Hvalba
Municipality and village in Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hvalba (Danish: Kvalbø) is a village and a municipality in the Faroe Islands, which consists of Hvalba, Nes-Hvalba and Sandvík.
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Hvalba
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Municipality and village | |
Hvalba Municipality Hvalbiar kommuna (Faroese) | |
Coordinates: 61°36′7″N 6°56′58″W | |
State | Kingdom of Denmark |
Constituent country | Faroe Islands |
Island | Suðuroy |
Government | |
• Mayor | Janus Thomsen[1] |
Area | |
• Municipality | 6.50 sq mi (16.83 km2) |
Population (January 2024)[2] | |
• Municipality | 640 |
• Municipality density | 98/sq mi (38/km2) |
• Village | 575 |
Time zone | GMT |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
Postal code | FO 850 |
Climate | Cfc |
Website | Hvalba.fo |
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The village spreads around the bottom of a deep inlet, Hvalbiarfjørður, in the northeast of Suðuroy.