Municipalities

The list of municipalities is intended as an aid for the identification of the bodies of judicial administration on the basis of the name of the municipality.

With the name of the municipality, you can identify the competent

• district court
• court of appeal
• administrative court
• prosecution unit and
• enforcement unit, as well as
• nearest state legal aid office

A customer may approach any of the legal aid offices; it is often convenient to use the services of the nearest one.

Some types of matter have been assigned to only a few district courts. Please see the separate lists of municipalities for land court matters, enforcement appeals and corporate restructurings. These lists are available only in Finnish.

Under the Limited Companies Act, disputes relating to the application of the Act shall, starting on 1 September 2006, be handled in the District Courts of the Åland Islands, Helsinki, Kuopio, Lahti, Oulu, Tampere, Turku and Vaasa. The areas of jurisdiction are governed by Government Decree 753/2006.

The nearest police department you can find on the police´s website, page Contact information.

The alphabetical links connect to tabulated contact information which is currently available in Finnish and Swedish.

Municipalities in Finnish
Municipalities in Swedish

See also: Contact information, As customer of the judicial administration

Updated on 25 January 2011