Rääkkylä

Rääkkylä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈræ:kˈkylæ]; Swedish: Rääkkylä, also Bräkylä) is a municipality of Finland.

Rääkkylä
Municipality
Rääkkylän kunta
Rääkkylä kommun
Coat of arms
Location of Rääkkylä in Finland
Coordinates: 62°18.8′N 029°37.5′E
Country Finland
RegionNorth Karelia
Sub-regionCentral Karelia sub-region
Charter1874
Government
 • Municipal managerTuula Luukkonen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total699.68 km2 (270.15 sq mi)
 • Land427.68 km2 (165.13 sq mi)
 • Water272.01 km2 (105.02 sq mi)
Area rank197th largest in Finland
Population
 (2019-01-31)[2]
 • Total2,173
 • Rank254th largest in Finland
 • Density5.08/km2 (13.2/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish97.6% (official)
 • Swedish0.2%
 • Others2.2%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1412.6%
 • 15 to 6460.5%
 • 65 or older26.9%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]21%
Websitewww.raakkyla.fi

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 2,173 (31 January 2019)[2] and covers an area of 699.68 square kilometres (270.15 sq mi) of which 272.01 km2 (105.02 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.08 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.2/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Joensuu, Kitee, Liperi, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Bräkylä" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Rääkkylä" also in Swedish.[6]

Rääkkylä as an independent municipality was established in 1874 from parts of Kitee and Liperi.

Leading Finnish kantele manufacturer Koistinen Kantele has been functioning in Rääkkylä since 1995.

People

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. "Kuntien nimet ja niiden taivutus" (in Finnish). Research Institute for the Languages of Finland. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2009.

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Rääkkylä Church


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