Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Saturday 12:19 AM | Region Åland Municipal tax rate 18% | |
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Sub-region Åland Countryside sub-region Area rank 297th largest in Finland Weather 0°C, Wind NW at 16 km/h, 90% Humidity | ||
Eckerö is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty. The municipality has a population of 932 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 107.72 square kilometres (41.59 sq mi) of which 644.94 km2 (249.01 sq mi) is water. The population density is 8.65 inhabitants per square kilometre (22.4/sq mi).
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The municipality is unilingually Swedish and 7,001,900,000,000,000,000♠90% of the population are Swedish speakers. It is the westernmost municipality of Åland and Finland. The company Eckerö Linjen operates a ferry connection between Berghamn in Storby, Eckerö and Grisslehamn on Väddö, Norrtälje in Sweden.
The municipality has previously also been known as Ekkerö in Finnish documents, but is today referred to as "Eckerö" also in Finnish.
Eckerö's most famous building is the Post and Customs house. It is the largest and most impressive building that has been erected to aid the postal services between Stockholm and St. Petersburg. The building was built during the Russian times in 1828 and architect C.L Engel made the construction plans.