Cemetery #35310
Ristilä Cemetery 2
Local name: Ristilän Hautausmaa 2
Also known as Ristilän hautausmaa
14
documented records
≈ 240–470
approx. capacity (graves)
0.012 km²
cemetery area
Nov 5, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Ristilä Cemetery, known locally as Ristimaa, is a cemetery of the Posio parish in Finnish Lapland. It lies in Ristilä, 35 kilometres from the parish church, and was consecrated on 2 December 1956.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 66.291473° N, 28.036547° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
14 memorials, A–Z by surname.
Aune Aittaniemi 1920 – 2012 - Oskari Aittaniemi 1915 – 2008
Juho Heikkinen 1877 – 1958 - Kaisa Heikkinen 1883 – 1967
Ida Karjalainen 1903 – 1980 - Jalmari Karjalainen 1899 – 1961
Kerttu Lehtiniemi 1911 – 1979 - Toivo Lehtiniemi 1904 – 1931
Saara Luokkanen 1960 – 1979 
Arvid Metsäranta 1886 – 1971 - Lempi Metsäranta 1932 – 2008
- Kari Mursu 1958 – 1979
Riina Ronkainen 1904 – 1991 - Valtteri Ronkainen 1889 – 1960
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Ristilä Cemetery 70 m away · Posio
- Sarvisaari Cemetery 17 km away
- Posio Church Village Cemetery, Lepola 23 km away · Posio · 5 records
- Maaninkavaara Cemetery, Lepomaa 23 km away · Posio
- Kuloharju Cemetery 43 km away · Kuloharju
- Luusua Cemetery 43 km away · Ulkuniemi
- Autti Cemetery 43 km away · Ojaniemi
- Lotanniemi Cemetery 47 km away · Kynsivaara
- Simojärvi Cemetery 47 km away · Ranua
- Käylä Cemetery 50 km away · Käylä
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Common questions
How big is Ristilä Cemetery 2?
Ristilä Cemetery 2 covers about 12,000 m² (2.9 acres), about the size of 2 soccer fields. It is the 36th smallest of the 79 cemeteries we list in Lapland.
What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?
The oldest grave among the records we hold for Ristilä Cemetery 2 is that of Toivo Johannes Lehtiniemi, who died on August 30, 1931 at the age of 27.