Rautio | |
Official Name: | Raution kunta |
Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Oulu Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Northern Ostrobothnia |
Seat: | Rautio |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1912 |
Extinct Title: | Merged into Kalajoki |
Extinct Date: | 1973 |
Population Total: | 1348 |
Population As Of: | 1972-12-31 |
Area Land Km2: | 190.5 |
Rautio is a former municipality, now a small village of Kalajoki, Finland. It was consolidated to Kalajoki in 1973.
The name Rautio comes from a word meaning "blacksmith". Rautio has existed at least since 1547, at the time it only had three farms. It was a part of the Kalajoki parish.
Rautio became a chapel community in 1826. In 1912, it became a separate parish and municipality.[1]
Rautio was merged back into Kalajoki in 1973.