Hammarland
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| Hammarland | |||
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| — Municipality — | |||
| Hammarlands kommun | |||
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| Coordinates: 60°13′N 019°44′E / 60.217°N 19.733°ECoordinates: 60°13′N 019°44′E / 60.217°N 19.733°E | |||
| Country | Finland | ||
| Province |  Åland |
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| Region | Åland | ||
| Sub-region | Åland Countryside sub-region | ||
| Government | |||
| - Municipal manager | Kurt Carlsson | ||
| Area (2009-01-01)[1] | |||
| - Total | 1,223.19 km2 (472.3 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 138.19 km2 (53.4 sq mi) | ||
| - Water | 1,085 km2 (418.9 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 90th largest in Finland | ||
| Population (2009-06-30)[2] | |||
| - Total | 1,457 | ||
| - Density | 10.54/km2 (27.3/sq mi) | ||
| Population rank | 323rd largest in Finland | ||
| 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 1,457 (30 June 2009)[2] and covers an area of 1,223.19 square kilometres (472.28 sq mi) of which 1,085 km2 (419 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 10.54 inhabitants per square kilometre (27.3 /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]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2009" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/Pintaalat_kunnittain_1.1.2009.pdf. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 30 June 2009" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://www.vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/AE1290D892E86719C22575EB002B065C/$file/090630.html. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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 2009". Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2008. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=6425;167571. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
- ^ Citizen's Map Site – National Land Survey of Finland
[edit] External links
Media related to Hammarland at Wikimedia Commons- Municipal of Hammarland – Official website The official website of Hammarland]
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