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Hammarland

Coordinates: 60°13′N 019°44′E / 60.217°N 19.733°E / 60.217; 19.733
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Hammarland
Municipality
Hammarlands kommun
Coat of arms of Hammarland
Location of Hammarland in Finland
Location of Hammarland in Finland
Hammarland is located in Åland
Hammarland
Hammarland
Location in Åland
Coordinates: 60°13′N 019°44′E / 60.217°N 19.733°E / 60.217; 19.733
Country Finland
RegionÅland
Sub-regionÅland Countryside sub-region
Government
 • Municipal managerKurt Carlsson
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total1,224.17 km2 (472.65 sq mi)
 • Land138.55 km2 (53.49 sq mi)
 • Water1,084.84 km2 (418.86 sq mi)
 • Rank285th largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-08-31)[2]
 • Total1,650
 • Rank276th largest in Finland
 • Density11.91/km2 (30.8/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Swedish89.9% (official)
 • Finnish3.3%
 • Others6.9%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1417.7%
 • 15 to 6460.2%
 • 65 or older22.1%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.hammarland.ax

Hammarland is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.

The municipality has a population of 1,650 (31 August 2024)[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 11.91 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

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  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 24 September 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Citizen's Map Site – National Land Survey of Finland
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