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Hvalvík
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Hvalvík () is a village in the Faroe Islands, located in a valley on the east coast of the island of Streymoy.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hvalvík
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Faroe Islands, Streymoy, Hvalvík (03), entering the village.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Entering Hvalvík
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Faroe Islands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Faroe Islands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Island
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Streymoy
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Sunda
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- September 2025
- Settlement.population_density_blank1_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Faroe Islands
- Located in
- Sunda Municipality
- Population
- 253
- Image
- Faroe Islands, Streymoy, Hvalvík (05).jpg
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- Commons category
- Hvalvík
- Commons gallery
- Hvalvík
- located in/on physical feature
- Streymoy
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Hvalvík Church
- See also
- References
- External links
Hvalvík () is a village in the Faroe Islands, located in a valley on the east coast of the island of Streymoy.
It is the southern half of a twin-village situated on both sides of the valley. The villages are divided by the river Stórá. The northern half which is approximately the same size is called Streymnes. Together the two villages have a population of more than 400 inhabitants.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hvalvík” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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