Hammarland | |
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Municipality | |
Hammarlands kommun | |
![]() Location of Hammarland in Finland | |
Coordinates: 60°13′N 019°44′E / 60.217°N 19.733°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Åland |
Sub-region | Åland Countryside sub-region |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Kurt Carlsson |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,224.17 km2 (472.65 sq mi) |
• Land | 138.55 km2 (53.49 sq mi) |
• Water | 1,084.84 km2 (418.86 sq mi) |
• Rank | 285th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,646 |
• Rank | 275th largest in Finland |
• Density | 11.88/km2 (30.8/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Swedish | 89.9% (official) |
• Finnish | 3.3% |
• Others | 6.9% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 17.7% |
• 15 to 64 | 60.2% |
• 65 or older | 22.1% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www.hammarland.ax |
Hammarland is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.
The municipality has a population of 1,646 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 1,224.17 square kilometres (472.65 sq mi) of which 1,084.84 km2 (418.86 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 11.88 inhabitants per square kilometre (30.8/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Swedish. 90% of its population has Swedish as their native language,[5] making Hammarland one of the municipalities with the highest percentage of Swedish-speakers in Finland.
Märket, the westernmost point of Finland, is an exclave of Hammarland.[6]
The most significant main road of Hammarland is the Highway 1 between Mariehamn and Eckerö.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ Citizen's Map Site – National Land Survey of Finland
External links
[edit] Media related to Hammarland at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipal of Hammarland – Official website The official website of Hammarland]