Place:Rääkkylä, Kuopio, Finland

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NameRääkkylä
Alt namesBräkyläsource: Family History Library Catalog
Rääkkyläsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Raakkyla
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates62.317°N 29.667°E
Located inKuopio, Finland
Also located inPohjois-Karjala, Itä-Suomi, Finland    
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Rääkkylä (; Swedish also ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of,[1] which make it the smallest municipality in North Karelia in terms of population. It covers an area of of which is water.[2] The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The municipality has previously also been known as "Bräkylä" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Rääkkylä" also in Swedish.

Rääkkylä as an independent municipality was established in 1874 from parts of Kitee and Liperi. Neighbouring municipalities are Joensuu, Kitee, Liperi, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi.

Leading Finnish kantele manufacturer Koistinen Kantele has been functioning in Rääkkylä since 1995.

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