Raahe

Raahe is a city in the Oulu province, 74 km south of the city of . With 24,000 inhabitants in 2021, Raahe is the third largest town in the region. The town is strongly associated with the steel industry, through the huge Rautaruukki steel mill as well as Finnish rules baseball through the Pattijoki team.
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Photo: Estormiz, Public domain.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Raahe Museum and Raahe railway station.

Museum
Photo: SeppVei, Public domain.
is the oldest of local history and culture in . The museum is located in the town of Raahe, in province.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Restaurant
is a restaurant franchise serving Tex Mex cuisine. The first restaurant was opened in 2001 in , . The franchise has restaurants in 15 municipalities all over Finland.

Raahe

Latitude
64.6845° or 64° 41′ 4″ north
Longitude
24.4816° or 24° 28′ 54″ east
Population
23,800
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
United Nations Location Code
FI RAA
Open location code
9GP6MFMJ+RM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244374623
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
640276
Wiki­data ID
Q622592
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Mari—“Raahe” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Raahe
  • Arabic: رآهي
  • Asturian: conceyu de Raahe
  • Asturian: Raahe (conceyu de Finlandia)
  • Asturian: Raahe
  • Belarusian: Раахэ
  • Cebuano: Raahe
  • Chinese: 拉赫
  • Czech: Raahe (Finland)
  • Czech: Raahe
  • Danish: Brahestad
  • Danish: Raahe
  • Dutch: Raahe
  • Egyptian Arabic: رآهى
  • Esperanto: Raahe
  • Estonian: Brahestad
  • Estonian: Raahe linn
  • Estonian: Raahe
  • Finnish: Brahestad
  • Finnish: Raahe
  • Finnish: Raahen kaupunki
  • French: Brahestad
  • French: Raahe
  • Galician: Raahe
  • Georgian: რააჰე
  • German: Brahestad
  • German: Raahe (Finland)
  • German: Raahe
  • Greek: Ράαχε
  • Hungarian: Raahe
  • Inari Sami: Raahe
  • Irish: Raahe
  • Italian: Brahestad
  • Italian: Raahe
  • Japanese: ラーヘ
  • Kotava: Raahe
  • Lithuanian: Rahė
  • Lombard: Raahe
  • Moksha: Раагэ
  • Northern Sami: Raahe
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Brahestad
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Raahe
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Raahe
  • Norwegian: Brahestad
  • Persian: راهه
  • Polish: Raahe
  • Portuguese: Raahe
  • Romanian: Raahe
  • Russian: Брагестад
  • Russian: Раахе
  • Russian: Рахе
  • Russian: Салойнен
  • Scots: Raahe
  • Serbian: Raahe
  • Serbian: Rahe
  • Serbian: Рахе
  • Serbo-Croatian: Raahe
  • Skolt Sami: Raahe
  • Slovak: Raahe
  • Slovenian: Raahe
  • Spanish: Brahestad
  • Spanish: Raahe
  • Swedish: Brahestad
  • Swedish: Raahe
  • Turkish: Raahe
  • Ukrainian: Рааге
  • Ukrainian: Раахе
  • Urdu: راہے
  • Uzbek: Raahe
  • Veps: Raahe
  • Western Mari: Раахе
  • Raahe

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