Ranua | |
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Municipality | |
Ranuan kunta | |
![]() Ranua Church | |
![]() Location of Ranua in Finland | |
Coordinates: 65°56′N 026°31′E / 65.933°N 26.517°E | |
Country | ![]() |
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 |
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.