Lemland

Lemland is a municipality in the autonomous Finnish province (Finnish: Lääni ) Åland. It is located in the south of Åland 's main island Fasta Åland east of the capital Mariehamn and is almost completely surrounded by water. In the northwest Lemland bordered by the Lemström channel to the community Jomala and on the east by the Lumpar Sound to the community Lumparland.

Lemland has 1881 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) and a land area of ​​113.68 square kilometers. The population density is 16.5 inhabitants per square kilometer land area. As in Åland is Swedish is the official language.

The Church of Lemland was built in the 13th century and one of the oldest in Finland. In place Lemböte are the ruins of a chapel from the early 16th century. The name of the village derives from a farmstead ( Old Swedish country ) from and presumably contains the old Swedish word LIMR, " branch, limb ," which Lemlands case probably refers to the various estuaries which penetrate deep into the interior of the island here.

In the community there is full employment, the unemployment rate was officially recognized in January 2007 with 1.6 percent.