Hvaler Municipality
Hvaler kommune | |
|---|---|
 Marina on Hvaler | |
 Flag | |
 Østfold within Norway | |
 Hvaler within Østfold | |
| Coordinates: 59°3′23″N 11°1′20″E / 59.05639°N 11.02222°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Østfold |
| Administrative centre | Skjærhalden |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2007) | Eivind N. Borge (Frp) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 90 km2 (30 sq mi) |
| • Land | 89 km2 (34 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #393 in Norway |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 4,517 |
| • Rank | #241 in Norway |
| • Density | 50/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  +9.8% |
| Demonym | Hvalersokning[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Bokmål |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-3110[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Hvaler is a municipality that is a group of islands in the southern part of Østfold County, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skjærhalden, on the island of Kirkeøy. The only police station in the municipality is located in Skjærhalden. Hvaler was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (2023-01-26). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.