St. Olof's Chapel in Lemland.
Lemland
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Municipality
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| Lemlands kommun | |
The medieval parish church in Lemland.
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Lemland in Finland
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  Lemland Location in Åland | |
| Coordinates: 60°04.2′N 020°05.2′E / 60.0700°N 20.0867°E / 60.0700; 20.0867 | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Åland |
| Sub-region | Åland Countryside sub-region |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Mikael Smeds |
| Area
(2018-01-01)[1]
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| • Total | 965.30 km2 (372.70 sq mi) |
| • Land | 113.21 km2 (43.71 sq mi) |
| • Water | 852.23 km2 (329.05 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 293rd largest in Finland |
| Population
(2023-12-31)[2]
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| • Total | 2,127 |
| • Rank | 250th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 18.79/km2 (48.7/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Swedish | 91.3% (official) |
| • Finnish | 3.4% |
| • Others | 5.4% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 20.6% |
| • 15 to 64 | 61.2% |
| • 65 or older | 18.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www.lemland.ax |
Lemland is a municipalityofÅland, an autonomous territory of Finland.
The municipality has a population of 2,127 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 965.30 square kilometres (372.70 sq mi) of which 852.23 km2 (329.05 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 18.79 inhabitants per square kilometre (48.7/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Swedish.
The Lemström channel divides Lemland from its neighboring municipality, Jomala. It was widened by Russian POWs in 1882.
The church in Lemland was built in the 13th century and has wall paintings from the 14th century.[citation needed] The church is dedicated to Bridget of Sweden.
During the Finnish War in 1808 the Swedish king Gustav IV Adolf had his headquarters in the Lemland parsonage.[5]
Lemland has a humid continental climate (Dfb) with oceanic (Cfb) influence
| Climate data for Lemland Nyhamn (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1959- present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 8.5 (47.3) |
7.8 (46.0) |
11.1 (52.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
28.7 (83.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
21.4 (70.5) |
16.4 (61.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
9.3 (48.7) |
28.7 (83.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.2 (32.4) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
0.4 (32.7) |
3.2 (37.8) |
7.7 (45.9) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.9 (62.4) |
13.1 (55.6) |
8.3 (46.9) |
4.6 (40.3) |
2.1 (35.8) |
7.0 (44.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −29.2 (−20.6) |
−24.9 (−12.8) |
−17.3 (0.9) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
2.2 (36.0) |
6.4 (43.5) |
4.0 (39.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−23.0 (−9.4) |
−29.2 (−20.6) |
| Source 1: FMI climatological normals for Finland 1991-2020[6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Record highs and lows 1959- present[7] | |||||||||||||
Media related to Lemland at Wikimedia Commons
Places adjacent to Lemland
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