Finström
Finström | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Finströms kommun | |
 Åland folk high school | |
 Coat airms | |
 Location of Finström in Finland | |
  Finström Location in Åland | |
| Coordinates: 60°14′N 019°59.5′E / 60.233°N 19.9917°ECoordinates: 60°14′N 019°59.5′E / 60.233°N 19.9917°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 |
Finström is a municipality o Åland, an autonomous territory o Finland.
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.[6] 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.
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]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.
Geografie
[eedit | eedit soorce]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.
Economy
[eedit | eedit soorce]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.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
- ↑ a b "Preliminar population structur bi aurie, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 Apryle 2023.
- ↑ "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 Mairch 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2009.
- ↑ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Admeenistration o Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 Mey 2023.
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Freemit airtins
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Media relatit tae Finström at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality o Finström – Offeecial wabsteid (in Swadish)
