Lumparland
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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Lumparland
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| image_skyline = Ferry Terminal - Langnas, Finland - panoramio.jpg
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| subdivision_type2 = Sub-region
| subdivision_name2 = Countryside
| leader_title = Municipal manager
| leader_name = Mattias Jansryd
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|timezone = EET
|utc_offset = +02:00
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| website = [http://www.lumparland.ax/ www.lumparland.ax]
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Lumparland is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland. It is the smallest municipality on mainland Åland.
The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Lumparland}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }}) and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Lumparland}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Lumparland}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water. The population density is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Lumparland|round=2}}|PD/km2}}. The municipality is unilingually Swedish.
The main village is Klemetsby, where there is a bank, a church, a post office and a school. Klemetsby is {{convert|25|km}} away from Mariehamn along the Highway 3. The ferry port of Långnäs is situated in the eastern part of Lumparland.
Lumparland was the last municipality in Finland to establish its own website which happened in 2004.
The municipality has previously also been known as "'Lumparlanti" in some Finnish documents,[https://runeberg.org/pieni/2/0665.html 1201–1202 (Pieni Tietosanakirja / II. Isopurje – Maskotti)] but is today referred to as "Lumparland" also in Finnish.
Geography
Lumparland borders the eastern edge of a billion-year-old nine-kilometer wide water filled impact crater, Lumparn, which is devoid of islands.
Lumpokasen ({{convert|60.7|m|abbr=on|disp=or}}) is the highest point in the municipality.
Historic population
Håkan Skogsjö has documented the permanently residing population of Lumparland 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=1995 |title=Ålands släktregister. D. 1 Familjer och gårdar i Lumparland: från stormaktstid till nutid |language=sv |location=Mariehamn |publisher=Ålands folkminnesförbund |pages=1–448 |isbn=9519522077}}
Economy
Agriculture and tourism are the most important lines of business in Lumparland.
Sights
The Church of Lumparland, dedicated to St. Andrew, is the oldest surviving wooden church in Åland, dating back to the 1720s. Inside the church, the altar painting is the work of Victor Westerholm. There is also a miniature ship from 1836 inside the church.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}
Notable people
- Robert Helenius (born 1984), a professional boxer{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.lumparland.ax/ Municipality of Lumparland] – Official website
- [https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2587477 Map of Lumparland municipality]
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Lumparland
| NE = Vårdö
| SE = Föglö
| SW = Lemland
| NW = Sund
}}
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Category:Municipalities of Åland
Category:Port cities and towns in Finland
Category:Port cities and towns of the Baltic Sea
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