Rautavaara

Rautavaara

Rautavaara

Municipality in Northern Savonia, Finland

This article is about the municipality of Finland. For other uses, see Rautavaara (disambiguation).

Rautavaara is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 1,425 (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?]

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Tiilikkajärvi National Park is located both in Rautavaara and its neighboring municipality Sotkamo.[6]

History

The belfry of Rautavaara

The municipality of Rautavaara was founded on 12 September 1874[1] and the parish in 1894.[7]

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. [1]
    "Rautavaara täyttää 140 vuotta". YLE (in Finnish). September 12, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  4. [4]
    "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  5. [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. [6]
    "Tiilikkajärven kansallispuistossa tehdään kävijätutkimusta". YLE (in Finnish). May 30, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  7. [7]
    "Rautavaara" (in Finnish). Suomen Sukututkimusseura. Retrieved July 9, 2022.

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