Hammarland

Hammarland

Hammarland

Municipality in Åland, Finland

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

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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.[5]

The most significant main road of Hammarland is the Highway 1 between Mariehamn and Eckerö.

References

  1. [1]
    "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. [3]
    "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. [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. [5]
    Citizen's Map Site – National Land Survey of Finland

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