in Finnish, after late Tsar Nicholas I) rose in 1862 about seven kilometres to the northwest from the old town. The town's coastal location offered good conditions for seafaring. The town plan was planned by Carl Axel Setterberg in the Empire style. In the master plan the disastrous consequences of the fire were considered. Main streets in the new town were five broad avenues which divided the town into sections. Each block was divided by alleys. Nicholas I (Russian: Николай I Павлович, Nikolaj I Pavlovič), July 6 (June 25, Old Style), 1796 – March 2 (18 February Old Style), 1855), was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855, known as one of the most reactionary of the Russian monarchs. ... This article is about 1862 . ... Carl Axel Setterberg (1812-1871) was an architect from Sweden. ... Empire is an early 19th century style of architecture and furniture design that and originates from Napoleons rule of France. ...

The town was promptly renamed Vasa (Vaasa) after the Tsar Nicholas II was overthrown in 1917. The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political and social upheavals in Russia, involving first the overthrow of the tsarist autocracy, and then the overthrow of the liberal and moderate-socialist Provisional Government, resulting in the establishment of Soviet power under the control of the Bolshevik party. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...

Site of Government

During the Finnish Civil War, Vaasa was the capital of Finland from January 29 to May 3, 1918. As a consequence of the occupation of central places and arresting of politicians in Helsinki the Senate decided to move the senators to Vaasa, where the White Guards that supported the Senate had a strong position and the contacts to the west were good. Combatants Whites: White Guards, German Empire, Swedish volunteers Reds: Red Guards, Russian SFSR Commanders C.G.E. Mannerheim Ali Aaltonen, Eero Haapalainen, Eino Rahja, Kullervo Manner Strength 80,000–90,000 Finns, 550 Swedish volunteers, 13,000 Germans[1] 80,000–90,000 Finns, 4,000–10,000 Russians[1... is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Location of Helsinki in Northern Europe Coordinates: , Country Province Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Charter 1550 Capital city 1812 Government  - Mayor Jussi Pajunen Area  - Total 187. ... The White Guards is one translation of the Finnish term Suojeluskunta (plural: Suojeluskunnat, Finland-Swedish: Skyddskår) that unfortunately has received many different translations to English, for instance: Security Guard, Civil Guard, National Guard, White Militia, Defence Corps, Protection Guard, Protection Corps and Protection Militia. ...

The Senate of Finland began its work in Vaasa on February 1, 1918 and it had four members. The Senate held its sessions in the Town Hall. To express its gratitude to the town the senate gave Vaasa the right to add the cross of freedom, independent Finland's oldest mark of honour designed by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, to its coat of arms. Because of its role in the civil war Vasa became known as "The White City". A Statue of Freedom, depicting a victorious White soldier, was erected into the town square. The Senate of Finland combined the functions of cabinet and supreme court in the Grand Duchy of Finland between 1816 to 1917. ... is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... From the Kalevala, 1896 Akseli Gallen-Kallela (April 26, 1865 _ March 7, 1931) was a Finnish painter who is most of all known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic (illustration, right). ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ...

The language conditions in the city shifted in the 1930s, and the majority became Finnish. Therefore the primary name also changed from "Vasa " to "Vaasa", according to Finnish spelling.

University City

Vaasa has three universities. The largest one is the University of Vaasa, which is located in the neighbourhood of Palosaari. Palosaari is a peninsula near the center of Vaasa, connected to it by bridges. The other two universities are Åbo Akademi, headquartered in Turku, and the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, or Hanken, headquartered in Helsinki. Unique to Vaasa is the Finland-Swedish teachers training school, part of Åbo Akademi. University of Helsinki also has a small unit, specialized in law studies, in the same premises as Vaasa University. The University of Vaasa is publicly funded state research university in Vaasa, Ostrobothnia, Finland. ... The Ã…bo Akademi University is a Swedish language university, founded in 1918 in Turku (Ã…bo in Swedish), Finland. ... Location of Turku in Northern Europe Coordinates: , Country Finland Province Western Finland Region Finland Proper Sub-region Turku sub-region Government  - Mayor Mikko Pukkinen Area  - City 306. ... The Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, also known as Hanken, is a Swedish language business university located in Helsinki and Vaasa, Finland. ... Location of Helsinki in Northern Europe Coordinates: , Country Province Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Charter 1550 Capital city 1812 Government  - Mayor Jussi Pajunen Area  - Total 187. ... University of Helsinki is not to be confused with Helsinki University of Technology. ...

The city has two Universities of Applied Sciences: Vaasa University of Applied Sciences (former Vaasa Polytechnic), located right next to the University of Vaasa, and Swedish University of Applied Sciences (former Swedish Polytechnic). Vaasan ammattikorkeakoulu University of Applied Sciences is a multidisciplinary, multilingual and international polytechnic university providing bachelor & Master levels higher education and research services within Technology and Communication, Business Economics and Tourism as well as Health Care and Social Services. ...

