Lumparland

Lumparland is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland. It is the smallest municipality on mainland Åland.

Lumparland
Municipality
Lumparlands kommun
Coat of arms
Location of Lumparland in Finland
Lumparland Location in Åland
Coordinates: 60°07′N 020°15.5′E
Country	Finland
Region	Åland
Sub-region	Countryside
Government
• Municipal manager	Mattias Jansryd
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	87.04 km2 (33.61 sq mi)
• Land	36.35 km2 (14.03 sq mi)
• Water	50.8 km2 (19.6 sq mi)
• Rank	308th largest in Finland
Population  (2025-06-30)[2]
• Total	378
• Rank	305th largest in Finland
• Density	10.4/km2 (27/sq mi)
Population by native language [2]
• Swedish	85.4% (official)
• Finnish	6.2%
• Others	8.4%
Population by age [3]
• 0 to 14	14.8%
• 15 to 64	57.8%
• 65 or older	27.4%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.lumparland.ax

The municipality has a population of 378 (30 June 2025)^[2] and covers an area of 87.04 square kilometres (33.61 sq mi) of which 50.8 km² (19.6 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 10.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (27/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Swedish.

The main village is Klemetsby, where there is a bank, a church, a post office and a school. Klemetsby is 25 kilometres (16 mi) away from Mariehamn along the Highway 3. The ferry port of Långnäs is situated in the eastern part of Lumparland.

Lumparland was the last municipality in Finland to establish its own website which happened in 2004.

The municipality has previously also been known as "'Lumparlanti" in some Finnish documents,^[4] but is today referred to as "Lumparland" also in Finnish.

Geography

Lumparland borders the eastern edge of a billion-year-old nine-kilometer wide water filled impact crater, Lumparn, which is devoid of islands.

Lumpokasen (60.7 m or 199 ft) is the highest point in the municipality.

Historic population

Håkan Skogsjö has documented the permanently residing population of Lumparland from the 17th century to the present, covering the history of the municipality as a whole, its individual hamlets, down to each original farmstead and the families who lived there.^[5]

Economy

Agriculture and tourism are the most important lines of business in Lumparland.

Sights

The Church of Lumparland, dedicated to St. Andrew, is the oldest surviving wooden church in Åland, dating back to the 1720s. Inside the church, the altar painting is the work of Victor Westerholm. There is also a miniature ship from 1836 inside the church.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people

• Robert Helenius (born 1984), a professional boxer^{[citation needed]}