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Rauma is a town located in the Satakunta region of Finland. It is a notable Finnish municipality with historical and cultural significance in its region.
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- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Raumo stad
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Rauma sub-region
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 38832
- Area
- 613.69
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Rauma sub-region
- Shares border with
- Pyhäranta
- Legal form
- municipality of Finland
- Follows
- Rauman maalaiskunta
- Official website
- www.rauma.fi
- Image
- Rauma 3.jpg
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- Commons category
- Rauma
- twinned administrative body
- Zhuhai
- topic's main category
- Category:Rauma, Finland
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Rauma
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Rauma, Finland
- owner of
- Rauma shipyard
- different from
- Rauma Municipality
- associated electoral district
- Satakunta
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Rauma sub-region
- native label
- Raumo
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=684
- P12749
- .ac
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +358 2 834 5000
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Encyclopedic overview
Rauma ( Finnish: [ˈrɑu̯mɑ]; Swedish: Raumo) is a town in Finland, on the western coast of the country. Rauma is in the Satakunta region, by the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Rauma is approximately 39,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 65,000. It is the 29th most populous municipality in Finland.
Rauma lies 92 kilometres (57 mi) north of Turku and 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of Pori. Its neighbouring municipalities are Eura, Eurajoki, Laitila and Pyhäranta. Granted town privileges on 17 April 1442 (then under the rule of Sweden), Rauma is known for its paper and maritime industry, high quality lace (since the 18th century) and the old wooden architecture of the city centre (Old Rauma, Vanha Rauma), which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Rauma also has a second UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Bronze Age burial site of Sammallahdenmäki.
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