Municipality in Åland, Finland
| Hammarland | |
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| Municipality | |
| Hammarlands kommun | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Hammarland in Finland | |
  HammarlandLocation in Åland | |
| Coordinates: 60°13′N 019°44′E / 60.217°N 19.733°E / 60.217; 19.733 | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Åland |
| Sub-region | Åland Countryside sub-region |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Kurt Carlsson |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,224.17 km (472.65 sq mi) |
| • Land | 138.55 km (53.49 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1,084.84 km (418.86 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 285th largest in Finland |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,647 |
| • Rank | 276th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 11.89/km (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 1,647 (31 October 2024) and covers an area of 1,224.17 square kilometres (472.65 sq mi) of which 1,084.84 km (418.86 sq mi) is water. The population density is 11.89 inhabitants per square kilometre (30.8/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Swedish. 90% of its population has Swedish as their native language, 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.
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.
- ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 19 November 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 22 November 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.
- ^ "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
Media related to Hammarland at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipal of Hammarland – Official website The official website of Hammarland]
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