Rautavaara
Rautavaara | |
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Municipality | |
| Rautavaaran kunta Rautavaara kommun | |
Savontie road in Rautavaara | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Rautavaara in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°29.7′N 028°18′E / 63.4950°N 28.300°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Northern Savonia |
| Sub-region | North Eastern Savonia |
| Charter | September 12, 1874[1] |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Mikko Kärnä |
| Area (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 1,235.26 km2 (476.94 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,150.63 km2 (444.26 sq mi) |
| • Water | 84.09 km2 (32.47 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 66th largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-03-31)[3] | |
• Total | 1,402 |
| • Rank | 278th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 1.22/km2 (3.2/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 97.5% (official) |
| • Others | 2.5% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 10.1% |
| • 15 to 64 | 50.9% |
| • 65 or older | 39.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Rautavaara is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 1,402 (31 March 2025)[3] and covers an area of 1,235.26 square kilometres (476.94 sq mi) of which 84.09 km2 (32.47 sq mi) is water.[2] The population density is 1.22 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.2/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Tiilikkajärvi National Park is located both in Rautavaara and its neighboring municipality Sotkamo.[7]
History
The municipality of Rautavaara was founded on 12 September 1874[1] and the parish in 1894.[8]
Villages
Alakeyritty, Ala-Luosta, Etelä-Keyritty, Halmejärvi, Hiirenjärvi, Kangaslahti, Lehtovaara, Lievisenmäki, Palojärvi, Pirttipuro, Pohjois-Keyritty, Puumala, Rannankylä, Rautavaara, Sierajärvi, Siikajärvi, Tiilikka, Ylä-Luosta.
References
- ^ a b "Rautavaara täyttää 140 vuotta". YLE (in Finnish). September 12, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,640,437 at the end of March 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-25. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
- ^ "Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-04. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Tiilikkajärven kansallispuistossa tehdään kävijätutkimusta". YLE (in Finnish). May 30, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
- ^ "Rautavaara" (in Finnish). Suomen Sukututkimusseura. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
External links
Media related to Rautavaara at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Rautavaara – Official website (in Finnish)