Lemland

Lemland

Lemland

Municipality in Åland, Finland

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

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The municipality has a population of 2,127 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 965.30 square kilometres (372.70 sq mi) of which 852.23 km2 (329.05 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 18.79 inhabitants per square kilometre (48.7/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Swedish.

The Lemström channel divides Lemland from its neighboring municipality, Jomala. It was widened by Russian POWs in 1882.

History

The church in Lemland was built in the 13th century and has wall paintings from the 14th century. The church is dedicated to Bridget of Sweden.

During the Finnish War in 1808 the Swedish king Gustav IV Adolf had his headquarters in the Lemland parsonage.[5]

  • St. Olof's Chapel in Lemland.
  • The Lemström Canal.
  • The Rödhamn Harbour.
  • The Lågskär Lighthouse.
  • The observation tower of Herrö.

Climate

Lemland has a humid continental climate (Dfb) with oceanic (Cfb) influence

More information Climate data for Lemland Nyhamn (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1959- present), Month ...

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]
    Torsten Hellberg (ed): Åland – mer än öar, p.19. Stockholm 2001.
  6. [6]
    "FMI normals 1991-2020". fmi.fi. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  7. [7]
    "FMI open data". FMI. Retrieved 21 May 2023.

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