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Country
  
Norway

County
  
Finnmark

Municipality
  
Hasvik

Elevation
  
14 m

Population
  
379 (2013)

Region
  
Northern Norway

District
  
Vest-Finnmark

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+01:00)

Area
  
52 ha

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Hasvik is a village in the municipality of Hasvik in Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the southwestern tip of the large island of Sørøya. The village lies about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of the municipal centre of Breivikbotn. The main church for the municipality, Hasvik Church, has been located here since the early 1700s.

This village has Hasvik's only connections to the rest of Norway: Hasvik Airport and a car ferry to Øksfjord (in Loppa) on the mainland. The 0.52-square-kilometre (130-acre) village has a population (2013) of 379, which gives the village a population density of 729 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,890/sq mi).

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Hasvik (village) Wikipedia