Kökar

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Kökar commun
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Coat of arms Kökar Location of Kökar in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : Åland
Administrative community : Åland archipelago
Geographical location 59 ° 56 '  N , 20 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 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

Audio file / audio sample Kökar ? / i [ 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

Kökar church and cemetery on Hamnö
  • 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

  1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 (PDF; 199 kB)
  2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
  3. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ls.aland.fi
  4. ↑ Ulla-Lena Lundberg: Eis , Roman, Mare 2014 including introductory text

Web links

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