Municipalities of Central Finland

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The 23 municipalities of the Central Finland Region (Finnish: Keski-Suomi; Swedish: Mellersta Finland) in Finland are divided on six sub-regions.

Äänekoski sub-region

• Äänekoski (former arms: )
• Konnevesi

Jämsä sub-region

• Jämsä (former arms: )

Joutsa sub-region

• Joutsa
• Luhanka

Jyväskylä sub-region

• Hankasalmi
• Jyväskylä
• Laukaa (Laukas)
• Muurame
• Petäjävesi
• Toivakka
• Uurainen

Keuruu sub-region

• Keuruu (Keuru)
• Multia

Saarijärvi-Viitasaari sub-region

• Kannonkoski
• Karstula
• Kivijärvi
• Kyyjärvi
• Saarijärvi
• Kinnula
• Pihtipudas
• Viitasaari

Former municipalities

• Äänekosken maalaiskunta (to Äänekoski in 1969)
• Koskenpää (to Jämsänkoski in 1969)
• Pihlajavesi (to Keuruu in 1969)
• Konginkangas (to Äänekoski in 1993)
• Säynätsalo (to Jyväskylä in 1993)
• Sumiainen (to Äänekoski in 2007)
• Suolahti (to Äänekoski in 2007)
• Leivonmäki (to Joutsa in 2008)
• Jämsänkoski (to Jämsä in 2009)
• Jyväskylän maalaiskunta (to Jyväskylä in 2009)
• Korpilahti (to Jyväskylä in 2009)
• Pylkönmäki (to Saarijärvi in 2009)

Kuhmoinen was moved to the Pirkanmaa region in 2021.

The following municipalities were not in Central Finland, but were merged into Central Finnish municipalities:

• Kuorevesi (to Jämsä in 2001)
• Längelmäki (partially to Jämsä in 2007)

See also

• Western Finland
• Regions of Western Finland

External links

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