Rääkkylä
Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality Rääkkylä (Swedish: Bräkylä) 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 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 Joensuu, Kitee, Liperi, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi.
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.[3]
Rääkkylä as an independent municipality was established in 1874 from parts of Kitee and Liperi.
Leading Finnish kantele manufacturer Koistinen Kantele has been functioning in Rääkkylä since 1995.
People
- Actor Esa Pakarinen (1911–1989)
- Mari and Sari Kaasinen, founders of the popular Finnish folk music band Värttinä.
References
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External links
Media related to Rääkkylä at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Rääkkylä – Official website Template:Fi icon
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