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.