Hangvar

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{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Hangvar

|image_skyline = Sigsarve strand Gotland.jpg

|image_caption = Sigsarve beach in Hangvar

|pushpin_map = Sweden Gotland

|pushpin_label_position =

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Sweden

|subdivision_type3 = Municipality

|subdivision_name3 = Gotland Municipality

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Gotland County

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Gotland

|area_footnotes = {{cite book|editor=Carlquist, Gunnar|title=Svensk Uppslagsbok|date=1947–1955|publisher=Förlagshuset Norden|location=Malmö|edition=2nd|chapter=Hangvars socken|language=sv|url=http://libris.kb.se/bib/11112}}

|area_total_km2 = 84.18

|population_as_of = 2014

|population_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Gotland i siffror 2015|trans-title=Gotland in numbers 2015|url=http://www.gotland.se/64224|website=www.gotland.se|publisher=Gotland Municipality|access-date=31 August 2016|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224|url-status=dead}}

|population_total = 344

|population_density_km2 =

|timezone = CET

|utc_offset = +1

|timezone_DST = CEST

|utc_offset_DST = +2

|coordinates = {{coord|57|50|21|N|18|41|18|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}

|website =

}}

Hangvar ({{IPA|sv|ˈhâŋːvɑːr}}){{cite book|url=https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0014.html|author1=Jöran Sahlgren|author2=Gösta Bergman|title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter|language=sv|year=1979|page=10}} is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.The exact extent of the socken, now district, can be obtained by clicking on Kartinställningar and check the Socken box in the menu of [http://www.fmis.raa.se/cocoon/fornsok/search.html?parish=932&tab=2&page=1 this map] from the Swedish National Heritage Board database. It comprises the same area as the administrative Hangvar District, established on 1{{nbsp}}January 2016.{{cite web|title=Förordning om district|trans-title=Regulation of districts|url=http://rkrattsdb.gov.se/SFSdoc/15/150493.PDF|date=17 June 2015|publisher=Ministry of Finance|access-date=31 August 2016}}

Hangvar is the home of football club Hangvar SK.{{cite web|url=http://www.laget.se/HANGVARSPORTKLUBB/|title=Hangvar SK – Fotboll Klubb|access-date=31 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307081302/http://www.laget.se/HANGVARSPORTKLUBB/|archive-date=7 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

Geography

Hangvar is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Hangvar Church,{{cite book|last1=Lagerlöf|first1=Erland|last2= Svahnström|first2=Gunnar|title=Gotlands kyrkor|trans-title=Gotland's Churches|language=sv|id={{LIBRIS|7232718}}|date=1973|publisher=Rabén & Sjögren|location=Stockholm|isbn=91-29-41035-5|page=170}} sometimes referred to as Hangvar kyrkby. It is situated across the northern tip of Gotland.{{cite web|title=Hangvar|url=http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/lång/hangvar|website=www.ne.se|publisher=Nationalencyklopedin|access-date=31 August 2016}} {{As of|2019}}, Hangvar Church belongs to Forsa parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Lärbro, Hellvi, Hall and Hallshuk.{{cite web |title=Församlingar på Gotland |url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/visbystift/f |website=www.svenskakyrkan.se |publisher=Church of Sweden |access-date=11 January 2019}}{{cite web |title=Visby stifts indelning 2018 |url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/default.aspx?id=1714164 |website=www.svenskakyrkan.se |publisher=Church of Sweden |access-date=11 January 2019}}

Located on the west coast of Hangvar are the Sigsarve beach and fishing site, as well as Ireviken (or Irevik or Ihreviken), a former fishing village now a small holiday resort and community.{{cite web|last1=Enderborg|first1=Bernt|title=Sigsarvestrand fiskeläge|url=http://www.guteinfo.com/?id=2590|website=www.guteinfo.com|publisher=Guteinfo|access-date=31 August 2016}}{{cite web|title=Välkommen till Ireviken.se|url=http://ireviken.se/|website=www.ireviken.se|publisher=Ireviken.se|access-date=31 August 2016}} Along the west coast of Hangvar is the Hall-Hangvar nature reserve. The reserve is the largest on Gotland, covering an area of {{convert|28|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|last1=Brynolf|first1=Bertil|title=Hall - Hangvar naturreservat|url=http://www.hallshuk.se/naturskydd.html|website=www.hallshuk.se|publisher=Bengt Elmerstad and Bertil Brynolf|access-date=31 August 2016}} The reserve was established in 1967 and expanded in 1999.{{cite web|title=Hall-Hangvar|url=http://www.lansstyrelsen.se/Gotland/Sv/djur-och-natur/skyddad-natur/naturreservat/hall-hangvar/Pages/index.aspx|website=www.lansstyrelsen.se|publisher=Gotland County Administrative Board|access-date=31 August 2016}}

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