Sund is a municipality of Åland . It is an autonomous territory of Finland , and one of the official 27 national landscapes of Finland .
10-560: Bomarsund may refer to: Bomarsund, Åland , fortress in the Åland Islands, in the Baltic Sea Bomarsund, Northumberland , village in Northumberland, England [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
20-481: A population of 1,007 (31 October 2024) and covers an area of 184.32 square kilometres (71.17 sq mi) of which 76.06 km (29.37 sq mi) is water. The population density is 9.31 inhabitants per square kilometre (24.1/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Swedish-speaking with around 88.41% of the residents of Sund speaking the Swedish language as their mother tongue . Only 4.40% of
30-576: Is suspected that there may have been a partial Finnish settlement due to the existence of a village called Finby. The Sund church was built by the end of the 13th century and the Kastelholm Castle was also built at the end of the 14th century on a small island and it became the administrative centre of the Åland region until losing importance in 1634 and later on in 1745 following country reforms and fire damage. King John III of Sweden kept his deposed brother Eric XIV in captivity in
40-573: Is the Helsinki urban area with over 1.3 million inhabitants in 2019. It extends across Helsinki as well as ten other municipalities in the Helsinki metropolitan area . The second largest is the Tampere urban area with about 342,000 inhabitants in 2019, and the third largest is the Turku urban area with about 278,000 inhabitants in 2019. The presence of urban areas is used to regulate traffic, with
50-599: The 2023 legislative elections , Sund voted as such: [REDACTED] Media related to Sund, Åland at Wikimedia Commons Urban areas in Finland In Finland , an urban area ( Finnish : taajama , Swedish : tätort ) is defined as a cluster of dwellings with at least 200 inhabitants and may be a city, town or larger village. It is a purely statistical concept, not defined by any municipal or county boundaries. The largest urban area in Finland
60-637: The Fortress was only half-finished, the Bommarsund Fortress surrendered to British forces , who demolished it. In the Treaty of Paris , it was concluded that the Åland islands is not to be fortified. Tourism is one of the biggest lines of business in Sund. Agriculture is also popular, especially keeping livestock. Small businesses are also abundant and the biggest employers are the municipality and
70-886: The Kastelholm castle in Autumn 1571. Sund is estimated to have had around 900 inhabitants in 1571 in accordance to the Silver Tax List of that same year. Following the Russian victory in the Finnish War of 1808-1809 , the Russians began to build the Bomarsund Fortress in Sund in 1832 in accordance with the orders of Tsar Nicholas I to strengthen the western border, however when the Crimean War began
80-403: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bomarsund&oldid=932730360 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bomarsund, %C3%85land The municipality has
90-637: The local golf course. Sund had a small population of around 1020 in 2020, however it lowered to 995 in 2023. Sund is a municipality with no urban areas . At the end of 2017, there were 1,031 inhabitants in Sund, of which 1,019 lived in sparsely populated areas and the residences of 12 were unknown. Sund has 28 villages within its municipality: Berg, Björby, Bomarsund , Brändbolstad, Domarböle, Finby, Gesterby, Gunnarsby, Hulta, Högbolstad, Jussböle, Kastelholm; Kulla, Lappböle, Lövvik, Mångstekta, Persby, Prästgården, Rosenberg, Sibby, Smedsböle, Strömbolstad, Sundby, Svensböle, Tosarby, Tranvik, Träsk and Vivasteby. In
100-564: The residents of Sund speak the Finnish language as their mother tongue. Sund is the third most Swedish-speaking municipality within Finland. The old Medieval post route from Stockholm , Sweden to Turku , Finland passes through Sund. Sund was not populated by humans until the Bronze Age , however a permanent settlement was only first established in the 5th century by the Swedes . It
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