Brändö

Brändö is an island municipality of Åland, Finland. Characteristics of Brändö are the numerous assembly of islands and islets, most important of which are linked by bridges and causeways. The municipality has a population of 441 (26 October 2023)[2] and covers an area of 1,643.21 square kilometres (634.45 square miles) of which 1,540.41 km2 (594.76 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.08 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.6/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Swedish and 70.2% of the population are Swedish speakers.

This article is about the municipality in Åland. For the district of Helsinki, see Kulosaari.
Brändö
Municipality
Brändö kommun
Coat of arms of Brändö
Coat of arms
Location of Brändö in Finland
Location of Brändö in Finland
Brändö is located in Åland
Brändö
Brändö
Location in Åland
Coordinates: 60°24′42″N 21°2′42″E
Country Finland
RegionÅland
Sub-regionArchipelago sub-region
Government
 • Municipal managerJohn Wrede
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total1,643.21 km2 (634.45 sq mi)
 • Land108.07 km2 (41.73 sq mi)
 • Water1,540.41 km2 (594.76 sq mi)
 • Rank296th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-10-26)[2]
 • Total441
 • Rank304th largest in Finland
 • Density4.08/km2 (10.6/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Swedish70.2% (official)
 • Finnish19.8%
 • Others10%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 148.9%
 • 15 to 6458.1%
 • 65 or older33%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.brando.ax

Geography

Villages

In 1967, Brändö had 12 legally recognized villages (henkikirjakylät):[5]

  • Asterholma
  • Baggholma
  • Björnholma
  • Brändö
  • Fiskö
  • Hullberga
  • Jurmo
  • Korsö
  • Lappo
  • Porsskär
  • Torsholma
  • Åva

Demographics

In 2020, 8.9% of the population of Brändö was under the age of 15, 58.1% were aged 15 to 64, and 33.0% were over the age of 65. The average age was 52.2, over the national average of 43.4 and regional average of 43.8. Speakers of Swedish made up 71.7% of the population and speakers of Finnish made up 18.9%, while the share of speakers of foreign languages was 9.4%. Foreign nationals made up 9.8% of the total population.[6] Brändö has no urban areas.[7]

The chart below, describing the development of the total population of Brändö from 1975 to 2020, encompasses the municipality's area as of 2021.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1975 565—    
1980 550−0.54%
1985 528−0.81%
1990 529+0.04%
1995 548+0.71%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2000 514−1.27%
2005 519+0.19%
2010 488−1.22%
2015 470−0.75%
2020 449−0.91%
Source: Statistics Finland[8]

Economy

In 2018, 20.9% of the workforce of Brändö worked in primary production (agriculture, forestry and fishing), 11.5% in secondary production (e.g. manufacturing, construction and infrastructure), and 58.8% in services. In 2019, the unemployment rate was 1.0%, and the share of pensioners in the population was 36.2%.[9]

The five largest employers in Brändö in 2019 were as follows:[10]

  1. Brändö Lax Ab, 35 employees
  2. Municipality of Brändö, 32 employees
  3. Brändö Bygg Ab, 8 employees
  4. Brändö Andelshandel, 5 employees
  5. Brändö Fritidsservice Ab, 5 employees

Interesting facts

The Brändö municipality was sponsor of the Ukraine men's national bandy team at the 2017 Bandy World Championship.[11][12]

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. Korpela, Kalevi; Penttilä, Antero (1967). "Brändö". Suomenmaa: maantieteellis-yhteiskunnallinen tieto- ja hakuteos. 1: Ahlainen–Hausjärvi. Helsinki: WSOY.
  6. "Key figures on population by region, 1990-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on 2019-04-06. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  7. "Degree of urbanisation by area, 2019". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on 2019-11-26. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  8. "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area, 1972-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on 2019-05-25. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  9. "Municipal key figures 1987-2020 (with the 2021 regional division)". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on 2021-04-26. Retrieved 4 May 2021. (2018 and 2019)
  10. "Kunnittainen toimipaikkatilasto" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on 2016-11-14. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  11. Спонсором збірної України з хокею з м’ячем став острів у Фінляндії, sport.ua, 6 July 2017 (in Ukrainian).
  12. Українська федерація хокею з м'ячем (see "Збірні України на чемпіонатах світу 2017 року").

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