Hammarland

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.^[1] Märket, the westernmost point of Finland, is an exclave of Hammarland.^[4]

The municipality has a population of 1,640 (30 June 2025), with a population density of 11.84 inhabitants per square kilometre (30.7/sq mi).^[2]

The municipality is unilingually Swedish. As of 31 December 2008^[update], 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.^[5]

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.^[6]

Constructed from local red granite, known as rapakivi, the church features a stepped skyline composed of three distinct levels.^[6] The highest point is a pyramidal tower built against the western section of the nave's southern wall. The nave itself forms the second-highest structure, while the lowest part is a narrowing chancel to the east, constructed against the nave's original eastern wall.^[6] There are small stones in the nave, with larger granite slabs framing the corners. A simple stepped socle runs along the base of the nave, except for a short stretch on the southern side. The church is characterised by large, roughly hewn windows, and the south façade of the nave shows clear evidence of later modifications.^[6]

The main road of Hammarland is Highway 1 between Mariehamn and Eckerö.^[7]