In addition to municipalities, there are two intermediate levels of local government. Municipalities co-operate in seventy-four sub-regions and nineteen regions. These are governed by the member municipalities and have only limited powers. However, the autonomous province of Åland has a directly elected regional council, and the Sami people have a semi-autonomous Sami Domicile Area in Lapland for issues on language and culture.
in addition to municipalities there are two intermediate levels of local government municipalities co-operate in seventy-four sub-regions and nineteen regions these are governed by the member municipalities and have only limited powers however the autonomous province of åland has a directly elected regional council and the sami people have a semi-autonomous sami domicile area in lapland for issues on language and culture