Kökar
Municipality in Åland, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kökar (pronunciationⓘ) is an island municipality to the south-east of the Åland archipelago, Finland.
Kökar | |
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Municipality | |
Kökar kommun | |
Coordinates: 59°55.2′N 020°54.5′E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Åland |
Sub-region | Archipelago sub-region |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Kurt Forsman |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 2,165.02 km2 (835.92 sq mi) |
• Land | 63.58 km2 (24.55 sq mi) |
• Water | 2,101.46 km2 (811.38 sq mi) |
• Rank | 305th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 225 |
• Rank | 308th largest in Finland |
• Density | 3.54/km2 (9.2/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Swedish | 87.1% (official) |
• Finnish | 9.3% |
• Others | 3.6% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 3.1% |
• 15 to 64 | 58.7% |
• 65 or older | 38.2% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www.kokar.ax |
It is also one of the municipalities of Åland. It is reachable by boat from Långnäs on Åland or from Galtby with access to mainland Finland.
The municipality has a population of 225 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 2,165.02 square kilometres (835.92 sq mi) of which 2,101.46 km2 (811.38 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 3.54 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.2/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Swedish (with about %10 Finnish-speaking). The natural reserve of Östra Långskär is located there. Other notable islands include Kyrkogårdsö.
Ulla-Lena Lundberg, a Finnish author, was born in Kökar in 1947.