Division into administrative areas (raster)
Division into administrative areas (raster) is a dataset depicting the municipal division of Finland. In addition, the boundaries of the regions and the state are shown with a thicker line. The product does not contain information about shorelines.
The dataset Municipal Division is produced in scales 1:10,000, 1:100,000, 1:250,000, 1:1,000,000, and 1:4,500,000.
• The dataset in scale 1:10,000 is based on the property boundaries in the Cadastre.
• Other scales are generalised versions of this dataset.
The dataset is updated yearly in January.
Central changes in 2026:
• The boundaries of the Regional State Administrative Agencies have been dismantled, the boundaries of economic development centres have replaced them (information available only in the vector product)
• Partial municipal merger between the city of Savonlinna and the municipality of Enonkoski
• Update 06/2026: The changes of the review of the state boundary between Finland and Norway in the dataset in scale 1:10,000.
The product belongs to the open data of the National Land Survey of Finland. Download the product from the MapSite's Download geospatial data section.
Purpose:
Divison into administrative areas is suitable for use as background data for various analyses and as source data for map products.
Geographic location
Entire Finland
Reference system
ETRS89 / TM35FIN(E,N) (EPSG:3067)
Scale
10000
100000
250000
1000000
4500000
Pixel size
1 m
8 m
32 m
128 m
512 m
Spatial representation
Raster
Spatial representation info
Full surface graph
Data content
Division into administrative areas (raster) is a dataset depicting the municipal boundaries of Finland. The property boundaries in the Cadastre that are kept up to date continuously serve as the source dataset for municipal boundaries. Municipal Division is updated yearly.
Generalisation and enclaves in different scales:
1:10,000:
• Based on Municipal Division in scale 1:10,000
• Ungeneralised
• Includes all enclaves (part of a municipality located within another municipality).
1:100,000:
• Generalised from the 1:10,000 dataset
• Includes all enclaves larger than 10 ha.
1:250,000:
• Generalised from the 1:100,000 dataset
• Includes all enclaves larger than 100 ha.
1:1,000,000 and 1:4,500,000:
• Generalised from the dataset in the previous scale
• Includes only the enclave of Hammarland.
The product does not contain information about shorelines.
Maintenance
Maintenance
New annual versions are published at the beginning of the calendar year following the update of the municipal division dataset.
Annual versions of Division into administrative areas are available since 2012. The availability varies by format.
Quality information
Lineage
The Division into administrative areas (raster) product (formerly Municipal Division) has been produced since 2012.
Information product specifications for the 2025 version and older annual versions (in Finnish): http://xml.nls.fi/Kuntajako/Asiakasdokumentaatio/Tietotuoteselosteet/
Distribution and further information
Responsible party
National Land Survey of Finland
Conditions applying to access and use
Mention the name of the Licensor (the National Land Survey of Finland), the name of the dataset(s) and the time when the National Land Survey has delivered the dataset(s) (e.g.: contains data from the National Land Survey of Finland Topographic Database 06/2014).
Distribution format
PNG
Pricing
Not based on a decree