Hammarland
Hammarland is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous region of Finland. Its entire population of people
speak Swedish, with 90% having it as their first language. Hammarland is known for its historic church, considered one of the mother churches of Åland.
Geography
Hammarland has a total area of, of which is water and only is land. Märket, the westernmost point of Finland, is an exclave of Hammarland.Demographics
The municipality has a population of, with a population density of.
The municipality is unilingually Swedish., of its population spoke Swedish as their first language, making Hammarland one of the municipalities with the highest percentage of Swedish speakers in Finland.
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.Constructed from local red granite, known as rapakivi, the church features a stepped skyline composed of three distinct levels. 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. 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.