Föglö
Föglö is a group of islands and municipality in Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.
Föglö | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Föglö kommun | |
 Föglö Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Föglö in Finland | |
  Föglö Location in Åland Islands | |
| Coordinates: 60°01′50″N 020°23′15″E | |
| Country |  |
| 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 (2019-01-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 530 |
| • Rank | 306th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 3.93/km2 (10.2/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Swedish | 90.6% (official) |
| • Finnish | 3.1% |
| • Others | 6.3% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 14.9% |
| • 15 to 64 | 60.1% |
| • 65 or older | 25% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 17.25% |
| Website | www.foglo.ax |
The municipality has a population of 530 (31 January 2019)[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 3.93 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.2/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Swedish, yet in the last decade 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
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "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 and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