Major employers

Vaasa is generally speaking an industrial town, with several industrial parks. Industry comprises one-fourth of jobs. There is a university (University of Vaasa), faculties of Åbo Akademi and Hanken, and two Universities of Applied Sciences in the town. Many workers commute from Korsholm (Mustasaari), Laihia, and other municipalities nearby. The University of Vaasa is publicly funded state research university in Vaasa, Ostrobothnia, Finland. ... The Ã…bo Akademi University is a Swedish language university, founded in 1918 in Turku (Ã…bo in Swedish), Finland. ... The Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, also known as Hanken, is a Swedish language business university located in Helsinki, Finland. ... Ammattikorkeakoulu, short AMK, is a Finnish polytechnical institution. ... Korsholm (Mustasaari in Finnish) is a municipality of Finland. ... Korsholm (Mustasaari in Finnish) is a municipality of Finland. ... Laihia (Laihela in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland. ...

Major employers, in order:

1. City of Vaasa
2. ABB Strömberg — industrial and power electronics and automation equipment
3. Vaasa Central Hospital
4. State institutions
5. Wärtsilä — diesel engines
6. Vacon — frequency converters
7. KWH Group — plastics, abrasives and logistics services
8. TeliaSonera — telephony
9. Vaasa Engineering
10. Posti — mail
11. VLP (Vaasa Area Telephone)
12. Kemira Chemicals

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Notable people from Vaasa

• Alexander Ivars - Musician
• Olli Ahvenniemi - Basketball player
• Fanny Churberg (1893 - 1944) - Painter
• Annika Eklund - Singer
• Seppo Evwaraye - Professional American football player
• Marika Fingerroos (*1979) - Yellow press favourite
• Rabbe Grönblom - Businessman
• Kenneth Haglund (*?) - author of computer programme YAWC
• Jarl Hemmer - Author
• Edvin Hevonkoski - Sculptor
• Mikaela Ingberg - Javelin thrower
• Fritz Jakobsson - Painter
• Vesa 'Vesku' Jokinen - Musician
• Mikael Jungner - MD of Yleisradio
• Heli Koivula-Kruger - Athlete
• Susanna 'Suski' Korvala - Singer
• Björn Kurtén - Paleontologist, author
• Joachim Kurtén - Businessman, politician
• Toivo Kuula - Composer
• Artturi Leinonen - Newspaperman, politician, author
• August Alexander Levón - Industrialist, businessman
• Nandor Mikola - Painter
• Jorma Ojaharju - Author
• Pekka Puska - Doctor, expert on public health
• Viljo Revell - Architect, works included Toronto City Hall in Canada.
• Antti Holvikari - Programmer
• Carl Axel Setterberg - Architect, creator of the new Vaasa
• Pekka Strang - Actor
• Jacob Tegengren - Poet
• Jani Toivola - Actor, television host (Finnish Idols 2007, The Voice TV)
• Allu Tuppurainen - Actor, creator of Rölli
• Jenny Wilhelms - Musician
• Carl Gustaf Wolff - Businessman
• Mathilda Wrede - "Friend of the inmates"
• Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen (Georg Zacharias Forsman) - Politician, professor, fennoman

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Cooperation cities

As of 2006, Vaasa has town twinning treaties or treaties of cooperation signed with nine cities. 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ...

• Umeå, Sweden — twin towns since 1940
• Harstad, Norway — twin towns since 1949
• Helsingør , Denmark — twins towns since 1949
• Kiel, Germany — twin towns since 1967
• Schwerin, Germany — twin towns since 1965
• Pärnu, Estonia — twin towns since 1956
• Sumperk, Czech Republic — twin towns since 1984
• Malmö, Sweden — godfather town since 1940
• Morogoro, Tanzania — cooperation treaty signed in 1988

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Trivia

• Television programmes and films shot in Vaasa include Strömsö, Falkensvärds möbler, N.D.A., Colorado Avenue and Headhunters.
• The seventeenth century ship Regalskeppet Vasa, on display in the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, has no other connection with the Finnish city besides from being named after the same royal family - the House of Vasa.
• The Kotipizza chain was established in Vaasa by enterpreneur Rabbe Grönblom.

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Pictures

Korsholm castle as a detail on a map made after 1752. The picture might depict a drawing from the 17th century, but is unreliable as a source. The detailed portal might have some equivalence with reality. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...	Rewell Center	Trinity Church (Protestant) Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ...	Wasaborg
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Barracks from the Russian age	Court of Appeal, Finlands oldest	the Market Hall by night	Watertower located in the centre a block from the Town Square
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References

• Julkunen, Mikko: Vaasa - Vasa. Vaasa: Vaasa, 1982. ISBN 951-660-076-X (Photo book with English text.)

