Hammarland

• Name — Hammarland • Official Name — Hammarlands kommun • Type — Municipality • Image Shield — Hammarland.vaakuna.svg • Shield Size — 120x80px • Image Map — Hammarland sijainti Suomi.svg • Map Caption — Location of Hammarland in Finland • Pushpin Map — Finland Åland • Pushpin Caption — Location in Åland • Pushpin Map Size — 250 • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Finland • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Åland • Subdivision Type2 — Sub-region • Subdivision Name2 — Countryside • Leader Title — Municipal manager • Leader Name — Kurt Carlsson • Time Zone — EET • Utc Offset — +02:00 • Time Zone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +03:00 Hammarland is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous region of Finland. Its entire population of people (sourcedate) speak Swedish, with 90% having it as their first language (31 December 2008). Hammarland is known for its historic church, considered one of the mother churches of Åland.

Hammarland has a total area of Hammarland km2, of which Hammarland km2 is water and only km2 is land. Märket, the westernmost point of Finland, is an exclave of Hammarland.

The municipality has a population of (sourcedate), with a population density of Hammarland PD/km2. The municipality is unilingually Swedish. As of 2008 12, of its population spoke Swedish as their first language, making Hammarland one of the municipalities with the highest percentage of Swedish speakers in Finland.

The Hammarland Church is a historic building located on an old postal road in the municipality's north, near a small lake connected to a bay and the sea. It is consecrated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria and is considered one of the mother churches of Åland. Constructed from local red granite, known as rapakivi, the church features a stepped skyline composed of three distinct levels. The highest point is a pyramidal tower built against the western section of the nave's southern wall. The nave itself forms the second-highest structure, while the lowest part is a narrowing chancel to the east, constructed against the nave's original eastern wall. There are small stones in the nave, with larger granite slabs framing the corners. A simple stepped socle runs along the base of the nave, except for a short stretch on the southern side. The church is characterised by large, roughly hewn windows, and the south façade of the nave shows clear evidence of later modifications.

The main road of Hammarland is Highway 1 between Mariehamn and Eckerö.