Rautavaara
Rautavaara | |
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Municipality | |
| Rautavaaran kunta Rautavaara kommun | |
Savontie road in Rautavaara | |
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 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Mikko Kärnä |
| Area (2018-01-01) | |
• 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 (2025-03-31) | |
• Total | 1,402 |
| • Rank | 278th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 1.22/km2 (3.2/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 97.5% (official) |
| • Others | 2.5% |
| 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 |
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Rautavaara is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 1,402 (31 March 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 1.22 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.2/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Tiilikkajärvi National Park is located both in Rautavaara and its neighboring municipality Sotkamo.