Hammarland
Hammarland is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.
Hammarland | |
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Municipality | |
| Hammarlands kommun | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Hammarland in Finland | |
Hammarland Location in Åland | |
| Coordinates: 60°13′N 019°44′E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Åland |
| Sub-region | Åland Countryside sub-region |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Kurt Carlsson |
| Area (2018-01-01) | |
| • Total | 1,224.17 km2 (472.65 sq mi) |
| • Land | 138.55 km2 (53.49 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1,084.84 km2 (418.86 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 285th largest in Finland |
| Population (2023-12-31) | |
| • Total | 1,645 |
| • Rank | 276th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 11.87/km2 (30.7/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Swedish | 89.1% (official) |
| • Finnish | 3.6% |
| • Others | 7.2% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 17.7% |
| • 15 to 64 | 60.2% |
| • 65 or older | 22.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www.hammarland.ax |
The municipality has a population of 1,645 (31 December 2023) 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. 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, 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.
The most significant main road of Hammarland is the Highway 1 between Mariehamn and Eckerö.
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