Hammarland
Hammarland is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.
Hammarland | |
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Municipality | |
| Hammarlands kommun | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Hammarland in Finland | |
  Hammarland Location in Åland | |
| Coordinates: 60°13′N 019°44′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 (2020-07-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,587 |
| • Rank | 278th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 11.49/km2 (29.8/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Swedish | 95.1% (official) |
| • Finnish | 2.9% |
| • Others | 1.9% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 17.5% |
| • 15 to 64 | 64.9% |
| • 65 or older | 17.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 16.5% |
| Website | www.hammarland.ax |
The municipality has a population of 1,587 (31 July 2020)[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 11.49 inhabitants per square kilometre (29.8/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
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- "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 and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- Citizen's Map Site – National Land Survey of Finland
External links
Media related to Hammarland at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipal of Hammarland – Official website The official website of Hammarland]
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