General information on Rauma
The City of Rauma was founded in 1442. Rauma is the third oldest and 29th largest city in Finland.
Geography and environment
- Land area 496 square kilometres
- Sea area 614 square kilometres
- Distances
- Helsinki 2.5-3 hours
- Tampere 2 hours
- Turku 1 hour
- Pori 40 minutes
Population
- 38 83759 (31.12.2023)
- 79,4 inhabitants per km2 land
- 114 Swedish-speaking, 0.3 % of population (31.12.2020)
- 2 292 other nationalities, 5.9 % of population (31.12.2020)
Industry, Employment and Economy
- Workplaces 16 957 (2018)
- Enterprises 2 540 (Q4, 2020)
- Biggest employers (2021)
- City of Rauma
- HKScan Oy – food production
- Oras Oy – faucet and shower fixture manufacturing
- Kongsberg Maritime Finland Oy – marine technology
- Osuuskauppa Keula – retail trade
- UPM Communication Papers – paper production
- Unemployment rate 9.48 % (31.12.2021)
- Municipal tax rate 7,86 (2024)