Lemland

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Lemland

| official_name = {{lang|sv|Lemlands kommun}}

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Lemland-church-2009.jpg

| image_caption = The medieval parish church in Lemland.

| image_shield = Lemland.vaakuna.svg

| shield_size = 120x80px

| image_map = Lemland sijainti Suomi.svg

| map_caption = Location of Lemland in Finland

| pushpin_map = Finland Åland

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Åland

|pushpin_mapsize = 250

|coordinates = {{coord|60|04.2|N|020|05.2|E|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Åland

| subdivision_type2 = Sub-region

| subdivision_name2 = Countryside

| leader_title = Municipal manager

| leader_name = Mikael Smeds

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|demographics2_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title2|Lemland}}

|demographics2_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info2|Lemland}}

|demographics2_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title3|Lemland}}

|demographics2_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info3|Lemland}}

|blank_name = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_name|Lemland}}

|blank_info = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Lemland}}

|timezone = EET

|utc_offset = +02:00

|timezone_DST = EEST

|utc_offset_DST = +03:00

| website = [http://www.lemland.ax/ www.lemland.ax]

}}

Lemland is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.

The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Lemland}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }}) and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Lemland}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Lemland}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water. The population density is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Lemland|round=2}}|PD/km2}}.

The municipality is unilingually Swedish.

The Lemström channel divides Lemland from its neighboring municipality, Jomala. It was widened by Russian POWs in 1882.

History

The church in Lemland was built in the 13th century and has wall paintings from the 14th century.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} 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.Torsten Hellberg (ed): Åland – mer än öar, p.19. Stockholm 2001.

Håkan Skogsjö has documented the permanently residing population of Lemland from the 17th century to the present, covering the history of the municipality as a whole, its individual hamlets, down to each original farmstead and the families who lived there.{{cite book |last=Skogsjö |first=Håkan |year=2005 |title=Ålands släktregister. D. 7:1 Familjer och gårdar i Lemland: från stormaktstid till nutid |language=sv |location=Mariehamn |publisher=Håkan Skogsjö |pages=1–738 |isbn=9529964013}} – {{cite book |last=Skogsjö |first=Håkan |year=2005 |title=Ålands släktregister. D. 7:2 Familjer och gårdar i Lemland: från stormaktstid till nutid |language=sv |location=Mariehamn |publisher=Håkan Skogsjö |pages=1–729 |isbn=9529964021}}

Gallery

{{gallery

|mode=packed

|height=140

|Sjöfararkapellet Sankt Olofskapellet.JPG|St. Olof's Chapel in Lemland.

|Lemström's canal is open, 2017.jpg|The Lemström Canal.

|File:Rodhamn.JPG|The Rödhamn Harbour.

|File:Lagskar.jpg|The Lågskär Lighthouse.

|File:Utsiktstorn Herrö.JPG|The observation tower of Herrö.

}}

Climate

Lemland has a humid continental climate (Dfb) with oceanic (Cfb) influence{{Weather box

| location = Lemland Nyhamn (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1959- present)

| collapsed =

| metric first = Yes

| single line = Yes

| Jan record high C = 8.5

| Feb record high C = 7.8

| Mar record high C = 11.1

| Apr record high C = 16.4

| May record high C = 23.5

| Jun record high C = 26.5

| Jul record high C = 28.7

| Aug record high C = 26.9

| Sep record high C = 21.4

| Oct record high C = 16.4

| Nov record high C = 12.7

| Dec record high C = 9.3

| year record high C = 28.7

| Jan mean C = 0.2

| Feb mean C = -1.1

| Mar mean C = 0.4

| Apr mean C = 3.2

| May mean C = 7.7

| Jun mean C = 12.4

| Jul mean C = 16.7

| Aug mean C = 16.9

| Sep mean C = 13.1

| Oct mean C = 8.3

| Nov mean C = 4.6

| Dec mean C = 2.1

| year mean C = 7.0

| Jan record low C = -29.2

| Feb record low C = -24.9

| Mar record low C = -17.3

| Apr record low C = -12.8

| May record low C = -1.2

| Jun record low C = 2.2

| Jul record low C = 6.4

| Aug record low C = 4.0

| Sep record low C = 2.0

| Oct record low C = -3.0

| Nov record low C = -8.5

| Dec record low C = -23.0

| year record low C = -29.2

| source 2 = Record highs and lows 1959- present{{cite web

| url = https://kilotavu.com/fmi-tilastot.php?taulukkomoodi=true

| title = FMI open data

| publisher = FMI

| access-date = 21 May 2023}}

| source = FMI climatological normals for Finland 1991-2020{{cite web|url=https://www.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/1991-2020-lampotilatilastot |title=FMI normals 1991-2020|publisher=fmi.fi |access-date=23 April 2023}}

}}

References

External links

[http://www.lemland.ax/ Municipality of Lemland] – Official website

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Lemland

| N = Sund
Lumparn

| NE = Lumparland

| E = Föglö

| S = Baltic Sea

| W = Mariehamn

| NW = Jomala

}}

Category:Municipalities of Åland