Area

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Total area	338,144 km² (130,558 sq. miles). Finland is the seventh largest country in Europe after Russia, Ukraine, France, Spain, Sweden and Germany
Maximum distances	1,157 km (719 miles) north to south, 542 km (336 miles) east to west
Land border	with Sweden 614 km (381 miles), with Norway 736 km (457 miles) and with Russia 1,340 km (833 miles)
Length of coastline	4,600 km (2,859 miles), 1,100 km (684 miles) excluding inlets
Of the total area	10% is water, 69% forest, 8% cultivated land and 13% other
Other	188,000 lakes and 179,584 islands, 98,050 of which are in the lakes. Europe's largest archipelago lies off Finland's southwest coast, and the islands of Åland, an autonomous Swedish-speaking province of Finland, are part of this archipelago.