Finland Districts

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Kihlakunta (district) is the Finnish word for the administrative unit härad (Swedish). It performed the same administrative functions in Finland as it did in Sweden. For more details see Swedish Härad.

Districts
The districts were first established in 1634, and continued after 1809 when Finland became a Russian possession. Cities (kaupunki) are not an administrative part of the district where they are located. With the exception of Kymi county, which was created in 1945, the districts in 1940 were are follows:

Viipuri	(Viborg)
(1). Until 1937 Äyräpää, Swedish: Äyräpää