Rautavaara

This article is about the municipality of Finland. For other uses, see Rautavaara (disambiguation).
Rautavaara
Municipality
Rautavaaran kunta
Rautavaara kommun
Savontie road in Rautavaara
Savontie road in Rautavaara
Coat of arms of Rautavaara
Coat of arms
Location of Rautavaara in Finland
Location of Rautavaara in Finland
Coordinates: 63°29.7′N 028°18′E / 63.4950°N 28.300°E / 63.4950; 28.300
Country Finland
RegionNorthern Savonia
Sub-regionNorth Eastern Savonia
CharterSeptember 12, 1874[1]
Government
 • Municipal managerMikko Kärnä
Area
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total
1,235.26 km2 (476.94 sq mi)
 • Land1,150.63 km2 (444.26 sq mi)
 • Water84.09 km2 (32.47 sq mi)
 • Rank66th largest in Finland
Population
 (2025-06-30)[3]
 • Total
1,403
 • Rank278th largest in Finland
 • Density1.22/km2 (3.2/sq mi)
Population by native language
[4]
 • Finnish97.5% (official)
 • Others2.5%
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 1,403 (30 June 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 belfry of Rautavaara

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

  1. ^ a b "Rautavaara täyttää 140 vuotta". YLE (in Finnish). September 12, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Population increased most in Uusimaa in January to June 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-07-24. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  4. ^ "Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-04. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Tiilikkajärven kansallispuistossa tehdään kävijätutkimusta". YLE (in Finnish). May 30, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  8. ^ "Rautavaara" (in Finnish). Suomen Sukututkimusseura. Retrieved July 9, 2022.

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