Ranua

Ranua
Municipality
Ranuan kunta
Ranua kommun
Ranua Church
Ranua Church
Coat of arms of Ranua
Location of Ranua in Finland
Location of Ranua in Finland
Coordinates: 65°56′N 026°31′E / 65.933°N 26.517°E / 65.933; 26.517
Country Finland
RegionLapland
Sub-regionRovaniemi
Charter1917
Government
 • Municipal managerTuomas Aikkila
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total3,694.79 km2 (1,426.57 sq mi)
 • Land3,454.17 km2 (1,333.66 sq mi)
 • Water241.09 km2 (93.09 sq mi)
 • Rank14th largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-08-31)[2]
 • Total3,578
 • Rank203rd largest in Finland
 • Density1.04/km2 (2.7/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish98.1% (official)
 • Swedish0.2%
 • Others1.7%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1417.5%
 • 15 to 6452.8%
 • 65 or older29.7%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.ranua.fi/en

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.

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.