Hammarland

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

Hammarland
Municipality
Hammarlands kommun
Coat of arms of Hammarland
Coat of arms
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
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)
 • Land138.17 km2 (53.35 sq mi)
 • Water1,084.84 km2 (418.86 sq mi)
 • Rank285th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-02-28)[2]
 • Total1,634
 • Rank276th largest in Finland
 • Density11.83/km2 (30.6/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Swedish95.1% (official)
 • Finnish2.9%
 • Others1.9%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1417.7%
 • 15 to 6460.2%
 • 65 or older22.1%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]18%
Websitewww.hammarland.ax

The municipality has a population of 1,634 (28 February 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 11.83 inhabitants per square kilometre (30.6/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.

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
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Preliminary population structure by area, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  3. "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.
  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. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. Citizen's Map Site – National Land Survey of Finland

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