Rauma (Finnish: [ˈrɑu̯mɑ]; Swedish: Raumo) is a town in Finland, on the western coast of the country.

[6] In the 14th century, before it was declared a town, Rauma had a Franciscan monastery and a Catholic church.

The marine affect from the Gulf of Bothnia brings both warmth in the winter and cooler temperatures in the summer.

And similar to other coastal cities of Finland in the south, the average annual temperature in Rauma is about 6 °C (42.8 °F).

In 2019 the biggest tax payers in Rauma were Raumaster, Forchem, Länsi-Suomen Osuuspankki, Oras, Alfa Laval Aalborg and LähiTapiola Lännen.

[9] Population by mother tongue (2023)[9] Rauma is a monolingual Finnish-speaking municipality (in the legal sense).

[9] As English and Swedish are compulsory school subjects, functional bilingualism or trilingualism acquired through language studies is not uncommon.

Satakunnan Liikenne Oy runs the local bus traffic and it has 3 lines in Rauma.

The long distance buses take passengers directly to Pori and Turku and to Tampere and Helsinki with one transfer at Huittinen.

The dialect inherits words from languages such as Swedish, English and German due to the seafaring past.

The dialect has been diluted into mainstream Finnish in day-to-day use, but it is fairly well studied (mainly by Hj.

During the Lace week local craftspeople arrange small exhibitions in the Old Rauma area.

Fera is a women's Finnish baseball team, whose home field is the Länsi-Suomi Arena at Otanlahti sports centre.

One popular saying goes that every family in Rauma owns a boat – this is not true, though the city has room for ca.

People can use their own boats or water buses to get to the Kylmäpihlaja Lighthouse that doubles as a hotel and recreation site.