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

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
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,645
 • Rank276th largest in Finland
 • Density11.87/km2 (30.7/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Swedish89.1% (official)
 • Finnish3.6%
 • Others7.2%
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

The municipality has a population of 1,645 (31 December 2023)[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 11.87 inhabitants per square kilometre (30.7/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Swedish. 89% 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.

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

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. ^ Citizen's Map Site – National Land Survey of Finland

External links edit

  Media related to Hammarland at Wikimedia Commons