Finström
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Finström is a municipality o Åland, an autonomous territory o Finland.
Finström | |
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Municipality | |
Finströms kommun | |
Åland folk high school | |
Location of Finström in Finland | |
Coordinates: 60°14′N 019°59.5′E | |
Kintra | Finland |
Region | Åland |
Sub-region | Åland Countryside sub-region |
Govrenment | |
• Municipal manager | Katarina Sundberg |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 172.50 km2 (66.60 sq mi) |
• Laund | 123.25 km2 (47.59 sq mi) |
• Water | 49.23 km2 (19.01 sq mi) |
Area rank | 289t lairgest in Finland |
Population (2023-02-28)[2] | |
• Total | 2,611 |
• Rank | 235t lairgest in Finland |
• Density | 21.18/km2 (54.9/sq mi) |
Population bi native leid | |
• Swedish | 93.8% (offeecial) |
• Finnish | 3.4% |
• Ithers | 2.9% |
Population by age | |
• 0 tae 14 | 18.9% |
• 15 tae 64 | 63.9% |
• 65 or aulder | 17.2% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Website | www.finstrom.ax |
The municipality haes a population o 2,611 (28 Februar 2023)[2] o which 93.8% speak Swadish an 3.4% Finnish as thair first leid.[5] The municipality covers an aurie o 172.50 square kilometre (66.60 sq mi) o which 49.23 km2 (19.01 sq mi) is watter.[1] The population densitie is 21.18 inhabitants per square kilometre (54.9/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Swadish.
Godby is the seicont biggest biggit-up aurie in Åland efter Mariehamn, inhabitit bi 900 fowk, or ane-thirds o the municipality's population. A pharmacy, banks, a post office, a soummin haw an a halth centre are amang the amenities that can be foond in Godby.
Finström wis widely inhabitit in the Viking era. The kirk o St. Michael is ane o the auldest in Åland wi the auldest pairts datin frae the 12t century. Grelsby kungsgård wis the place whaur king Gustavus Vasa stayed wi his entourage o 312 fowk for a few days in the ware o 1556. King Gustaf IV Adolf stayed thare for sax weeks in the simmer o 1808 prior tae the loss o Finland tae Roushie an aw.
Finström is richt in the middle o mainland Åland an is bordered bi a tot o five municipalities: Sund tae the east, Saltvik tae the northeast, Geta tae the north, Hammarland tae the wast an Jomala tae the sooth.
Långsjön, the lairgest lake in Åland, is locatit in the municipality, as is the Almskogen natur reserve. Notable bays include Kasviken an Ödkarbyviken.
Godby is bi far the centre o Finström's economy. The biggest employer in the municipality is Optinova wi 130 employees. Tourism is an important line o business an aw.
Agricultural products grown especially in the northren pairts o Finström include apples an various vegetables, an fishin is a soorce o income for some.
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