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Encyclopedia > Sottunga

Sottunga is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.


The municipality has a population of 134 (2003) and covers an area of 26.78 km2 of which 0.01 km2 is water. The population density is 5.0 inhabitants per km2.


The municipality is unilingually Swedish.


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Sottunga Kommun (2636 words)
Sottunga is an island-community in Åland’s eastern archipelago.
Sottunga Hembygdsförening was founded in 1989 and rebuilt the old school building to be used as a community hall for gatherings and exhibits.
Sottunga was permanently settled some time during the eleventh-century, same as the rest of the eastern archipelago, but there are signs of even older temporary settlers.
Sottunga Information (397 words)
Sottunga is an island municipality of Ã…land, an autonomous territory of Finland.
Like the rest of Eastern Ã…land, Sottunga got its first permanent inhabitants sometime in the 11th century, although there is evidence that the island has had inhabitants long before that.
Sottunga has suffered during many wars, first during the Great Northern War in 1714-22 when all of Ã…land fled to Sweden and again during the Finnish War of 1808-09 when all the buildings on the island were set on fire in order to prevent the enemy from getting them.
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