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Maalaiskunta (Finnish), landskommun (Swedish), "rural municipality", abbreviated mlk, was one of the four types of municipality in Finland in 1865–1976. Other types in 1865–1959 were city and market town, in 1960–1976 old city, new city and market town. Maalaiskunta was the most common type of municipality. In the 1977 reform, all municipalities were given fully equal legal standing. Previous maalaiskuntas associated with a city retained their name. For example, Rovaniemen maalaiskunta surrounded the city of Rovaniemi, but were independently governed. From 2009, no municipalities carried this name any more, after the merger of Jyväskylä and Jyväskylän mlk.

List of municipalities explicitly named maalaiskunta
Ekenäs landskommun (in Finnish ) • attached in 1977 with Snappertuna as Ekenäs town • Heinolan maalaiskunta • attached to Heinola in 1997 • Helsingin maalaiskunta (the Swedish name was Helsinge without the word landskommun) • got the rights of market town in 1972 name changed to VantaaHyvinkään maalaiskunta • attached in 1969 to HyvinkääHämeenlinnan maalaiskunta • attached in 1948 to Hämeenlinna, Vanaja and RenkoIisalmen maalaiskunta • attached in 1970 to IisalmiIkaalisten maalaiskunta • united in 1972 with IkaalinenJyväskylän maalaiskunta • last municipality with the word maalaiskunta attached in 2009 to JyväskyläKajaanin maalaiskunta • attached in 1977 to KajaaniKaris landskommun (in Finnish Karjaan maalaiskunta) • attached in 1969 to KarisKemijärven maalaiskunta • united in 1973 with Kemijärvi market town and formed as Kemijärvi town • Kemin maalaiskunta • name changed to Keminmaa in 1980 • Koiviston maalaiskunta • territorial loss to Soviet Union in 1944 • Kokkolan maalaiskunta • changed name to Kaarlela in 1927, attached to Kokkola in 1977. • Kristinestads landskommun (in Finnish ) • changed name to Tjöck in 1919, attached to Kristinestad in 1973. • Kuopion maalaiskunta • attached in 1969 to Kuopio and SiilinjärviKäkisalmen maalaiskunta • territorial loss to Soviet Union in 1944 • Lohjan maalaiskunta (in Swedish ) • name changed to Lohjan kunta ("municipality of Lohja") in 1977, attached to the city of Lohja in 1997. • Loimaan maalaiskunta • name changed Loimaan kunta ("municipality of Loimaa") in 1977, attached to the city of Loimaa in 2005 • Mikkelin maalaiskunta • attached in 2001 to MikkeliNaantalin maalaiskunta • attached in 1964 to NaantaliNurmeksen maalaiskunta • attached in 1973 to Nurmes market town • Nykarleby landskommun (in Finnish ) • attached in 1975 with Munsala and Jeppo as Nykarleby town • Oulun maalaiskunta • name changed as Oulujoki in 1910, and annexed in 1965 with Haukipudas, Kempele, Kiiminki, Oulu, Oulunsalo, Tyrnävä, Utajärvi and YlikiiminkiPargas landskommun (in Finnish Paraisten maalaiskunta) • attached in 1967 to Pargas market town • Pieksämäen maalaiskunta • united in 2004 with Jäppilä and Virtasalmi as Pieksänmaa, which merged with Pieksämäki in 2007 • Pedersöre (in Finnish former ) • the Finnish name changed as Pedersören kunta in 1989, the Swedish name was always Pedersöre without the word landskommunPorin maalaiskunta • attached in 1967 to PoriPorvoon maalaiskunta (in Swedish ) • attached in 1997 to PorvooRauman maalaiskunta • attached in 1993 to RaumaRovaniemen maalaiskunta • attached in 2006 to RovaniemiSeinäjoen maalaiskunta • attached in 1959 to Seinäjoki market town • Sortavalan maalaiskunta • territorial loss in 1944 to Soviet UnionUudenkaupungin maalaiskunta • attached in 1969 to UusikaupunkiViipurin maalaiskunta • territorial loss in 1944 to Soviet Union • Äänekosken maalaiskunta • attached in 1969 to Äänekoski market town. ==References==
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