Identification and Heraldry
Not all municipalities have an obvious urban center; indeed, rural municipalities are often composed of distributed rural villages. Although the church village (kirkonkylä, abbreviated kk) is the historical center, the largest or administrative center may be in another village. For example, Askola has a church village (Askolan kirkonkylä), but its administrative center is in Monninkylä. Often, the church village has the same name as the municipality, as with Askola. However, this is not necessarily so, e.g. Enontekiö is governed from Hetta; these villages are often erroneously labeled in maps. This is expectable as the name of the municipality refers to the entire parish, not just a single center like a church village.
Although related, population centers (taajama) are not local administrative units. A catalog is independently compiled each year by Statistics Finland, a state agency, and used primarily for traffic-related purposes (signage, speed limits, highway planning). There are 745 population centers in Finland, 49 of them have more than 10,000 inhabitants and six more than 100,000.
Each municipality has a distinct coat of arms. It is posted to the borders and shown in official documents advertising the municipality. Coats of arms for many municipalities have been designed in the modern era, many of them by Gustaf von Numers. Also, municipalities may have a logo distinct from a coat of arms.
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