Rääkkylä

Rääkkylä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈræːˌkːylæ]; Swedish also Bräkylä) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 1,931 (26 October 2023),[2] which make it the smallest municipality in North Karelia in terms of population. It 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 4.52 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.7/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Rääkkylä
Municipality
Rääkkylän kunta
Rääkkylä kommun
Rääkkylä Church
Coat of arms of Rääkkylä
Coat of arms
Location of Rääkkylä in Finland
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 managerEsko Rautiainen
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)
 • Rank197th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-10-26)[2]
 • Total1,931
 • Rank262nd largest in Finland
 • Density4.52/km2 (11.7/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish96.4% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others3.5%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 148.2%
 • 15 to 6450.5%
 • 65 or older41.2%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.raakkyla.fi

The municipality has previously also been known as "Bräkylä" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Rääkkylä" also in Swedish.[5]

Rääkkylä as an independent municipality was established in 1874 from parts of Kitee and Liperi. Neighbouring municipalities are Joensuu, Kitee, Liperi, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi.

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. "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. "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.
  5. "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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