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Lemland | ||
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Municipality | ||
| Lemlands kommun | ||
 The medieval pairish kirk in Lemland. | ||
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 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 (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) | |
| Aurie rank | 111t lairgest in Finland | |
| Population (2013-08-31)[2] | ||
| • Tot | 1,849 | |
| • Rank | 299t lairgest in Finland | |
| • Density | 16.35/km2 (42.3/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) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 16.5% | |
| Wabsteid | www.lemland.ax | |
Lemland is a municipality o Åland, an autonomous territory o Finland.
The municipality haes a population o 1,849 (31 August 2013)[2] an covers a aurie o 965.31 square kilometres (372.71 sq mi) o which 852.23 km2 (329.05 sq mi) is watter.[1] The population densitie is 16.35 inhabitants per square kilometre (42.3/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Swadish.
History[eedit | eedit soorce]
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 keeng Gustav IV Adolf haed his heidquairters in the Lemland parsonage.[6]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Area by municipality as of 1 Januar 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swadish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 Mairch 2011. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.8.2013" (in Finnish and Swadish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 Dizember 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 Mairch 2009. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 Dizember 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2009. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 Mairch 2011. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ Torsten Hellberg (ed): Åland – mer än öar, p.19. Stockholm 2001.
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
Media relatit tae Lemland at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality o Lemland – Offeecial wabsteid
