Hammarland
municipality of Åland, Finland
Hammarland is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous region of Finland. Its entire population of 1,644 people (31 December 2025) speak Swedish, with 90% having it as their first language (31 December 2008). Hammarland is known for its historic church, considered one of the mother churches of Åland.
Geography
Hammarland has a total area of 1,224.17 square kilometres (472.65 sq mi), of which 1,084.84 km2 (418.86 sq mi) is water and only 138.55 square kilometres (53.49 sq mi) is land. Märket, the westernmost point of Finland, is an exclave of Hammarland.
Demographics
The municipality has a population of 1,644
(31 December 2025), with a population density of 11.87 inhabitants per square kilometre (30.7/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Swedish. As of 31 December 2008, 90% 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.
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