Lemland
Lemland is a municipality o Åland, an autonomous territory o Finland.
Lemland | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Lemlands kommun | |
 The medieval pairish kirk in Lemland. | |
 Coat airms | |
 Location o Lemland in Finland | |
  Lemland Location in Åland | |
| Coordinates: 60°04.2′N 020°05.2′E / 60.0700°N 20.0867°ECoordinates: 60°04.2′N 020°05.2′E / 60.0700°N 20.0867°E | |
| Kintra |  Finland |
| Region | Åland |
| Sub-region | Åland Kintraside sub-region |
| Govrenment | |
| • Municipal manager | Mikael Smeds |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 965.30 km2 (372.70 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 113.08 km2 (43.66 sq mi) |
| • Water | 852.23 km2 (329.05 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 293rd lairgest in Finland |
| Population (2023-02-28)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,130 |
| • Rank | 255t lairgest in Finland |
| • Density | 18.84/km2 (48.8/sq mi) |
| Population bi native leid | |
| • Swedish | 93.2% (offeecial) |
| • Finnish | 4.4% |
| • Ithers | 2.4% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 tae 14 | 21.9% |
| • 15 tae 64 | 64.3% |
| • 65 or aulder | 13.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | www.lemland.ax |
The municipality haes a population o 2,130 (28 Februar 2023)[2] an covers a aurie o 965.30 square kilometre (372.70 sq mi) o which 852.23 km2 (329.05 sq mi) is watter.[1] The population densitie is 18.84 inhabitants per square kilometre (48.8/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Swadish.
History eedit
The kirk in Lemland wis biggit in the 13t century an haes waw paintins frae the 14t century. The kirk is dedicatit tae Bridget o Swaden.
Durin the Finnish War in 1808 the Swadish king Gustav IV Adolf haed his heidquairters in the Lemland parsonage.[6]
References eedit
- ↑ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
- ↑ a b "Preliminar population structur bi aurie, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 Apryle 2023.
- ↑ "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 Mairch 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2009.
- ↑ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Admeenistration o Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 Mey 2023.
- ↑ Torsten Hellberg (ed): Åland – mer än öar, p.19. Stockholm 2001.
Freemit airtins eedit
Media relatit tae Lemland at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality o Lemland – Offeecial wabsteid