Rautavaara
Municipality in Northern Savonia, Finland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rautavaara is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 1,409 (31 August 2024)[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.[according to whom?]
Rautavaara | |
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Municipality | |
Rautavaaran kunta Rautavaara kommun | |
Coordinates: 63°29.7′N 028°18′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 (2024-08-31)[3] | |
• Total | 1,409 |
• Rank | 279th largest in Finland |
• Density | 1.22/km2 (3.2/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 98.5% (official) |
• Others | 1.5% |
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 |
Tiilikkajärvi National Park is located both in Rautavaara and its neighboring municipality Sotkamo.[6]
The municipality of Rautavaara was founded on 12 September 1874[1] and the parish in 1894.[7]
Alakeyritty, Ala-Luosta, Etelä-Keyritty, Halmejärvi, Hiirenjärvi, Kangaslahti, Lehtovaara, Lievisenmäki, Palojärvi, Pirttipuro, Pohjois-Keyritty, Puumala, Rannankylä, Rautavaara, Sierajärvi, Siikajärvi, Tiilikka, Ylä-Luosta.