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Villages with enough people that locals would call them a proper town, but small enough that they rarely make the news. Ranked play starts here, since cities are too easy to be a real test.

In Finland this set is spread across 14 different regions, with Uusimaa home to the most of them (9).

How this category is defined

Place kinds on GuessTheDot are a practical grouping by population and place type for gameplay, not a legal or historical designation. A place can hold official city rights (or an old city charter) and still show up here as a village if it stayed small, and the other way around: this is a rough size ladder for guessing, not a statement about a place's official status.

Places in this set

48

Smallest population

14,293

Largest population

42,624

Median population

19,319

Two you might get asked about

Kempele
14,293 inhabitants, North Ostrobothnia
The kind of place that is easy to miss on a map. Good practice for the sharpest players.

Tuusula
42,624 inhabitants, Uusimaa
One of the better known ones in this set, a fair starting point if you are new to this category.

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All 48 big villages in Finland

Sorted by population, biggest first.

Place	Population	region
Tuusula	42,624	Uusimaa
Kirkkonummi	41,821	Uusimaa
Kerava	38,535	Uusimaa
Kaarina	36,631	Southwest Finland
Nokia	36,486	Pirkanmaa
Kangasala	34,315	Pirkanmaa
Ylöjärvi	33,731	Pirkanmaa
Raisio	25,846	Southwest Finland
Sibbo	22,903	Uusimaa
Hollola	22,843	Paijat-Hame
Siilinjärvi	21,383	North Savo
Pirkkala	21,204	Pirkanmaa
Klaukkala	21,019	Uusimaa
Mäntsälä	20,966	Uusimaa
Tornio	20,932	Lapland
Valkeakoski	20,859	Pirkanmaa
Lieto	20,694	Southwest Finland
Hollola	20,405	Paijat-Hame
Iisalmi	20,330	North Savo
Naantali	20,312	Southwest Finland
Jakobstad	19,668	Ostrobothnia
Varkaus	19,603	North Savo
Kurikka	19,474	South Ostrobothnia
Kemi	19,332	Lapland
Hamina	19,305	Kymenlaakso
Jämsä	19,209	Central Finland
Laukaa	18,876	Central Finland
Myyrmäki	18,393	Uusimaa
Heinola	17,746	Paijat-Hame
Äänekoski	17,614	Central Finland
Haukipudas	17,298	North Ostrobothnia
Pieksämäki	17,243	South Savo
Korsholm	17,176	Ostrobothnia
Vammala	16,635	Pirkanmaa
Forssa	16,368	Kanta-Häme
Janakkala	15,995	Kanta-Häme
Orimattila	15,628	Paijat-Hame
Väståboland	15,498	Southwest Finland
Ylivieska	15,375	North Ostrobothnia
Loimaa	15,248	Southwest Finland
Kontiolahti	15,092	North Karelia
Kauhava	15,066	South Ostrobothnia
Nastola	14,911	Paijat-Hame
Kuusamo	14,784	North Ostrobothnia
Uusikaupunki	14,750	Southwest Finland
Ekenäs	14,377	Uusimaa
Lovisa	14,362	Uusimaa
Kempele	14,293	North Ostrobothnia

Tips for this category

These places cluster around bigger cities more than you would expect: check the commuter belt of the nearest big city first.
Names ending in common local suffixes (think "-dorp", "-ham", "-ville") often hint at the region, not just the country.

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