Rautavaara

Rautavaara is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Tiilikkajärvi National Park is located both in Rautavaara and its neighboring municipality Sotkamo.

History

The municipality of Rautavaara was founded on 12 September 1874 and the parish in 1894.

Villages

Alakeyritty, Ala-Luosta, Etelä-Keyritty, Halmejärvi, Hiirenjärvi, Kangaslahti, Lehtovaara, Lievisenmäki, Palojärvi, Pirttipuro, Pohjois-Keyritty, Puumala, Rannankylä, Rautavaara, Sierajärvi, Siikajärvi, Tiilikka, Ylä-Luosta.