- Rantsila
Rantsila is a municipality of
Finland .It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the
Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 2,020 (2008 -06-30 ) and covers an area of convert|746.64|km2|sqmi|abbr=on of which convert|14.41|km2|sqmi|abbr=on is water. Thepopulation density is 2.76 inhabitants per km².The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Frantsila" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Rantsila" also in Swedish. [ [http://www.kotus.fi/index.phtml?s=461 Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus :: Kuntien nimet ] ]
During the
Finnish War (1808–1809), which resulted in Finland being ceded to the Russian Empire, the last battle engaged within Finland was held in the Kerälä village of Rantsila, between the Russian and Swedish-Finnish armies. General J.A. Sandels was perhaps the most highly respected commander of the Finnish troops, and in honour of him and his noble and highly renowned horse Bijou, anequestrian statue was erected in the center of Rantsila in 1989.The municipality will be consolidated with
Kestilä ,Piippola andPulkkila on2009 -01-01 to form a new municipality ofSiikalatva .cite web |url= http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/oikea/id83632.html |title= Pohjois-Pohjanmaalle tulee uusi Siikalatvan kunta |accessdate= 2008-08-03 |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth= |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 2008-02-25 |year= |month= |format= |work= YLE Uutiset (YLE News) |publisher= Yleisradio Oy |pages= |language= Finnish |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]References
External links
* [http://www.rantsila.fi/ Municipality of Rantsila] – official site fi
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