| Föglö | |||
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| Föglö kommun | |||
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| Coordinates: 60°01′50″N 020°23′15″E / 60.03056°N 20.3875°ECoordinates: 60°01′50″N 020°23′15″E / 60.03056°N 20.3875°E | |||
| Country |  Finland |
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| Province |  Åland |
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| Region | Åland | ||
| Sub-region | Archipelago sub-region | ||
| Government | |||
| - Municipal manager | Niklas Eriksson | ||
| Area (2009-01-01)[1] | |||
| - Total | 1,869.09 km2 (721.7 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 134.78 km2 (52 sq mi) | ||
| - Water | 1,734.31 km2 (669.6 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2009-06-30)[2] | |||
| - Total | 568 | ||
| - Density | 4.21/km2 (10.9/sq mi) | ||
| Population by native language [3] | |||
| - Swedish | 90.6% (official) | ||
| - Finnish | 3.1% | ||
| - Others | 6.3% | ||
| Population by age [4] | |||
| - 0 to 14 | 14.9% | ||
| - 15 to 64 | 60.1% | ||
| - 65 or older | 25% | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 17% | ||
| Website | www.foglo.ax | ||
Föglö is an island municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.
The municipality has a population of 568 (30 June 2009)[2] and covers an area of 1,869.09 square kilometres (721.66 sq mi) of which 1,734.31 km2 (669.62 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.21 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.9 /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 road connection to Mariehamn, and by ferries to Kumlinge where there is a ferry to mainland Finland. There are plans to build a road tunnel to Lemland, likely to be opened around 2015.
The southernmost point (59°30′10″N 20°21′10″E / 59.50278°N 20.35278°E) of Finland is at Bogskär, Föglö.
References
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2009" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/Pintaalat_kunnittain_1.1.2009.pdf. Retrieved on 20 February 2009.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 30 June 2009" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://www.vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/AE1290D892E86719C22575EB002B065C/$file/090630.html. Retrieved on 26 July 2009.
- ^ "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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved on 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved on 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2009". Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2008. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=6425;167571. Retrieved on 8 March 2009.
External links
Media related to Föglö at Wikimedia Commons- The official website of Föglö
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