Editing Cottage (section)

====Finland====
[[File:Mummonmökki.jpg|thumb|A cottage in [[Vihti]], southern Finland]]
''Statistics Finland'' defines a cottage ({{langx|fi|mökki}}, [[Finland Swedish]]: ''stuga'' or ''villa'') as "a residential building that is used as a holiday or free-time dwelling and is permanently constructed or erected on its site".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statistics Finland |url=http://www.stat.fi/index_en.html |access-date=14 March 2018 |website=www.stat.fi}}</ref> Finnish cottages are traditionally built of logs but other wood constructions have become common. They are usually situated close to water and almost all have a [[sauna]].

There are 474,277 cottages in Finland (2005), a country with 187,888 lakes and 179,584 islands, including rental [[holiday cottage]]s owned by hospitality companies but excluding holiday villages and buildings on garden allotments. Reports have 4,172 new cottages built in 2005.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}} Most cottages are situated in the municipalities of [[Kuusamo]] (6,196 cottages on 1 January 2006), [[Kuopio]] (5,194), [[Ekenäs (Finland)|Ekenäs]] (Tammisaari – 5,053), [[Mikkeli]] (4,649), and [[Mäntyharju]] (4,630).{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}