Föglö

Föglö is a municipality in the autonomous Finnish province of Åland. The municipality includes numerous islands in the south of Åland, east of Lemland and southwest of Sottunga. Föglö has 577 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2012) and a land area of ​​134.78 square kilometers. As in Åland is Swedish is the official language.

History

Attractions

The main attraction is the medieval Föglös Church of Mary Magdalene. It was built in the early 16th century and rebuilt 1859-1861 to Holy Cross Church. Another attraction is the customs warehouse building from 1826, in which today houses the Museum Föglös.

Economy

Main occupation of Föglö have traditionally been agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries. Today, however, also tourism is of great importance, and about half of the community population is employed in the service sector.

Traffic

There are ferry services from Svinö in Lumparland directly to the main island to the village Föglö Degerby. Furthermore, the village Överö is approached in the far north of the municipality of the ferry between Galtby in Korpo and Långnäs in Lumparland. The main inhabited islands within the municipal area are connected by bridges.

Towns

The municipality includes the villages of Björkör, Björsboda, Bråttö, Brändö Bänö, Degerby, Finholma, Flisö, Granboda, Hastersboda, Horsholma, Hummersö, Jyddö, Järsö, Kallsö, Klåvskär, Nötö, Överö, Sanda, Skogboda, Sommarö, Sonnboda, Stentorpa and Ulversö.