Föglö
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Föglö is an island municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland
.
The municipality has a population of and covers an area of km2 of which km2 is water. The population density
is PD/km2.
The municipality is unilingually Swedish
, yet in the last decade 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 road connection to Mariehamn, and by ferries to Kumlinge
where there is a ferry to mainland Finland. There are plans to build a road tunnel to Lemland
, likely to be opened around 2015.
The southernmost point (59°30′10"N 20°21′10"E) of Finland is at Bogskär
, Föglö.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
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The municipality has a population of and covers an area of km2 of which km2 is water. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
is PD/km2.
The municipality is unilingually Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
, yet in the last decade 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
Lumparland
Lumparland is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland. It is the smallest municipality on mainland Åland.The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Swedish.The main village is...
which has road connection to Mariehamn, and by ferries to Kumlinge
Kumlinge
Kumlinge is a municipality consisting of a group of islands in Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland. Kumlinge, which is also the name of the largest island in the group, means "rocky passage."...
where there is a ferry to mainland Finland. There are plans to build a road tunnel to Lemland
Lemland
Lemland is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .The municipality is unilingually Swedish.-History:...
, likely to be opened around 2015.
The southernmost point (59°30′10"N 20°21′10"E) of Finland is at Bogskär
Bogskär
Bogskär is a small group of Baltic Sea islets off the southernmost tip of Finland....
, Föglö.