Ranua
| Ranua | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Ranuan kunta | ||
Ranua Church
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| Location of Ranua in Finland Location of Ranua in Finland |
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| Country |  Finland |
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| Region | Lapland | |
| Sub-region | Rovaniemi sub-region | |
| Charter | 1917 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Kimmo Sarapää | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 3,694.82 km2 (1,426.58 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 3,453.73 km2 (1,333.49 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 241.09 km2 (93.09 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 16th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 4,001 | |
| • Rank | 208th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 1.16/km2 (3.0/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 99.8% (official) | |
| • Others | 0.2% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 20.6% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 60.5% | |
| • 65 or older | 18.9% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.25% | |
| Website | www.ranua.fi | |
Ranua is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 4,001 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 3,694.82 square kilometres (1,426.58 sq mi) of which 241.09 km2 (93.09 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1.16 inhabitants per square kilometre (3.0/sq mi).
Nature of Ranua
There are 569 lakes in Ranua.[6] Biggest of them are lake Ranuanjärvi and lake Simojärvi. There are also quite many rapids and natural salmon living in the rapids.
Tourism
The municipality is unilingual Finnish. The best known attraction is Ranua Zoo, a wildlife park of arctic animal species which is the northernmost zoo in the world.
Sister cities
References
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- ↑ The amount of lakes in Ranua. Jarviwiki.
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Ranua – Official website
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