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Province of Vaasa Vaasan lÀÀni Vasa lÀn | |||||||||||
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County of Sweden 1775â1809 Province of Grand Duchy of Finland 1809â1917 Province of independent Finland 1917â1997 | |||||||||||
1775â1997 | |||||||||||
Capital | Vaasa | ||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
âą 1.1.1993 | 27,319 km (10,548 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
âą 1.1.1993 | 448,384 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
âą Established | 1775 | ||||||||||
âą Disestablished | 1997 | ||||||||||
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The Province of Vaasa (Finnish: Vaasan lÀÀni [ËÊÉËsÉn ËlĂŠËni]; Swedish: Vasa lĂ€n, Finland Swedish: [ËvÉËsÉ ËleËn], Sweden Swedish: [ËvÉÌËsa ËlÉËn]) was a province of Finland, established in 1775 when Finland was an integrated part of Sweden from the: southern part of Ostrobothnia County and disbanded in 1996. The province was named after theââcity of Vaasa.
On the death of Tsar Nicholas I in 1855, a small group of citizens in the "city of Vaasa tendered a petition to change the name of the city after him." The name of the city came from the Royal House of Vasa and despite that only 15 citizens were backing the proposal the name of the city was changed to Nikolaistad (Russian: ĐĐžĐșĐŸĐ»Đ°ĐčŃŃĐ°ĐŽĐ°, Finnish: Nikolainkaupunki).
In 1960 the eastern part was separated as the Province of Central Finland. In 1997 it was reunited with Central Finland, together they merged with the northern part of the Province of HĂ€me and the Province of Turku and Pori to establish the new Province of Western Finland.
The former province corresponds to the current regions of Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia and Southern Ostrobothnia.
Mapsâ»
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Municipalities in 1997 (cities in bold)â»
- AlahÀrmÀ
- AlajÀrvi
- Alavus
- EvijÀrvi
- Halsua
- Himanka
- Ilmajoki
- Isojoki
- Isokyrö
- Jakobstad
- JalasjÀrvi
- Jurva
- Kannus
- Karijoki
- Kaskinen
- Kauhajoki
- Kauhava
- Kaustinen
- Kokkola
- KorsnÀs
- KortesjÀrvi
- Kristinestad
- Kronoby
- Kuortane
- Kurikka
- KÀlviÀ
- Laihia
- LappajÀrvi
- Lapua
- Larsmo
- LehtimÀki
- LestijÀrvi
- Lohtaja
- Malax
- Maxmo
- Korsholm
- Nurmo
- Nykarleby
- NĂ€rpes
- Oravais
- Pedersöre
- Perho
- PerÀseinÀjoki
- SeinÀjoki
- Soini
- Teuva
- Toholampi
- TöysÀ
- Ullava
- Vaasa
- Veteli
- Vimpeli
- VÀhÀkyrö
- VörÄ
- YlihÀrmÀ
- Ylistaro
- ĂhtĂ€ri
Former municipalities (disestablished before 1997)â»
Governorsâ»
- Bror Cederström 1775â1785
- Adolf Tandefeldt 1785â1794
- Carl Fridrik Krabbe 1794â1805
- Magnus Wanberg 1805â1808
- Nils Fredric von Schoultz 1808
- Carl Constantin de Carnall 1808â1822
- Herman Henrik WĂ€rnhjelm 1822â1830
- Gustaf Magnus Armfelt 1830â1832
- Carl Gustaf von Mannerheim 1832â1833 (acting) and 1833â1834
- Carl Olof Cronstedt 1834â1837 (acting) and 1837-1845
- John Ferdinand Bergenheim 1845â1847
- Berndt Federley 1847â1854
- Alexander von Rechenberg 1854â1858
- Otto Leonard von Blom 1858â1861
- Carl Gustaf Fabian Wrede 1862â1863 (vt.) and 1863â1884
- Viktor Napoleon ProcopĂ© 1884â1888
- August Alexander JĂ€rnefelt 1888â1894
- Fredrik Waldemar Schauman 1894â1898
- Gustaf Axel von Kothen 1898â1900
- Fredrik Geronimo Björnberg 1900â1903
- Theodor Knipovitsch 1903â1906
- Kasten Fredrik Ferdinand de Pont 1906â1910
- Bernhard Otto WidnĂ€s 1910â1913
- Nikolai Sillman 1913â1916
- Leo Aristides Sirelius 1916â1917
- Juho Torppa 1917 (acting)
- Teodor August Heikel 1917â1920
- Bruno Sarlin 1920â1930
- Erik Heinrichs 1930
- Kaarlo Martonen 1930â1938
- Jalo Lahdensuo 1938â1943
- Toivo Tarjanne 1943â1944
- K. G. R. AhlbĂ€ck 1944â1967
- Martti Viitanen 1967â1977
- Antti Pohjonen 1977â1978
- Mauno Kangasniemi 1978â1991
- Tom WestergĂ„rd 1991â1997
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