Ranua
municipality in the region of Lapland in Finland
Ranua is a municipality in Finland. As of 2013, almost 4,200 people lived there. Neighbouring municipalities are Ii, Simo, Tervola, Rovaniemi, Posio and Pudasjärvi. As of January 2014, there were almost 4,150 people living in Ranua.
Ranua | |
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Municipality | |
| Ranuan kunta | |
 Ranua Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Ranua in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 65°56′N 026°31′E / 65.933°N 26.517°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Lapland |
| Sub-region | Rovaniemi sub-region |
| Charter | 1917 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Kimmo Sarapää |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,694.79 km2 (1,426.57 sq mi) |
| • Land | 3,453.73 km2 (1,333.49 sq mi) |
| • Water | 241.09 km2 (93.09 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 14th largest in Finland |
| Population (2019-01-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,885 |
| • Rank | 201st largest in Finland |
| • Density | 1.12/km2 (2.9/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.8% (official) |
| • Others | 0.2% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 17.5% |
| • 15 to 64 | 52.8% |
| • 65 or older | 29.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.75% |
| Website | www.ranua.fi |
Lakes
changeSimojärvi, Näskäjärvi, Penämönjärvi, Impiönjärvi and Ranuanjärvi. There is also many smaller lakes in the area.
References
change- ↑ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ↑ "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
Other websites
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ranua.
- Community website Archived 2020-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