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Vaasa

• (English) Vaasa official website
• (Finnish) Vaasa - Official website
• (Swedish) Vasa - Official website
• (Finnish)/(Swedish)/(English)/(German) Tourist's Vaasa
• (Finnish)/(Swedish)/(English) Ostrobothnian Museum and Terranova Kvarken Nature Centre
• (English) Vaasa Pages.com Vaasa history timeline, old maps and aerial photos, many galleries, housing exhibition.

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Maps

• Map of Vaasa
• (English) Clickable map of Vaasa

Media

• (Finnish) Pohjalainen - local newspaper in Finnish
• (Swedish) Vasabladet - local newspaper in Swedish
• (Finnish)/(Swedish) Radio Vaasa - local radiostation
• (Finnish) Pohjanmaan Radio - Regional public service radio in Finnish (part of Radio Suomi)
• (Swedish) Radio Vega Österbotten - Regional public service radio in Swedish (part of Radio Vega)
• (Finnish) Vaasan Ylioppilaslehti - Monthly paper for the students at Vaasa University
• (Finnish) Vaasalaisia.info - Local "townblog" and message-board.

Education

Tritonia is the Academic Library of Vaasa and is shared by the city's three universities

• (Finnish)/(Swedish)/(English)/(German) University of Vaasa
• (Swedish)/(English) Åbo Akademi, Vasa
• (Swedish)/(English) Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration
• (Finnish)/(Swedish)/(English) Vaasa University of Applied Sciences
• (Swedish)/(Finnish)/(English) Swedish Polytechnic
• (Finnish)/(Swedish)/(English) University of Helsinki, Vaasa Unit of Legal Studies
• (Finnish)/(Swedish)/(English) Western Finland Design Center MUOVA, University of Art and Design
• (Finnish)/(Swedish)/(English) The Tritonia Academic Library
• (Finnish)/(Swedish)/(English) Vaasa Consortium of Higher Education
• (Finnish)/(Swedish)/(English) The Vaasa Region Sports Academy
• (Finnish)Vaasan Steinerkoulu - Vaasa Steiner School

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (868x568, 40 KB) Beskrivning The University Library in Vaasa, Finland, the summer 2003. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (868x568, 40 KB) Beskrivning The University Library in Vaasa, Finland, the summer 2003. ...

Sports

• (Finnish) Airsoft-Vaasa - the largest Airsoft club in Vaasa
• (Finnish) VPS-Vaasa - the biggest football club in Vaasa
• (Finnish)/(Swedish) Vasa IFK - football club
• (Finnish) FC Kiisto - football club
• (Finnish) FC Sport - football club
• (Finnish)/(Swedish) Vaasan Sport - icehockey team
• (Finnish) Vaasan Salama - basketball club
• (Finnish) Vaasan Maila - Finnish baseball club
• (Finnish) Vaasan Diana-57 - archery club
• (Finnish) Vaasan keilailuliitto - bowling club
• (Finnish)/(Swedish) High Sport - climbing club
• (Swedish) Vasa Idrottssällskap - athletics club
• (Finnish) Tennis-61 - tennis club
• (Finnish) Vaasa Saints - ultimate club
• (Finnish)/(Swedish) Vaasa Golf - golf club

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	Municipalities of Ostrobothnia
	Isokyrö | Jakobstad | Kaskinen | Korsholm | Korsnäs | Kristinestad | Kronoby | Laihia | Larsmo | Malax | Nykarleby | Närpes | Oravais | Pedersöre | Vaasa | Vähäkyrö | Vörå-Maxmo
	Ostrobothnia Region | Western Finland | Finland

Coordinates: 63°05′45″N, 21°36′55″E The 18 municipalities of the Ostrobothnia Region in Finland are divided on four sub-regions. ... Image File history File links Pohjanmaan_maakunnan_vaakuna. ... Isokyrö (Storkyro in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland. ... Jakobstad in Swedish, or Pietarsaari in Finnish, is a town and municipality in Ostrobothnia, Finland. ... Kaskinen (Kaskö in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland. ... Korsholm (Mustasaari in Finnish) is a municipality of Finland. ... Korsnäs (finnish Ristitaipale) is a municipality of Finland. ... Kristinestad, the oldest church. ... Kronoby (Kruunupyy in Finnish) is a municipality of Finland. ... Laihia (Laihela in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland. ... Larsmo (Luoto in Finnish) is a municipality of Finland. ... Malax (Maalahti in Finnish) is a municipality of Finland. ... Nykarleby, or Uusikaarlepyy in Finnish, is a municipality of Finland. ... Närpes (Närpiö in Finnish) is a municipality of Finland. ... Oravais (Oravainen in Finnish) is a municipality of Finland. ... Pedersöre (Pedersören kunta in Finnish) is a municipality of Finland. ... Vähäkyrö (Lillkyro in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland. ... VörÃ¥-Maxmo in Swedish or Vöyri-Maksamaa in Finnish is a municipality of Finland. ... Ostrobothnia is one of Finlands 20 regions (fi: maakunta/sv: landskap). ... The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...