| Hammarland | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Hammarlands kommun | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Hammarland in Finland | |
  Hammarland Location in Åland | |
| Coordinates: 60°13′N 019°44′E / 60.217°N 19.733°ECoordinates: 60°13′N 019°44′E / 60.217°N 19.733°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| 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 | 138.17 km2 (53.35 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1,084.84 km2 (418.86 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 285th largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,603 |
| • Rank | 276th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 11.6/km2 (30/sq mi) |
| Population by native language[3] | |
| • Swedish | 95.1% (official) |
| • Finnish | 2.9% |
| • Others | 1.9% |
| Population by age[4] | |
| • 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) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 18% |
| Website | www.hammarland.ax |
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Hammarland is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.
The municipality has a population of 1,603 (31 March 2021)[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 11.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (30/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Swedish. 95% of its population has Swedish as their native language,[3] making Hammarland one of the municipalities with the highest percentage of Swedish-speakers in Finland, and possibly in the world.
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 "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ 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]
