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Vårdö is an island municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.

Vårdö
Municipality
Vårdö kommun
Boathouses in Simskäla, island in the north of Vårdö
Flag
Coat of arms
Location of Vårdö in Finland
Vårdö
Location in Åland
Coordinates: 60°14.5′N 020°22.5′E
Country Finland
RegionÅland
Sub-regionÅland Archipelago sub-region
Government
 • Municipal managerMagnus Sandberg
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total572.56 km2 (221.07 sq mi)
 • Land101.50 km2 (39.19 sq mi)
 • Water471.16 km2 (181.92 sq mi)
 • Rank298th largest in Finland
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total462
 • Rank304th largest in Finland
 • Density4.55/km2 (11.8/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Swedish91.8% (official)
 • Finnish4%
 • Others4.2%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1416.7%
 • 15 to 6453.3%
 • 65 or older30%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]19%
Websitewww.vardo.ax

The municipality has a population of 462 (31 December 2021)[6] and covers an area of 572.56 square kilometres (221.07 sq mi) of which 471.16 km2 (181.92 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.55 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.8/sq mi) of land.

The municipality is unilingually Swedish.

Two notable Finnish authors, Sally Salminen and Anni Blomqvist, were born in Vårdö. Blomqvist lived her whole life on the Vårdö island of Simskäla.

Vårdö church and cemetery
Vårdö church and cemetery

The word "vårdö" means "the guardian island". On the highest mountain of Vårdö people used to light bonfires to warn the other islands of danger.

The old post route from Stockholm to Turku went through Vårdö, by road from Båthusviken to Hullvik on the main island, otherwise by water. The local citizens took care of the mail transport in any type of weather. The dangerous mail transport lasted for over 300 years (1638–1910). Many people drowned on these journeys and in the memory of them the municipality of Vårdö has erected a memorial on the seashore of Hullvik. Today the post route road is marked with milestones.


References


  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M12*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  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. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.


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На других языках

- [en] Vårdö

[ru] Вордё

Вордё (швед. Vårdö, фин. Vårdö) — община на Аландских островах, Финляндия. Общая площадь территории — 572,66 км², из которых 471,16 км² — вода (82,28 %). Плотность населения — 4,43 чел/км².


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