Hammarland
| Hammarland | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Hammarlands kommun | ||
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 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 (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 1,223.01 km2 (472.21 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 138.17 km2 (53.35 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 1,084.84 km2 (418.86 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 93rd largest in Finland | |
| Population (2015-06-30)[2] | ||
| • Total | 1,522 | |
| • Rank | 310th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 11.02/km2 (28.5/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Swedish | 95.1% (official) | |
| • Finnish | 2.9% | |
| • Others | 1.9% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 17.5% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 64.9% | |
| • 65 or older | 17.6% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 16.5% | |
| Website | www.hammarland.ax | |
Hammarland is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.
The municipality has a population of 1,522 (30 June 2015)[2] and covers an area of 1,223.01 square kilometres (472.21 sq mi) of which 1,084.84 km2 (418.86 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 11.02 inhabitants per square kilometre (28.5/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]
References
- 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.06.2015" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- 1 2 "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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