Lemland | |
Official Name: | Swedish: Lemlands kommun |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Finland Åland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Åland |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Coordinates: | 60.07°N 25.2°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Åland |
Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
Subdivision Name2: | Åland Countryside sub-region |
Leader Title: | Municipal manager |
Leader Name: | Mikael Smeds |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +02:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +03:00 |
Website: | www.lemland.ax |
Lemland is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.
The municipality has a population of and covers an area of NaNLemland}} of which NaNLemland}} is water. The population density is NaNLemland.
The municipality is unilingually Swedish.
The Lemström channel divides Lemland from its neighboring municipality, Jomala. It was widened by Russian POWs in 1882.
The church in Lemland was built in the 13th century and has wall paintings from the 14th century. 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.[1]
Lemland has a humid continental climate (Dfb) with oceanic (Cfb) influence