Vårdö

Vårdö
Municipality
Vårdös kommun

Coat of arms

Location of Vårdö in Finland
Vårdö
Location in Åland
Coordinates: 60°14.5′N 020°22.5′E / 60.2417°N 20.3750°E / 60.2417; 20.3750Coordinates: 60°14.5′N 020°22.5′E / 60.2417°N 20.3750°E / 60.2417; 20.3750
Country  Finland
Region Åland
Sub-region Åland Archipelago sub-region
Government
 • Municipal manager Magnus Sandberg
Area (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total 572.56 km2 (221.07 sq mi)
 • Land 101.50 km2 (39.19 sq mi)
 • Water 471.16 km2 (181.92 sq mi)
Area rank 298th largest in Finland
Population (2018-08-31)[2]
 • Total 435
 • Rank 309th largest in Finland
 • Density 4.29/km2 (11.1/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Swedish 91.8% (official)
 • Finnish 4%
 • Others 4.2%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 16.9%
 • 15 to 64 59.7%
 • 65 or older 23.4%
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5] 17.5%
Website www.vardo.ax
Vårdö church and cemetery

Vårdö is an island municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.

The municipality has a population of 435 (31 August 2018)[6] and covers an area of 572.56 square kilometres (221.07 sq mi) of which 471.16 km2 (181.92 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.29 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.1/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Swedish.

Two notable Finnish authors, Sally Salminen and Anni Blomqvist, were born in Vårdö. Blomqvist spent her whole life on the small Vårdö island of Simskäla.

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Ennakkoväkiluku kuukausittain sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2018" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  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. ↑ "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.

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Boathouses in Vårdö


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