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'''Rauma''' ({{IPA2|'rɑumɑ}}, or ''Raumo'' in [[Finland-Swedish|Swedish]]) is a town of ca. 42,500 inhabitants on the west coast of [[Finland]], 92 kilometres north of [[Turku]], and 50 kilometres south of [[Pori]]. Granted town privileges on [[May 17]] [[1442]] (then under the rule of [[Sweden]]), Rauma is known of its high quality [[lace]] (since the [[18th century]]), and of the old wooden [[architecture]] of its centre ([[Old Rauma]], Vanha Rauma), which is a [[Unesco]] [[world heritage]] site. |
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[[Image:PyhanRistinKirkko RaumaFinland 20051225.jpg|thumb|Church of The Holy Cross, Rauma, Finland]] |
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In the [[14th century]], before being declared as a town, Rauma had a [[Franciscan]] [[monastery]] and a [[Catholic]] church. In [[1550]], the townsmen of Rauma were ordered to relocate to [[Helsinki]], but this was successfully countered and Rauma could continue its growth. |
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Practically the whole wooden town of Rauma was devastated in the fires of [[1640]] and [[1682]]. The wooden city centre, which is how large the town was until [[1809]], has approximately 600 wooden buildings. The [[neo-renaissance]] style of many of the houses is a result of prosperity brought on by seafaring. In [[1897]] Rauma had the largest fleet of sailing boats in Finland, totalling 57 vessels. Goods were mainly exported to [[Germany]], [[Stockholm]] and the [[Baltic states]]. In the [[1890s]], Rauma got a teacher's college (a 'seminar'), which was later annexed to the [[University of Turku]]. A part of the department of education still exists in Rauma. |
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After [[World War II]], Rauma developed into an [[Industry|industrial]] city, the main industries being [[shipbuilding]], [[paper]] and [[wood pulp|pulp]] mills, and metal industry. Rauma is also the fifth largest [[harbor|port]] in Finland with almost six million tonnes of shipping per year. |
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Rauma has its own [[dialect]] of [[Finnish language|Finnish]]. The dialect inherits words from languages such as [[Swedish language|Swedish]] and [[English language|English]] due to the seafaring past. The dialect has been diluted into mainstream Finnish in day-to-day use, but it is fairly well studied (mainly by [[Hj. Nortamo]]) and practiced as a hobby. Rauma and the surrounding municipality of [[Rauman maalaiskunta]] ("rural municipality of Rauma") were merged in [[1993]], continued in [[2007]] with the merging of municipality of [[Kodisjoki]]. |
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[[Image:Rauma Finland Panorama 20041224.jpg|thumb|center|500px|Panoramic image of Rauma, Finland]] |
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[[Image:Rauma port.jpg|thumb|250px|Port in Rauma, Finland]] |
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=== Statistics === |
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*Population: 42,589 ([[2007]]) |
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*Area: 250.26 [[square kilometre|km²]] |
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**of which is water: 3.18 km² |
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*[[Population density]]: 148 inhabitants/km² |
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== External links == |
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*[http://www.rauma.fi/english/default.htm Rauma] - Official site |
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*[http://wikitravel.org/en/Rauma Rauma travel guide] from [[Wikitravel]] |
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*[http://www.lansi-suomi.fi/ Länsi-Suomi] - The city's most widely read newspaper |
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Finland]] |
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[[Category:Coastal cities in Finland]] |
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[[Category:Municipalities of Satakunta Region]] |
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[[Category:Medieval Finnish towns]] |
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[[Category:Port cities and towns in Finland]] |
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[[Category:Baltic Sea]] |
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Revision as of 02:31, 4 May 2008
Finland contains no people and is populated entirely by ducks