Hammarland
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Hammarland is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous region of Finland. Its entire population of Template:Data Finland municipality/population count people ({{#time: j F Y|Template:Data Finland municipality/population count }}) speak Swedish, with 90% having it as their first language (31 December 2008). Hammarland is known for its historic church, considered one of the mother churches of Åland.
Geography
Hammarland has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is water and only Template:Convert is land.<ref name="total_area" /> Märket, the westernmost point of Finland, is an exclave of Hammarland.<ref name="mapsite">Template:Cite web</ref>
Demographics
The municipality has a population of Template:Data Finland municipality/population count ({{#time: j F Y|Template:Data Finland municipality/population count }}), with a population density of Template:Convert.<ref name="population_count" />
The municipality is unilingually Swedish. Template:As of, Template:Pct of its population spoke Swedish as their first language, making Hammarland one of the municipalities with the highest percentage of Swedish speakers in Finland.<ref name="population_by_language">Template:Cite web</ref>
Church
The Hammarland Church is a historic building located on an old postal road in the municipality's north, near a small lake connected to a bay and the sea. It is consecrated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria and is considered one of the mother churches of Åland.<ref name="Hammarland Church">Template:Cite web</ref>
Constructed from local red granite, known as Template:Lang, the church features a stepped skyline composed of three distinct levels.<ref name="Hammarland Church"/> The highest point is a pyramidal tower built against the western section of the nave's southern wall. The nave itself forms the second-highest structure, while the lowest part is a narrowing chancel to the east, constructed against the nave's original eastern wall.<ref name="Hammarland Church"/> There are small stones in the nave, with larger granite slabs framing the corners. A simple stepped socle runs along the base of the nave, except for a short stretch on the southern side. The church is characterised by large, roughly hewn windows, and the south façade of the nave shows clear evidence of later modifications.<ref name="Hammarland Church"/>
Transportation
The main road of Hammarland is Highway 1 between Mariehamn and Eckerö.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>