Rautavaara

Rautavaara
Municipality
Rautavaaran kunta
Rautavaara kommun
Savontie road in Rautavaara
Savontie road in Rautavaara
Coat of arms of Rautavaara
Coat of arms
Location of Rautavaara in Finland
Location of Rautavaara in Finland
Interactive map of Rautavaara
Coordinates: 63°29.7′N 028°18′E / 63.4950°N 28.300°E / 63.4950; 28.300
Country Finland
RegionNorth Savo
Sub-regionNortheast Savo
CharterSeptember 12, 1874
Government
 • Municipal managerMikko Kärnä
Area
 (2018-01-01)
 • Total
1,235.26 km2 (476.94 sq mi)
 • Land1,150.63 km2 (444.26 sq mi)
 • Water84.09 km2 (32.47 sq mi)
 • Rank66th largest in Finland
Population
 (2025-12-31)
 • Total
1,398
 • Rank278th largest in Finland
 • Density1.21/km2 (3.1/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish96.6% (official)
 • Others3.4%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1410.1%
 • 15 to 6450.9%
 • 65 or older39.1%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.rautavaara.fi

Rautavaara is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region. The municipality has a population of 1,398 (31 December 2025) 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. The population density is 1.21 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.1/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.[according to whom?]

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

History

The belfry of Rautavaara

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

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 2 "Rautavaara täyttää 140 vuotta". YLE (in Finnish). September 12, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Population growth slowed down in 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2026-04-01. ISSN 2243-3627. Retrieved 2026-04-06.
  4. ↑ "Population growth slowed down in 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2026-04-01. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2026-04-01.
  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. ↑ "Tiilikkajärven kansallispuistossa tehdään kävijätutkimusta". YLE (in Finnish). May 30, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Rautavaara" (in Finnish). Suomen Sukututkimusseura. Retrieved July 9, 2022.

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