Föglö

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Föglö kommun
Coat of Arms Location
Province Åland
Region Åland
Sub-region archipelago
Area
- Of which land
- Rank
949,50 km²
131,50 km²
ranked 386th
Population
- Density
- Change
- Rank
582 (2007)
4.4 inh./km²
- 0.2%
ranked 421st (2005)
Unemployment 2.8%
Official languages Swedish
Municipal manager Niklas Eriksson
Home page http://www.foglo.ax/

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

The municipality has a population of 582 and covers an area of 949,50 km² of which 818,00 km² is water. The population density is 4.4 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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Coordinates: 60°01′50″N, 20°23′15″E