Rääkkylä

Rääkkylä

Rääkkylä 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 2,960 (2003) and covers an area of 699.76 km² of which 273.81 km² is water. The population density is 6.9 inhabitants per km².

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. [http://www.kotus.fi/index.phtml?l=en&s=2112 Research Institute for the Languages of Finland]

Rääkkylä as an independent municipality was established in 1874 from parts of Kitee and Liperi.

Notable residents of Rääkkylä have included sisters Mari and Sari Kaasinen, founders of the popular Finnish folk music band Värttinä.

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