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Lumparland
Lumparland
Municipality
	Lumparlands kommun
	Coat of arms
	Location of Lumparland in Finland
	Lumparland Location in Åland
	Coordinates: 60°07′N 020°15.5′E / 60.117°N 20.2583°E
Country	Finland
Region	Åland
Sub-region	Countryside
Government
• Municipal manager	Mattias Jansryd
Area (2018-01-01)
• 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 (2024-12-31)
• Total	371
• Rank	306th largest in Finland
• Density	10.21/km2 (26.4/sq mi)
Population by native language
• Swedish	84.7% (official)
• Finnish	6.8%
• Others	8.5%
Population by age
• 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

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

The municipality has a population of 371 (31 December 2024)^[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 10.21 inhabitants per square kilometre (26.4/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,^[5] 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.

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]}