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Rautavaara

Municipality in Northern Savonia, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Rautavaara in Finland

Coordinates: 63°29.7′N 028°18′E / 63.4950°N 28.300°E / 63.4950; 28.300Country

FinlandRegionNorthern SavoniaSub-regionNorth Eastern SavoniaCharterSeptember 12, 1874^[1]Government

• Municipal managerMikko KärnäArea

(2018-01-01)^[2]

• Total1,235.26 km² (476.94 sq mi) • Land1,150.63 km² (444.26 sq mi) • Water84.09 km² (32.47 sq mi) • Rank66th largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[3]

• Total1,424 • Rank280th largest in Finland • Density1.24/km² (3.2/sq mi)Population by native language

^[4]

• Finnish98.5% (official) • Others1.5%Population by age

^[5]

• 0 to 1410.1% • 15 to 6450.9% • 65 or older39.1%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.rautavaara.fi

Rautavaara is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 1,424 (31 December 2023)^[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 1.24 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.2/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.^{[according to whom?]}

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 "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "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.