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Klaksvík Municipality (Faroese: Klaksvíkar kommuna) is a municipality of the Faroe Islands. The town of Klaksvík is the administrative centre.
Klaksvík Municipality
Klaksvíkar kommuna (Faroese) | |
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| Coordinates: 62°13′26″N 6°34′43″W / 62.223889°N 6.578611°W | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Faroe Islands |
| Islands | Borðoy Kalsoy Svínoy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 116.4 km2 (44.9 sq mi) |
| Population (January 2024)[1] | |
| • Total | 5,478 |
| • Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Its area comprises the majority of the islands of Borðoy, Kalsoy and Svínoy (added 1 January 2009).
It contains the following towns and villages:[2]
On Borðoy:
- Klaksvík
- Árnafjørður
- Ánir
- Norðoyri
- Skálatoftir (abandoned)
- Strond (abandoned)
On Kalsoy:
On Svínoy:
Politics
editMunicipal council
editKlaksvík's municipal council consists of 11 members, elected every four years.
| Election | Party | Total seats |
Turnout | Elected mayor | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | |||||||||
| 2016 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 87.5% | Jógvan Skorheim (D) | ||||||
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 86.3% | |||||||
| Data from Kvf.fo | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ Population, municipalities and villages Statistics Faroe Islands
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
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