Rautavaara

This article is about the municipality of Finland. For other uses, see Rautavaara (disambiguation).

Rautavaara is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region. The municipality has a population of 1,403 (30 June 2025)^[3] 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.^[2] The population density is 1.22 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.2/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.^{[according to whom?]}

Rautavaara
Municipality
Rautavaaran kunta Rautavaara kommun
Savontie road in Rautavaara
Coat of arms
Location of Rautavaara in Finland
Coordinates: 63°29.7′N 028°18′E
Country	Finland
Region	North Savo
Sub-region	Northeast Savo
Charter	September 12, 1874[1]
Government
• Municipal manager	Mikko Kärnä
Area  (2018-01-01)[2]
• 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  (2025-06-30)[3]
• Total	1,403
• Rank	278th largest in Finland
• Density	1.22/km2 (3.2/sq mi)
Population by native language [4]
• Finnish	97.5% (official)
• Others	2.5%
Population by age [5]
• 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.rautavaara.fi

Tiilikkajärvi National Park is located both in Rautavaara and its neighboring municipality Sotkamo.^[6]

History

The belfry of Rautavaara

The municipality of Rautavaara was founded on 12 September 1874^[1] and the parish in 1894.^[7]

Villages

Alakeyritty, Ala-Luosta, Etelä-Keyritty, Halmejärvi, Hiirenjärvi, Kangaslahti, Lehtovaara, Lievisenmäki, Palojärvi, Pirttipuro, Pohjois-Keyritty, Puumala, Rannankylä, Rautavaara, Sierajärvi, Siikajärvi, Tiilikka, Ylä-Luosta.