Åland

Åland (, ), is an autonomous region an a airchipelago in the Easter Seas. They are situatit at the entrance tae the Guwf o Bothnie an form an autonomous, demilitarised, monolingually Swadish-speakin region o Finland. The islands collectively constitute the smawest region o Finland, wi anerlie 0.49% o its land aurie, an 0.50% o its population.

Åland comprises Fasta Åland (the "Main Island," wi 90% o the population), thegither wi an airchipelago tae the east that comprises ower 6,500 skerries an islands. Fasta Åland is separatit frae the coast o Swaden bi 38 kilometres (24 mi) o open water tae the wast. In the east, the Åland airchipelago is contiguous wi the Finnish Airchipelago Sea. Åland's anerlie land border is locatit on the uninhabitit skerry o Märket,an account of the border on Märket, and how it was redrawn in 1985, appears in Hidden Europe Magazine, 11 (November 2006) pp. 26-29 ISSN 1860-6318 which it shares wi Swaden.

Acause o the autonomous status o the Åland Islands, the pouers exercised at the provincial level bi representatives o the central state admeenistration in the rest o Finland are lairgely exercised bi the Govrenment o Åland in Åland.

 Municipalities 

References


Category:Airchipelagoes o the Baltic Sea
Category:Finnish islands in the Baltic
Category:Historical provinces o Finland
Category:Provinces o Finland (1917–1997)
Category:Provinces o Finland (1997–2009)
Category:Regions o Finland
Category:NUTS 1 statistical regions o the European Union
Category:NUTS 2 statistical regions o the European Union
Category:Special territories o the European Union
Category:States an territories established in 1920
Category:Autonomous regions