Ranua is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 3,670 (31 December 2021) and covers an area of 3,694.79 square kilometres (1,426.57 sq mi) of which 241.09 km2 (93.09 sq mi) is water. The population density is 1.06 inhabitants per square kilometre (2.7/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Neighbouring municipalities are Ii, Simo, Tervola, Rovaniemi, Posio and Pudasjärvi. Ranua was originally the name of a farm established in the 18th century. It gets its name from the lake Ranuanjärvi, which was first mentioned in 1553. Its name is likely of Tavastian origin, as ranu- toponyms are rare and mainly found in Tavastia. More information...
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