Föglö Explained

Föglö
Official Name:Swedish: Föglö kommun
Settlement Type:Municipality
Flag Size:120x80px
Pushpin Map:Finland Åland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Åland
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Coordinates:60.0306°N 20.3875°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:Niklas Eriksson
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+02:00
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+03:00
Website:www.foglo.ax

Föglö is a group of islands and municipality in Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.

The municipality has a population of and covers an area of NaNFöglö}} of which NaNFöglö}} is water. The population density is NaNFöglö.The municipality is unilingually Swedish, yet in the last decade there has been some immigration from Estonia and Latvia due to the need of employees at the fish farms, the main industry in Föglö. The municipality is connected only by ferries to Lumparland which has a road connection to Mariehamn, and by ferries to mainland Finland.

Erik Adolf von Willebrand discovered von Willebrand disease of the blood by observing a family in Föglö.

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