Ranua
Template:Infobox Finnish municipality Ranua is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of Template:Infobox Finnish municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is water.[2] The population density is [convert: invalid number].
Neighbouring municipalities are Ii, Simo, Tervola, Rovaniemi, Posio and Pudasjärvi.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Villages
Villages within the municipality of Ranua are inclusive of Asmunti, Hosio, Impiö, Kelankylä, Kortteenperä, Kuha, Kuukasjärvi, Mauru, Nuupas, Petäjäjärvi, Pohjaslahti–Piittisjärvi, Portimo, Putkivaara, Raiskio, Rovastinaho, Saariharju, Saukkojärvi, Sääskilahti, Teerivaara, Telkkälä and Tolja.
Nature of Ranua
There are 569 lakes in Ranua.[3] The biggest of them are lake Ranuanjärvi and lake Simojärvi. There are also quite many rapids and natural salmon living in the rapids.
Tourism
Perhaps the most well known attraction is the Ranua Zoo, which has many arctic animals, including the polar bear, which is the mascot of the zoo. Ranua Zoo is the only place where you can see a living polar bear in Finland.
Other notable attractions within the municipality of Ranua are inclusive of the Saukkojärvi Local History and School Museum located in the village of Saukkojärvi, Finland, the Hillamarkkinat, Poro Island and the Church of Ranua.
Sister cities
People
- Eero Lohi (born 1927), Finnish modern pentathlete
- Lauri Impiö (1929–2006), Finnish Lutheran clergyman and politician
- Jouko Kuha (born 1939), Finnish long-distance runner
- Taina Impiö (born 1956), Finnish cross country skier
- Ilkka Koivula (born 1966), Finnish actor
References
External links
Media related to Ranua at Wikimedia Commons
Ranua travel guide from Wikivoyage- Municipality of Ranua – Official website
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