Municipality:Vårdö

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Vårdö
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The municipality of Vårdö in Finland
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Coat of arms of Vårdö
CountryFinland Flag of Finland.png
RegionÅland Flag of Åland.png
Number of zones10
Maximum PPH10
Last updated2021-12-30


Vårdö is a municipality in the region of Åland in Finland.

The municipality has a population of 444 (31 January 2019) and covers an area of 572.56 square kilometres (221.07 sq mi) of which 471.16 km2 (181.92 sq mi) is water. The population density is 4.37 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.3/sq mi).

The word "vårdö" means "the guardian island". On the highest mountain of Vårdö people used to light bonfires to warn the other islands of danger.

The municipality is unilingually Swedish.

Åland's municipalities

Location[edit]

Vårdö is an island municipality in the northeast of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland. Adjacent municipalities are Kumlinge in the east, Sottunga in the southeast, Föglö in the south, Lumparland in the southwest, Sund in the west and Saltvik in the northwest.

Locations[edit]

Strömsby is the municipality's administrative center. Strömsby is not really a "real village" but consists of parts of the villages Vargata, Lövö and Vårdö by.

Zones[edit]

There are ten turf zones in Vårdö municipality, one of which is counted as a winner zone.

The most taken zone is VardoCross which is located at the rest area at the intersection of Vårdövägen, Lövövägen and Hummelviksvägen, next to St. Matthew's church (Vårdö church), in the municipality's administrative center Strömsby.

Year in parentheses indicates year of creation.

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Other zones[edit]

Updated: 2021-12-30

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