Key Information
Rauma, the third oldest city in Finland, was granted town rights on 17 April 1442. In 2025, the city will be 583 years old.
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Size and Distances
- Land area 496 square kilometres
- Water surface area 614 square kilometres
Distances by road
- To Helsinki 2,5-3 hours
- To Tampere 2 hours
- To Turku 1 hour
- To Pori 40 minutes
Population
- Population 38 837 (31.12.2023)
- Finland’s 29th largest city by population
- Population density 79,4 inhabitants/km2
- 114 Swedish speakers, 0.3% of the population (31.12.2020)
- Foreign citizens 2 533 people, 6.5% of the population (31.12.2021)
Industry and Employment
- Jobs 16 957 (2018)
- Number of companies 2 540 (Q4,2020)
- Largest employers (2021)
- City of Rauma
- HKScan Oyj – food production
- Oras Oy – manufacture of tap and shower products
- Kongsberg Maritime Finland Oy – marine equipment
- Osuuskauppa Keula – retail trade
- UPM Communication Papers – paper manufacturing
- Unemployment rate 8,1 % (30.11.2022)
Economy
- Municipal tax rate 7,86 % (2024)
- Real estate tax rate 0,93 % (2023)
- Tax rate for permanently used residential buildings 0,41 % (2023)
- Tax rate for other residential buildings 0,93 % (2023)
- Tax rate for unbuilt site 5,00 % (2023)
- Tax rate for non-profit use of a building and its land 0,93 % (2023)