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'''Rautalampi''' ({{IPA|fi|ˈrɑu̯tɑˌlɑmpi}}) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Rautalampi}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}}}})<ref name="population_count" /> and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Rautalampi}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Rautalampi}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The population density is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Rautalampi|round=2}}|PD/km2}}. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Neighbouring municipalities are Hankasalmi, Konnevesi, Pieksämäki, Suonenjoki, Tervo and Vesanto. The distance from Rautalampi to Kuopio is about 70 kilometers.
== Name == The name of the municipality means "iron pond", which is also why the coat of arms of the municipality features the symbol of iron.
== History == 250x250px|thumb|left|The administrative division of Rautalampi. The thinner red borders represent the fourths. [[Image:Prestgård, Lassila och klockare bolstad (Rautalampi) - Pehr Adolf Kruskopf - Finland framställdt i teckningar - 101.jpg|thumb|Illustration of Rautalampi in Finland framstäldt i teckningar edited by Zacharias Topelius and published 1845–1852.]]
The village was first mentioned in 1549, when it was a part of the parish (''pitäjä'') of Sysmä. Even though Rautalampi was a part of Tavastia, most of its settlers were Savonians who came to the area in the 16th century. The oldest documents (1552-1554) on Rautalampi only mention 22 Tavastian settlers in the area, while there were 57 Savonian settlers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=VII MUUTTO VIERAISIIN MAAKUNTIIN - Savon historia|url=https://savonhistoria.fi/1534-1616/vii-muutto-vieraisiin-maakuntiin/|access-date=January 8, 2023|website=savonhistoria.fi|language=fi}}</ref> The parish (''pitäjä'') of Rautalampi was established in 1561. It was a large parish which included parts of 27 modern municipalities, most of them in the modern region of Central Finland.<ref name="Paikannimikirja" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kun Keski-Suomi oli Rautalampi - Rautalampi.fi|url=https://www.rautalampi.fi/rautalammin-kunta/historia/keski-suomi-rautalampi/|access-date=August 8, 2022|website=rautalampi.fi|language=fi}}</ref>
Administratively Rautalampi was divided into three divisions (despite their amount, called "fourths"): *Keitele, named after the lake Keitele, containing modern Viitasaari, Kivijärvi (incl. Kinnula and the Salamajärvi village in modern Perho<ref name="Paikannimikirja" />), Kannonkoski and Pihtipudas, as well as the villages of Särkisalo (now in Konnevesi) and Horontaipale (now in Vesanto) and most of Konginkangas *Konnevesi, named after the lake Konnevesi, containing modern Rautalampi proper, Konnevesi, Hankasalmi, Vesanto, Keitele, part of Tervo and the Tavastian side of Pielavesi, *Saraavesi, named after the lake Saraavesi, containing modern Laukaa (incl. Äänekoski+Suolahti), Sumiainen, Uurainen, Saarijärvi (incl. Pylkönmäki), Karstula (incl. Kyyjärvi) as well as most of Jyväskylä (incl. Toivakka) and Petäjävesi. Not too long after the establishment of the parish, most likely in 1563, the divisions were renamed: Keitele became ''Kymi'', Konnevesi became ''Rautalampi'' and Saraavesi became ''Pernasalo''. The Kymi fourth was later renamed to ''Kivijärvi'' in 1617. The territories of the fourths did not change until the fourths were abolished entirely in 1684.<ref>{{cite book |author-surname = Jalkanen |author-given = Kaarlo Jonathan |title= Rautalammin vanhan hallintopitäjän historia |page = 104 |date= 1900 |volume= |edition= 2010 |location= Jyväskylä |publisher= SKS |language= fi |isbn= 978-952-222-221-3 }}</ref>
The first ecclesiastical division of the Rautalampi parish happened when Laukaa became separate in 1628, while the last division was the separation of Konnevesi in 1919 (administratively slightly later in 1922).<ref name="Paikannimikirja">{{Cite web|title=SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|url=https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk63/SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|page=373|access-date=August 16, 2022|website=kaino.kotus.fi|language=fi}}</ref>
== National park == Southern Konnevesi National Park was established in 2014. It is known for its prehistoric rock paintings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.outdoors.fi/en/southernkonnevesinp/natureandhistory |title=Natural Features and History Of Southern Konnevesi National Park |date=2015 |publisher=Metsähallitus |access-date=17 August 2015 }}</ref>
==Culture== ===Music=== The Finnish rock band Grand Merlin, originally from Rautalampi, made a Finnish-language cover version of the 1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd single "Sweet Home Alabama" in 1983. The song under the name "Rautalampi" was written by the band's bassist Hannu Niskanen.<ref>{{cite book|first=Janne|last=Rönkkö|title=Lynyrd Skynyrd: Etelän vapaat linnut|chapter=Puistoblues 1996 avasi ovet kaikkiaan seitsemälle Suomen-keikalle|page=185|publisher=Docendo|year=2023|isbn=978-952-382-589-5|language=fi}}</ref>
===Food=== In the 1980s, the traditional dish of Rautalampi was a "cobbler's roast" (''Suutarin paisti'') made of browned pork and vendace.<ref>{{cite journal| title =Savossa äänestettiin pitäjille nimikkoruoat | work= Helsingin Sanomat | date= 20 September 1984| page= 19| url=https://www.hs.fi/lehti/hsarchive/1984-09-20/19 | url-access = subscription | language = fi}}</ref>
==Notable people== * Juho Heimonen (1861–1930) * Kustaa Jalkanen (1862–1921) * August Raatikainen (1874–1937) * Ville Heimonen (1875–1951) * Mikko Hult (1915–1993) * Urpo Korhonen (1923–2009) * Anne Hänninen (born 1958) * Sisko Hanhijoki (born 1962) * Martti Marttinen, the great-grandfather of John Morton<ref>{{Cite web|title=John Mortonin syntyperä syynissä Rautalammilla|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-5581539|access-date=November 8, 2022|website=yle.fi|language=fi}}</ref> * Anna-Reeta Korhonen (1809–1893)
==See also== * Finnish national road 69
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{commons category-inline|Rautalampi}} *{{wikivoyage inline|Rautalampi}} *[https://www.rautalampi.fi/ Municipality of Rautalampi] – Official website {{in lang|fi}}
{{Geographic location | Centre = Rautalampi | NE = Tervo | E = Suonenjoki | SE = Pieksämäki (South Savo) | SW = Hankasalmi (Central Finland) | W = Konnevesi (Central Finland) | NW = Vesanto }} {{NorthernSavonia}} {{Authority control}}
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