Föglö
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| Föglö kommun | |||
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 Föglö
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| Coordinates: 60°01′50″N 020°23′15″E / 60.03056°N 20.3875°ECoordinates: 60°01′50″N 020°23′15″E / 60.03056°N 20.3875°E | |||
| Country | Finland | ||
| Region | Åland | ||
| Sub-region | Archipelago sub-region | ||
| Government | |||
| • Municipal manager | Niklas Eriksson | ||
| Area(2011-01-01)[1] | |||
| • Total | 1,869.02 km2 (721.63 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 134.78 km2 (52.04 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 1,734.24 km2 (669.59 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 47th largest in Finland | ||
| Population (2012-01-31)[2] | |||
| • Total | 578 | ||
| • Rank | 329th largest in Finland | ||
| • Density | 4.29/km2 (11.1/sq mi) | ||
| Population by native language[3] | |||
| • Swedish | 90.6% (official) | ||
| • Finnish | 3.1% | ||
| • Others | 6.3% | ||
| Population by age[4] | |||
| • 0 to 14 | 14.9% | ||
| • 15 to 64 | 60.1% | ||
| • 65 or older | 25% | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 17.25% | ||
| Website | www.foglo.ax | ||
Föglö is an island municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.
The municipality has a population of 578 (31 January 2012)[2] and covers an area of 1,869.02 square kilometres (721.63 sq mi) of which 1,734.24 km2 (669.59 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.29 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.1 /sq mi). 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. The municipality is connected only by ferries to Lumparland which has road connection to Mariehamn, and by ferries to Kumlinge where there is a ferry to mainland Finland. There are plans to build a road tunnel to Lemland, likely to be opened around 2015.
The southernmost point (59°30′10″N 20°21′10″E / 59.50278°N 20.35278°E) of Finland is at Bogskär, Föglö.
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=5919&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
[edit] External links
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