Åboland

Location of Åboland in Finland

Åboland ( Swedish ; Finnish Turunmaa ) is a region in the archipelago of warping sea off the southwest coast of Finland . Åboland is also one of five administrative communities ( ekonomiska regioner ) in the Finnish landscape of Varsinais-Suomi (Egentliga Finland) . It comprises the mostly Swedish-speaking southern part of the archipelago , which is upstream of the city of Turku (Swedish Åbo). The archipelago ring road connects the islands of Åboland via bridges and ferries. Åboland had 22,821 inhabitants on August 31, 2006.

Åboland was not settled until the Crusades. Before that, the islands were only visited seasonally for hunting and fishing. Against speak z. B. Bronze Age and Iron Age stone mounds that exist in the region.

The municipality of Pargas and the municipality of Kimitoön belong to the Åboland administrative community .

Individual evidence

↑ Tapani Tuovinen: The Burial Cairns and the Landscape in the Archipelago of Åboland, SW Finland, in the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. In: Dissertation University of Oulu. Retrieved June 22, 2011 .

Web links

Website of the Åboland administrative association (Swedish / Finnish)

[1] Tapani Tuovinen: The Burial Cairns and the Landscape in the Archipelago of Åboland, SW Finland, in the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. In: Dissertation University of Oulu. Retrieved June 22, 2011 .