Hammarland

Hammarland
—  Municipality  —
Hammarlands kommun

Coat of arms
Location of Hammarland in Finland
Hammarland
Location in Åland
Coordinates:
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 (472.2 sq mi)
 • Land 138.17 km2 (53.3 sq mi)
 • Water 1,084.84 km2 (418.9 sq mi)
Area rank 93rd largest in Finland
Population (2011-01-31)[2]
 • Total 1,507
 • Rank 310th largest in Finland
 • Density 10.91/km2 (28.3/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 1,507 (31 January 2011)[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 10.91 inhabitants per square kilometre (28.3 /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. ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=4258&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 18 February 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009. 
  4. ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009. 
  5. ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  6. ^ Citizen's Map Site – National Land Survey of Finland

External links

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