Hammarland

Geography

Hammarland has a total area of {{Data Finland municipality/total area|Hammarland}} km2, of which {{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Hammarland}} km2 is water and only {{Data Finland municipality|area_land_km2|Hammarland}} km2 is land. Märket, the westernmost point of Finland, is an exclave of Hammarland.

Demographics

The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: ({{#time: j F Y|

The municipality is unilingually Swedish. , of its population spoke Swedish as their first language, making Hammarland one of the municipalities with the highest percentage of Swedish speakers in Finland.

Church

The Hammarland Church is a historic building located on an old postal road in the municipality's north, near a small lake connected to a bay and the sea. It is consecrated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria and is considered one of the mother churches of Åland.

Constructed from local red granite, known as rapakivi, the church features a stepped skyline composed of three distinct levels. The highest point is a pyramidal tower built against the western section of the nave's southern wall. The nave itself forms the second-highest structure, while the lowest part is a narrowing chancel to the east, constructed against the nave's original eastern wall. There are small stones in the nave, with larger granite slabs framing the corners. A simple stepped socle runs along the base of the nave, except for a short stretch on the southern side. The church is characterised by large, roughly hewn windows, and the south façade of the nave shows clear evidence of later modifications.

Transportation

The main road of Hammarland is Highway 1 between Mariehamn and Eckerö.

References

References

1. "Citizen's Map Site – National Land Survey of Finland".
2. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland.
3. "Hammarland Church".
4. "Jomala Kommun – Kommunöversikt". Jomala Municipality.