Regional State Administrative Agency

The Regional State Administrative Agencies (Finnish: aluehallintovirasto, avi, pl. aluehallintovirastot, Swedish: regionförvaltningsverk) were a set of top-level regional organs of the state of Finland, mainly in charge of basic public services and legal permits. Established in 2010, six agencies took over some of the tasks of the earlier provinces of Finland, which were abolished at the end of 2009.

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