Mariehamn (in Swedish, Maarianhamina in Finnish): Finland
Mariehamn (in Swedish, Maarianhamina in Finnish): Finland
Mariehamn is the capital of Ã…land, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty. As of 31 January 2005 the population of Mariehamn was 10,716 — almost half of the population of Ã…land lives there. The area of Mariehamn municipality is 11 km².
The town, founded in 1861, was named after Marie Alexandrovna, the Empress consort of Alexander II of Russia. Its name in Finnish — as sometimes given on maps and in other Finnish-language documents — is Maarianhamina.
Mariehamn is the seat of the Government and Parliament of Ã…land.
Like all of Ã…land, Mariehamn is unilingually Swedish-speaking and around 91% of the inhabitants have Swedish as their native language.