Official Name: | Sørvær |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Finnmark#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Finnmark |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Vest-Finnmark |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Hasvik Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.16 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 200 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 9595 Sørvær |
Coordinates: | 70.6303°N 21.9844°W |
Elevation M: | 4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Sørvær is a fishing village in Hasvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the western tip of the island of Sørøya, looking out across the Lopphavet Sea. Sørvær Chapel is located in this village. The village sits at the northern end of Norwegian County Road 822, about west of the municipal centre of Breivikbotn. The small village of Breivik lies about halfway along the road to Breivikbotn.[2]
The 0.16km2 village had a population (2005) of 201 and a population density of . Since 2005, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway.[3] In 2015, the population was about 200 people.
In 1994 the Soviet cruiser Murmansk (1955), en route to India for ship breaking, ran aground near the coast of Sørvær when its tow line broke. The removal of the ship was completed in 2013.[4]