Lumparland
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The municipality has a population of Template:Data Finland municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and covers an area of Template:Convert of which Template:Convert is water.[2] The population density is Template:Convert. The municipality is unilingually Swedish.
The main village is Klemetsby, where there is a bank, a church, a post office and a school. Klemetsby is Template:Convert away from Mariehamn along the Highway 3. The ferry port of Långnäs is situated in the eastern part of Lumparland.
Lumparland was the last municipality in Finland to establish its own website which happened in 2004.
The municipality has previously also been known as "'Lumparlanti" in some Finnish documents,[3] but is today referred to as "Lumparland" also in Finnish.
Geography
Lumparland borders the eastern edge of a billion-year-old nine-kilometer wide water filled impact crater, Lumparn, which is devoid of islands.
Lumpokasen (Template:Convert) is the highest point in the municipality.
Historic population
Håkan Skogsjö has documented the permanently residing population of Lumparland from the 17th century to the present, covering the history of the municipality as a whole, its individual hamlets, down to each original farmstead and the families who lived there.[4]
Economy
Agriculture and tourism are the most important lines of business in Lumparland.
Sights
The Church of Lumparland, dedicated to St. Andrew, is the oldest surviving wooden church in Åland, dating back to the 1720s. Inside the church, the altar painting is the work of Victor Westerholm. There is also a miniature ship from 1836 inside the church.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Notable people
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References
External links
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- Municipality of Lumparland – Official website
- Map of Lumparland municipality
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