Rautavaara | |
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Municipality | |
| Rautavaaran kunta Rautavaara kommun | |
.jpg) Savontie road in Rautavaara | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Rautavaara in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°29.7′N 028°18′E / 63.4950°N 28.300°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Northern Savonia |
| Sub-region | North Eastern Savonia |
| Charter | September 12, 1874[1] |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Mikko Kärnä |
| Area (2018-01-01)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,235.26 km2 (476.94 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,150.63 km2 (444.26 sq mi) |
| • Water | 84.09 km2 (32.47 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 66th largest in Finland |
| Population (2023-12-31)[3] | |
| • Total | 1,424 |
| • Rank | 280th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 1.24/km2 (3.2/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.5% (official) |
| • Others | 1.5% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 10.1% |
| • 15 to 64 | 50.9% |
| • 65 or older | 39.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Rautavaara is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 1,424 (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?]
Tiilikkajärvi National Park is located both in Rautavaara and its neighboring municipality Sotkamo.[7]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
140-yearswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Tiilikkajärven kansallispuistossa tehdään kävijätutkimusta". YLE (in Finnish). May 30, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022.