Vårdö
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| Vårdö | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Vårdös kommun | ||
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| Location of Vårdö in Finland Location of Vårdö in Finland |
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| Country |  Finland |
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| Region | Åland | |
| Sub-region | Åland Archipelago sub-region | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Magnus Sandberg | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 572.66 km2 (221.11 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 101.50 km2 (39.19 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 471.16 km2 (181.92 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 208th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 433 | |
| • Rank | 332nd largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 4.27/km2 (11.1/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Swedish | 91.8% (official) | |
| • Finnish | 4% | |
| • Others | 4.2% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 16.9% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 59.7% | |
| • 65 or older | 23.4% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 17.5% | |
| Website | www.vardo.ax | |
Vårdö is an island municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.
The municipality has a population of 433 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 572.66 square kilometres (221.11 sq mi) of which 471.16 km2 (181.92 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.27 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.1/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Swedish.
Two notable Finnish authors, Sally Salminen and Anni Blomqvist, were born in Vårdö. Blomqvist spent her whole life on the small Vårdö island of Simskäla.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "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 March 2009.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
External links
Media related to Vårdö at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Vårdö – Official website
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