Eckerö
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| Eckerö kommun | |||||
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| Province | Åland | ||||
| Region | Åland | ||||
| Sub-region | countryside | ||||
| Area - Of which land - Rank |
112.89 km² 111.19 km² 401st |
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| Population - Density - Change -Rank |
923 (2007) 8.3 inh./km² - 0.6% 414th (2005) |
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| Urbanisation | 46.5% | ||||
| Unemployment | 2.8% | ||||
| Official languages | Swedish | ||||
| Municipal manager | Jörgen Lundqvist | ||||
| Home page | http://www.eckero.aland.fi/ | ||||
Eckerö is a municipality of Åland, Finland. The municipality has a population of 923 and covers an area of 112.89 km² of which 1.7 km² is water. The population density is 8.3 inhabitants per km².
The municipality is unilingually Swedish and 95 percent of the population are Swedish speakers. It is the westernmost municipality of Åland and Finland.
The company Eckerö Linjen operates a ferry connection between Berghamn in Storby, Eckerö and Grisslehamn on Väddö, Norrtälje in Sweden.
The municipality has previously also been known as "Ekkerö" in Finnish documents,[1] but is today referred to as "Eckerö" also in Finnish.
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