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Hammarland

Hammarland
Municipality
Hammarlands kommun
Coat of arms of Hammarland
Coat of arms
Location of Hammarland in Finland
Location of Hammarland in Finland
Hammarland is located in Åland
Hammarland
Hammarland
Location in Åland
Coordinates: 60°13′N 019°44′E / 60.217°N 19.733°E / 60.217; 19.733Coordinates: 60°13′N 019°44′E / 60.217°N 19.733°E / 60.217; 19.733
Country  Finland
Region Åland
Sub-region Åland Countryside sub-region
Government
 • Municipal manager Kurt Carlsson
Area (2016-01-01)
 • Total 138.34 km2 (53.41 sq mi)
 • Land 138.17 km2 (53.35 sq mi)
 • Water 1,084.84 km2 (418.86 sq mi)
Area rank 285th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)
 • Total 1,521
 • Rank 285th largest in Finland
 • Density 11.01/km2 (28.5/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Swedish 95.1% (official)
 • Finnish 2.9%
 • Others 1.9%
Population by age
 • 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 16.5%
Website www.hammarland.ax

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

The municipality has a population of 1,521 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 138.34 square kilometres (53.41 sq mi) of which 1,084.84 km2 (418.86 sq mi) is water. The population density is 11.01 inhabitants per square kilometre (28.5/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Swedish. 95% of its population has Swedish as their native language, 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.


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