Rautio is a former municipality, now a part of

Kalajoki Kalajoki (; literally translated the "fish river") is a coastal town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the immediate vicinity of the Gulf of Bothnia in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The town ...

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

. It was consolidated to Kalajoki in 1973.

History

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

parish. Rautio became a chapel community in 1826. In 1912, it became a separate parish and municipality. Rautio was merged back into Kalajoki in 1973.

People born in Rautio

Leonard Typpö Leonard Typpö (29 January 1868 – 27 June 1922) was a Finnish farmer and lay preacher. He was born in Rautio. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1911 until his death in 1922. Typpö represented the Finnish Party from 1911 to 1 ...

(1868 – 1922) * Elias Simojoki (1899 – 1940)

References

Former municipalities of Finland Kalajoki {{OuluProvince-geo-stub