Lemland

Lemland
Municipality
Lemlands kommun

The medieval parish church in Lemland.

Coat of arms

Location of Lemland in Finland
Lemland

Location in Åland

Coordinates: 60°04.2′N 020°05.2′E / 60.0700°N 20.0867°E / 60.0700; 20.0867Coordinates: 60°04.2′N 020°05.2′E / 60.0700°N 20.0867°E / 60.0700; 20.0867
Country Finland
Region Åland
Sub-region Åland Countryside sub-region
Government
 • Municipal manager Mikael Smeds
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
 • Total 965.31 km2 (372.71 sq mi)
 • Land 113.08 km2 (43.66 sq mi)
 • Water 852.23 km2 (329.05 sq mi)
Area rank 111th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
 • Total 1,991
 • Rank 299th largest in Finland
 • Density 17.61/km2 (45.6/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Swedish 93.2% (official)
 • Finnish 4.4%
 • Others 2.4%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 21.9%
 • 15 to 64 64.3%
 • 65 or older 13.8%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 16.5%
Website www.lemland.ax

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

The municipality has a population of 1,991 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 965.31 square kilometres (372.71 sq mi) of which 852.23 km2 (329.05 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 17.61 inhabitants per square kilometre (45.6/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Swedish.

History

The church in Lemland was built in the 13th century and has wall paintings from the 14th century. The church is dedicated to Bridget of Sweden.

During the Finnish War in 1808 the Swedish king Gustav IV Adolf had his headquarters in the Lemland parsonage.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. ↑ Torsten Hellberg (ed): Åland – mer än öar, p.19. Stockholm 2001.

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