- Eckerö
Eckerö is a municipality of
Åland ,Finland . The municipality has a population of 923 and covers an area of 112.89 km² of which 1.7 km² is water. Thepopulation density is 8.3 inhabitants per km².The municipality is unilingually Swedish and 95% of the population are Swedish speakers. It is the westernmost municipality of Åland and Finland.
The company
Eckerö Linjen operates aferry connection between Berghamn in Storby, Eckerö andGrisslehamn on Väddö, Norrtälje inSweden .The municipality has previously also been known as "Ekkerö" in Finnish documents, [ [http://runeberg.org/pieni/1/0386.html 707-708 (Pieni Tietosanakirja / I. A - Isonzo) ] ] but is today referred to as "Eckerö" also in Finnish.
External links
* [http://www.eckero.ax/ Eckerö Municipality's official website]
References
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