Rautjärvi
Sign in to saveRautjärvi () is a municipality in the South Karelia region of Finland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . More than half of Rautjärvi's residents live in Simpele, the administrative center of the municipality.
Key facts
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- Rautjärvi
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- Municipality
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- Simpeleen kirkko 1.JPG
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- Simpele church in Rautjärvi
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- Rautjärvi sijainti Suomi.svg
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- Location of Rautjärvi in Finland
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- Country
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- Region
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- South Karelia
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- Sub-region
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- Imatra
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- Simpele
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- Municipal manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Harri Anttila
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 1871
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Rautjärvi () is a municipality in the South Karelia region of Finland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . More than half of Rautjärvi's residents live in Simpele, the administrative center of the municipality.
The neighboring municipalities of Rautjärvi are Parikkala and Ruokolahti, while to the east is the Russian border. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Rautjärvi is mostly well known as the birthplace of legendary sniper Simo Häyhä, a hero of the Winter War of World War II.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rautjärvi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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