Kökar
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Basic data | |
State : | Finland |
Landscape : | Åland |
Administrative community : | Åland archipelago |
Geographical location | 59 ° 56 ' N , 20 ° 53' E |
Surface: | 2,165.05 km² |
of which land area: | 63.55 km² |
of which inland waterways: | 0.39 km² |
of which sea area: | 2,101.11 km² |
Residents : | 236 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 3.7 inhabitants / km² |
Municipality number : | 318 |
Language (s) : | Swedish |
Website : | www.kokar.ax |
ˈtɕøːkar ] is amunicipalityin the autonomousFinnish province(Finnish:Lääni)Åland. Kökar has 236 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018), around 95 percent of whom areSwedish-speaking, and an area of 63.94 square kilometers, of which 0.39 square kilometers are inland water. As in all of Åland,Swedish isthe official language.
[Parish name
The municipality name appears for the first time in a text by Danish sailors of the 13th century. At that time, the Franciscan monastery on Kökar, which belonged to the Dacia order province, probably already existed . The name was written as Thiyckækarl , which could refer to the fat islanders.
traffic
Kökar can be reached with the Ålandstrafik ferry, which runs from Galtby (on Korpo ) to Långnäs (on Lumparland ).
Attractions
- St. Anna Church was built in 1784 on the place of the Franciscan monastery . There is a museum in connection with the church.
- Otterböte is a Bronze Age settlement . It was discovered in 1918.
- Källskär is a small island and well-known attraction south of Kökar.
Localities
The municipality includes the places Finnö, Hellsö, Karlby (Karl's village), Kyrkogårdsö, Österbygge and Överboda.
Personalities
The writer Ulla-Lena Lundberg was born on Kökar in 1947, her novel Is (German: Eis ) is set on the island (which is called Örar in the book).
References
- ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 (PDF; 199 kB)
- ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
- ↑ Ålands museum ( Memento of the original dated August 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ulla-Lena Lundberg: Eis , Roman, Mare 2014 including introductory text
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