Föglö

Föglö is a group of islands and municipality in Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.

Föglö
Municipality
Föglö kommun
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Föglö in Finland
Föglö Location in Åland
Coordinates: 60°01′50″N 020°23′15″E
Country	Finland
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	134.77 km2 (52.03 sq mi)
• Water	1,734.24 km2 (669.59 sq mi)
• Rank	286th largest in Finland
Population  (2024-08-31)[2]
• Total	508
• Rank	303rd largest in Finland
• Density	3.77/km2 (9.8/sq mi)
Population by native language [2]
• Swedish	82.3% (official)
• Finnish	3.1%
• Others	14.5%
Population by age [3]
• 0 to 14	13.7%
• 15 to 64	54.8%
• 65 or older	31.6%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.foglo.ax

The municipality has a population of 508 (31 August 2024)^[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 3.77 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.8/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Swedish, yet in the last decade^{[needs update]} 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

• Föglö wreck

References

1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 24 September 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
3. "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

External links

Media related to Föglö at Wikimedia Commons

• The official website of Föglö