| Rääkkylä | |
| Official Name: | Finnish: Rääkkylän kunta Swedish: Rääkkylä kommun |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Image Alt: | Rääkkylä Church |
| Coordinates: | 62.3133°N 66.5°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Finland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Karelia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Central Karelia sub-region |
| Leader Title: | Municipal manager |
| Leader Name: | Esko Rautiainen |
| Established Title: | Charter |
| Established Date: | 1874 |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +02:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +03:00 |
| Website: | www.raakkyla.fi |
Rääkkylä (pronounced as /fi/; Swedish also Swedish: Bräkylä) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of, which make it the smallest municipality in North Karelia in terms of population. It covers an area of NaNRääkkylä}} of which NaNRääkkylä}} is water. The population density is NaNRääkkylä. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The municipality has previously also been known as "Bräkylä" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Rääkkylä" also in Swedish.[1]
Rääkkylä as an independent municipality was established in 1874 from parts of Kitee and Liperi. Neighbouring municipalities are Joensuu, Kitee, Liperi, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi.
Leading Finnish kantele manufacturer Koistinen Kantele has been functioning in Rääkkylä since 1995.
In the 15th century, the current Rääkkylä belonged to Kitee and paid taxes to Novgorod. It was a troubled border region, with disputes between Sweden and Novgorod, and between Orthodox and Lutherans. In the 17th century, an important trade route for Russians and Karelians passed through Rääkkylä.[2] Rääkkylä was ordered to become independent from Kitee's chapel congregation in 1857.[3]