Leirvík
Leirvík | |
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Village | |
Leirvík in May 2002 | |
| Coordinates: 62°12′40″N 6°42′22″W / 62.21111°N 6.70611°W | |
| State | Kingdom of Denmark |
| Autonomous country | Faroe Islands |
| Island | Eysturoy |
| Municipality | Eysturkommuna |
| Population (January 2025) | |
• Total | 1,047 |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Postal code | FO 520 |
| Climate | Cfc |
Leirvík is a town on the Faroe Islands and was an important regional ferry harbour at the east coast of the second-largest island Eysturoy.
It was the only town in the municipality of Leirvík (Leirvíkar kommuna), however on 1 January 2009, it merged with Gøtu kommuna to make the new municipality called Eysturkommuna.
Leirvík is important for its fishing industry.
The Norðoyatunnilin, a submarine tunnel to Klaksvík to the east, was opened in April 2006.
A district heating system pulls heat from the sea, increases the heat in a heat pump powered by electricity, and sends the heat to the large buildings in the town.