Föglö

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Föglö kommun
Image:Foglo.jpg
Coat of Arms Location
Province Åland
Region Åland
Sub-region archipelago
Area
- Of which land
- Rank
131.71 km²
131.48 km²
ranked 386th
Population
- Density
- Change
- Rank
607 (2004)
4.6 inh./km²
- 0.2%
ranked 420th
Unemployment 2.8%
Official languages Swedish
Municipal manager Niklas Eriksson
Home page http://www.foglo.aland.fi/

Föglö is an island municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.

The municipality has a population of 607 and covers an area of 131.71 km² of which 0.23 km² is water. The population density is 4.6 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is unilingually Swedish, yet in the last decade there has been some immigration from Estonia and Latvia due to the need of employees at the fish farms, the main industry in Föglö.

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Flag of Åland Municipalities of Åland Coat of arms of Åland
Brändö | Eckerö | Finström | Föglö | Geta | Hammarland | Jomala | Kumlinge | Kökar | Lemland | Lumparland | Mariehamn | Saltvik | Sottunga | Sund | Vårdö
Åland | Finland


Coordinates: 60°01′50″N, 20°23′15″E