Lumparland

Lumparland
Municipality
Lumparlands kommun
Coat of arms of Lumparland
Coat of arms
Location of Lumparland in Finland
Location of Lumparland in Finland
Lumparland is located in Åland
Lumparland
Lumparland
Location in Åland
Coordinates: 60°07′N 020°15.5′E / 60.117°N 20.2583°E / 60.117; 20.2583
Country Finland
RegionÅland
Sub-regionCountryside
Government
 • Municipal managerMattias Jansryd
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total
87.04 km2 (33.61 sq mi)
 • Land36.35 km2 (14.03 sq mi)
 • Water50.8 km2 (19.6 sq mi)
 • Rank308th largest in Finland
Population
 (2025-12-31)[2]
 • Total
371
 • Rank305th largest in Finland
 • Density10.21/km2 (26.4/sq mi)
Population by native language
[2]
 • Swedish85.2% (official)
 • Finnish6.2%
 • Others8.6%
Population by age
[3]
 • 0 to 1414.8%
 • 15 to 6457.8%
 • 65 or older27.4%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.lumparland.ax

Lumparland is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland. It is the smallest municipality on mainland Åland. The municipality has a population of 371 (31 December 2025)[2] and covers an area of 87.04 square kilometres (33.61 sq mi) of which 50.8 km2 (19.6 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 10.21 inhabitants per square kilometre (26.4/sq mi). 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 25 kilometres (16 mi) 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,[5] but is today referred to as "Lumparland" also in Finnish.

According to a 2026 study by Iltalehti, the highest number of crimes against life and health of all Finnish municipalities (excluding cities) occurs in Lumparland; the ratio was 2.70 compared to the municipality's nearly 400 inhabitants. The Åland Police Department explained the statistical result by the Långnäs harbour used by cruise ships, and any crime committed on board is registered in the Lumparland municipality when, for example, the person who committed the crime is removed from the ship in Lumparland, where the police arrest person.[6]

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 (60.7 m or 199 ft) 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.[7]

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.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Population growth slowed down in 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 1 April 2026. ISSN 2243-3627. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  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. ^ 1201–1202 (Pieni Tietosanakirja / II. Isopurje – Maskotti)
  6. ^ Alanne, Joonas (7 February 2026). "Vaaran paikat". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  7. ^ Skogsjö, Håkan (1995). Ålands släktregister. D. 1 Familjer och gårdar i Lumparland: från stormaktstid till nutid (in Swedish). Mariehamn: Ålands folkminnesförbund. pp. 1–448. ISBN 9519522077.

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