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Ranua | |
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Municipality | |
Ranuan kunta Ranua kommun | |
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.