This is a list of cities in Finland. In the year 1977 the juridical difference between cities, towns and municipalities were removed. Today only municipalities are recognized, some of which are called cities. For towns founded before the 1960s the list includes the year the town was chartered[?].
... until until 1628, when La Rochelle, the protestant center of resistance to Louis XIII[?], was overrun by a French army blockade. After the protestant resistance failed, ...