Föglö | |
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Municipality | |
| Föglö kommun | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Föglö inFinland | |
  Föglö Location in Åland | |
| Coordinates:60°01′50″N020°23′15″E / 60.03056°N 20.38750°E /60.03056; 20.38750 | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Åland |
| Sub-region | Archipelago |
| Seat | Degerby |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Niklas Eriksson |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,869.07 km2 (721.65 sq mi) |
| • Land | 134.77 km2 (52.03 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1,734.24 km2 (669.59 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 286th largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-06-30)[2] | |
• Total | 502 |
| • Rank | 302nd largest in Finland |
| • Density | 3.72/km2 (9.6/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Swedish | 81.7% (official) |
| • Finnish | 3.8% |
| • Others | 14.5% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 13.7% |
| • 15 to 64 | 54.8% |
| • 65 or older | 31.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www.foglo.ax |
Föglö is a group of islands andmunicipality inÅland, an autonomous territory ofFinland.
The municipality has a population of 502 (30 June 2025)[2] and covers an area of 1,869.07 square kilometres (721.65 sq mi) of which 1,734.24 km2 (669.59 sq mi) is water.[1] Thepopulation density is 3.72 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.6/sq mi).The municipality is unilinguallySwedish, yet in the last decade[needs update] there has been some immigration fromEstonia andLatvia due to the need of employees at the fish farms, the main industry in Föglö. The municipality is connected only by ferries toLumparland which has a road connection toMariehamn, and by ferries tomainland Finland.
Erik Adolf von Willebrand discoveredvon Willebrand disease of the blood by observing a family in Föglö.
Håkan Skogsjö has documented the permanently residing population of Föglö from the 17th century to the present, covering the history of the municipality as a whole, its individual hamlets, down to each originalfarmstead and the families who lived there.[5]
Media related toFöglö at Wikimedia Commons
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