Föglö
| Föglö | ||
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| Föglö kommun | ||
Föglö Church
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 Location of Föglö in Finland |
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 Föglö
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| Coordinates: 60°01′50″N 020°23′15″E / 60.03056°N 20.38750°ECoordinates: 60°01′50″N 020°23′15″E / 60.03056°N 20.38750°E | ||
| Country |
 Finland
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| Region | Åland | |
| Sub-region | Archipelago sub-region | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Niklas Eriksson | |
| Area (2016-01-01) | ||
| • Total | 134.71 km2 (52.01 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 134.78 km2 (52.04 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 1,734.24 km2 (669.59 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 286th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31) | ||
| • Total | 564 | |
| • Rank | 306th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 4.18/km2 (10.8/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language | ||
| • Swedish | 90.6% (official) | |
| • Finnish | 3.1% | |
| • Others | 6.3% | |
| Population by age | ||
| • 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 | 17.25% | |
| Website | www.foglo.ax | |
Föglö is a group of islands municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.
The municipality has a population of 564 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 134.71 square kilometres (52.01 sq mi) of which 1,734.24 km2 (669.59 sq mi) is water. The population density is 4.18 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.8/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 a road connection to Mariehamn, and by ferries to mainland Finland.
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