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Ranua | |
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Municipality | |
| Ranuan kunta Ranua kommun | |
 Ranua Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Ranua in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 65°56′N 026°31′E / 65.933°N 26.517°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Lapland |
| Sub-region | Rovaniemi |
| Charter | 1917 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Tuomas Aikkila |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 3,694.79 km2 (1,426.57 sq mi) |
| • Land | 3,454.17 km2 (1,333.66 sq mi) |
| • Water | 241.09 km2 (93.09 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 14th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-08-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,578 |
| • Rank | 203rd largest in Finland |
| • Density | 1.04/km2 (2.7/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.1% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 1.7% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 17.5% |
| • 15 to 64 | 52.8% |
| • 65 or older | 29.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Ranua is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 3,578 (31 August 2024)[2] and covers an area of 3,694.79 square kilometres (1,426.57 sq mi) of which 241.09 km2 (93.09 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1.04 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.7/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 24 September 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "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.