Brändö Explained

Brändö
Official Name:Swedish: Brändö kommun
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Finland Åland Islands
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Åland
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Coordinates:60.4117°N 21.045°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Finland
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Åland
Subdivision Type2:Sub-region
Subdivision Name2:Archipelago sub-region
Leader Title:Municipal manager
Leader Name:John Wrede
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+02:00
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+03:00
Website:www.brando.ax
Established Title:Charter
Established Date:1866

Brändö is an island municipality of Åland, Finland. Characteristics of Brändö are the numerous assembly of islands and islets, most important of which are linked by bridges and causeways. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of NaNBrändö}} of which NaNBrändö}} is water. The population density is NaNBrändö. The municipality is unilingually Swedish and of the population are Swedish speakers.

Geography

Villages

In 1967, Brändö had 12 legally recognized villages (henkikirjakylät):[1]

Demographics

In 2020, 8.9% of the population of Brändö was under the age of 15, 58.1% were aged 15 to 64, and 33.0% were over the age of 65. The average age was 52.2, over the national average of 43.4 and regional average of 43.8. Speakers of Swedish made up 71.7% of the population and speakers of Finnish made up 18.9%, while the share of speakers of foreign languages was 9.4%. Foreign nationals made up 9.8% of the total population.[2] Brändö has no urban areas.[3]

The chart below, describing the development of the total population of Brändö from 1975 to 2020, encompasses the municipality's area as of 2021.

Economy

In 2018, 20.9% of the workforce of Brändö worked in primary production (agriculture, forestry and fishing), 11.5% in secondary production (e.g. manufacturing, construction and infrastructure), and 58.8% in services. In 2019, the unemployment rate was 1.0%, and the share of pensioners in the population was 36.2%.[4]

The five largest employers in Brändö in 2019 were as follows:[5]

  1. Brändö Lax Ab, 35 employees
  2. Municipality of Brändö, 32 employees
  3. Brändö Bygg Ab, 8 employees
  4. Brändö Andelshandel, 5 employees
  5. Brändö Fritidsservice Ab, 5 employees

Interesting facts

The Brändö municipality was sponsor of the Ukraine men's national bandy team at the 2017 Bandy World Championship.[6] [7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Korpela, Kalevi . Penttilä . Antero . Suomenmaa: maantieteellis-yhteiskunnallinen tieto- ja hakuteos. 1: Ahlainen–Hausjärvi. WSOY. 1967. Helsinki. Brändö.
  2. Web site: Key figures on population by region, 1990-2020. live. 4 May 2021. StatFin. Statistics Finland. https://web.archive.org/web/20190406192005/http://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11ra.px/. 2019-04-06.
  3. Web site: Degree of urbanisation by area, 2019. live. 4 May 2021. StatFin. Statistics Finland. https://web.archive.org/web/20191126094642/http://pxnet2.stat.fi:80/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11s7.px/ . 2019-11-26 .
  4. Web site: Municipal key figures 1987-2020 (with the 2021 regional division). live. 4 May 2021. StatFin. Statistics Finland. https://web.archive.org/web/20210426165318/https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/Kuntien_avainluvut/Kuntien_avainluvut__2021/kuntien_avainluvut_2021_aikasarja.px. 2021-04-26. (2018 and 2019)
  5. Web site: Kunnittainen toimipaikkatilasto. live. 4 May 2021. Statistics Finland. fi. https://web.archive.org/web/20161114133314/http://www.stat.fi/tup/yritystietopalvelu/kunnittainen-toimipaikkatilasto. 2016-11-14.
  6. https://sport.ua/news/349119-sponsorom-zbirnoi-ukraini-z-hokeyu-z-myachem-stav-ostriv-u-finlyandii Спонсором збірної України з хокею з м’ячем став острів у Фінляндії
  7. https://www.ukrbandy.org.ua/ Українська федерація хокею з м'ячем