Sund, Åland
Sund | |
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Municipality | |
| Sunds kommun | |
Kastelholm Castle in 2004 | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Sund in Finland | |
Sund Location in Åland | |
| Coordinates: 60°15′N 020°07′E / 60.250°N 20.117°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Åland |
| Sub-region | Countryside |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Andreas Johansson |
| Area (2018-01-01) | |
• Total | 184.32 km2 (71.17 sq mi) |
| • Land | 108.21 km2 (41.78 sq mi) |
| • Water | 76.06 km2 (29.37 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 295th largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-06-30) | |
• Total | 1,016 |
| • Rank | 292nd largest in Finland |
| • Density | 9.39/km2 (24.3/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Swedish | 87.7% (official) |
| • Finnish | 4.2% |
| • Others | 8.1% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 15.5% |
| • 15 to 64 | 58.3% |
| • 65 or older | 26.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www.sund.ax |
Sund is a municipality of Åland. It is an autonomous territory of Finland, and one of the official 27 national landscapes of Finland.
The municipality has a population of 1,016 (30 June 2025) and covers an area of 184.32 square kilometres (71.17 sq mi) of which 76.06 km2 (29.37 sq mi) is water. The population density is 9.39 inhabitants per square kilometre (24.3/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 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.