Föglö
Föglö | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Föglö kommun | |
       Föglö | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Föglö in Finland | |
  Föglö Location in Åland Islands | |
| 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 |
| Region | Åland |
| Sub-region | Archipelago sub-region |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Niklas Eriksson |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,869.07 km2 (721.65 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 (2021-03-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 523 |
| • Rank | 302nd largest in Finland |
| • Density | 3.88/km2 (10.0/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Swedish | 90.6% (official) |
| • Finnish | 3.1% |
| • Others | 6.3% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 13.7% |
| • 15 to 64 | 54.8% |
| • 65 or older | 31.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 17.5% |
| Website | www.foglo.ax |
Föglö is a group of islands and municipality in Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.
The municipality has a population of 523 (31 March 2021)[2] and covers an area of 1,869.07 square kilometres (721.65 sq mi) of which 1,734.24 km2 (669.59 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 3.88 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.0/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Swedish, yet in the last decade[needs update] 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.
Erik Adolf von Willebrand discovered von Willebrand disease of the blood by observing a family in Föglö.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
External links[]
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