Kumlinge

This pocket-sized island municipality in Åland, Finland's autonomous Swedish-speaking archipelago, sits amid a vast spread of water and rocky passages between Finland and the mainland. The name Kumlinge itself is thought to mean "rocky passage." With fewer than 500 residents spread across the islands, it is genuinely remote, and Swedish is the working language throughout. A modest airfield on the main island serves charter and emergency flights.

• Population384
• Nearest water2.0 km
• Nearest mountain14.5 km