Brändö is an island

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

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. Characteristics of Brändö are the numerous assembly of islands and islets, most important of which are linked by bridges and causeways. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The

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is . The municipality is unilingually Swedish and of the population are Swedish speakers.

Geography

Villages

In 1967, Brändö had 12 legally recognized villages ''(henkikirjakylät)'': * Asterholma * Baggholma * Björnholma * Brändö * Fiskö * Hullberga * Jurmo * Korsö *

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* Porsskär * Torsholma *

Åva Åva is an island and village in the municipality of Brändö, Åland, Finland. As of 2020, Åva has 96 inhabitants. The island is connected to Brändö (village), Brändö village in the south by road banks and a bridge, on the northern part of ...

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. Brändö has no

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. The chart below, describing the development of the total population of Brändö from 1975 to 2020, encompasses the municipality's area as of 2021.

Håkan Skogsjö Lars Håkan Skogsjö (born 11 November 1958, in Mölndal, Sweden) is a Swedish-Ålandic journalist and author and a veteran in the Swedish genealogy movement. He lives since 1989 permanently in Mariehamn, Åland, an autonomous region of Finlan ...

has documented the permanently residing population of Brändö from the 17th century to the present, covering the history of the municipality as a whole, its individual hamlets, down to each original

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and the families who lived there.

Economy

In 2018, 20.9% of the workforce of Brändö worked in primary production (

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forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and Natural environment, environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and ...

and

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), 11.5% in secondary production (e.g.

manufacturing Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of the secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer ...

construction Construction are processes involved in delivering buildings, infrastructure, industrial facilities, and associated activities through to the end of their life. It typically starts with planning, financing, and design that continues until the a ...

and

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), and 58.8% in services. In 2019, the unemployment rate was 1.0%, and the share of pensioners in the population was 36.2%. (2018 and 2019) The five largest employers in Brändö in 2019 were as follows: # Brändö Lax Ab, 35 employees # Municipality of Brändö, 32 employees # Brändö Bygg Ab, 8 employees # Brändö Andelshandel, 5 employees # Brändö Fritidsservice Ab, 5 employees

Interesting facts

The Brändö municipality was sponsor of the

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at the

2017 Bandy World Championship 2017 Bandy World Championship was the 37th Bandy World Championship and was held in Sweden. The games in Division A were played in Göransson Arena in Sandviken, 29 January to 5 February. The games of Division B were played in Slättbergshall ...

.Українська федерація хокею з м'ячем
(see "Збірні України на чемпіонатах світу 2017 року").

References

External links

Municipality of Brändö
– Official website

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