Central Finland Province

The Central Finland Province (Finnish: Keski-Suomen lääni, Swedish: Mellersta Finlands län) was a province of Finland^[1] from 1960 to 1997. The area of the Central Finland Province was the same as the area of Central Finland region.

Central Finland Province Keski-Suomen lääni Mellersta Finlands län
Province of Finland
1960–1997
Coat of arms
Capital	Jyväskylä
Area
• 1 January 1993	19,388 km2 (7,486 sq mi)
Population
• 1 January 1993	255,989
History
• Established	1960
• Disestablished	1997
Preceded by Succeeded by Province of Vaasa Western Finland

The Central Finland Province was established in 1960^[2] when it was separated from the Vaasa Province. Minor parts of Häme Province, Kuopio Province and Mikkeli Province were also merged to the new province. In 1997 it was reunited with Vaasa and together with the northern part of the Häme Province and the Turku and Pori Province it was merged into the new Western Finland Province.

Maps

Provinces of Finland 1634: 1: Turku and Pori, 14: Nyland and Tavastehus, 18: Ostrobothnia, 20: Viborg and Nyslott, 21: Kexholm

Provinces of Finland 1776: 1: Turku and Pori, 4: Vaasa, 10: Oulu, 14: Nyland and Tavastehus, 15: Kymmenegård, 16: Savolax and Karelia

Provinces of Finland 1960: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: Häme, 4: Vaasa, 5: Kymi, 6: Mikkeli, 7: Central Finland, 8: Kuopio, 9: Northern Karelia, 10: Oulu, 11: Lapland, 12: Åland

Provinces of Finland 1996: 1: Turku and Pori, 2: Uusimaa, 3: Häme, 4: Vaasa, 5: Kymi, 6: Mikkeli, 7: Central Finland, 8: Kuopio, 9: Northern Karelia, 10: Oulu, 11: Lapland, 12: Åland

Provinces of Finland 1997: 10: Oulu, 11: Lapland, 12: Åland, 22: Southern Finland, 23: Western Finland, 24: Eastern Finland

Municipalities in 1997 (cities in bold)

• Hankasalmi
• Joutsa
• Jyväskylä
• Jyväskylän mlk
• Jämsä
• Jämsänkoski
• Kannonkoski
• Karstula
• Keuruu
• Kinnula
• Kivijärvi
• Konnevesi
• Korpilahti
• Kuhmoinen
• Kyyjärvi
• Laukaa
• Leivonmäki
• Luhanka
• Multia
• Muurame
• Petäjävesi
• Pihtipudas
• Pylkönmäki
• Saarijärvi
• Sumiainen
• Suolahti
• Toivakka
• Uurainen
• Viitasaari
• Äänekoski

Former municipalities (disestablished before 1997)

• Konginkangas
• Koskenpää
• Pihlajavesi
• Säynätsalo
• Äänekosken mlk

Governors

• Eino Palovesi 1960–1972
• Artturi Jämsén 1972–1976
• Kauko Sipponen 1976–1985
• Kalevi Kivistö 1985–1997