Brändö

Coordinates: 60°24′42″N 21°2′42″E / 60.41167°N 21.04500°E / 60.41167; 21.04500
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This article is about the municipality in Åland. For the district of Helsinki, see Kulosaari.

Brändö
Municipality
Brändö kommun
Population by age
[3]
 • 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

Brändö is an island

Swedish speakers
.

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. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^
    ISSN 1797-5395
    . Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. WSOY
    .
  6. ^ "Key figures on population by region, 1990-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Degree of urbanisation by area, 2019". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on 26 November 2019. 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 25 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Municipal key figures 1987-2020 (with the 2021 regional division)". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021. (2018 and 2019)
  10. ^ "Kunnittainen toimipaikkatilasto" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. 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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