Rääkkylä
Rääkkylä 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 and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is. Neighbouring municipalities are Joensuu, Kitee, Liperi, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi.
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.
Rääkkylä as an independent municipality was established in 1874 from parts of Kitee and Liperi.
Leading Finnish kantele manufacturer Koistinen Kantele has been functioning in Rääkkylä since 1995.People
