Fejø
Fejø | |
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Island | |
Aerial of the west half of Fejø with village Vesterby | |
| Coordinates: 54°57′0″N 11°26′0″E / 54.95000°N 11.43333°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Municipality | Lolland municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 16 km2 (6 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 611 |
| • Density | 38/km2 (99/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 4944 |
| Website | http://www.fejoe.dk |
Fejø is a Danish island north of Lolland. It covers an area of 16 km2 (6.2 sq mi) and has 611 permanent inhabitants (1 January 2005). Its population expands in Summer since many Danes have summerhouses and there is an influx of other tourists. Fejø has two villages: Vesterby and Østerby, connected by a single main road. Fejø has two main harbors, Vesterbyhavn and Dybvighavn. The island has a cafe, restaurant, shop, retirement home, church, primary school, mill, and a resident doctor. It has a windmill which was restored and started grinding corn for the first time in decades in June 2013.