HANKO IN A NUTSHELL
Town founded: 1874
Inhabitants: 9 028
Finnish speaking 53,6 %
Swedish speaking 43,8 %
Others 2,6 %
Age groups:
0-14 years 15,9 %
15-64 years 66,8 %
65- years 17,3 %
Economic structure:
Services 60,7 %
Industry 37,9 %
Agriculture and forestry 0,4 %
Others 1,0 %
Surface area totally: 800,22 km2
Ground surface 117,46 km2
Freshwater surface 1,18 km2
Seawater surface 682,76 km2
Coastline 130 km, whereof 30 km beaches
About 90 isles
Distances:
Tammisaari 35 km
Helsinki 127 km
Turku 141 km
Tampere 242 km
Lappeenranta 348 km
Jyväskylä 380 km
Vaasa 452 km
Rovaniemi 924 km
Utsjoki 1414 km
In general:
8 Public beaches (in Finnish or Swedish)
7 Accommodation places, of which 6 are open all year round
12 restaurants, of which 4 are open all year round
See also www.hanko.fi