Förby
Förby is a village in Vormsi Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia. Förby has about 12 residents.- Type: Hamlet with 12 residents
- Description: village in Vormsi Rural Municipality, Lääne County, Estonia
- Also known as: “Foerby”, “Förbi”, “Forbyu”, “Pherby”, “Verby”, and “Vorby”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saxby lighthouse and Vormsi N rear light beacon.
Saxby lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Kalle Kaldoja, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.
Saxby lighthouse is situated 4 km northwest of Förby.
Vormsi N rear light beacon
Lighthouse
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vormsi and Rälby.
Vormsi
Photo: Kristoffer Vaikla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vormsi is the fourth-largest island of Estonia, measuring 92 square kilometres and a registered population of around 400. It is located in the Baltic Sea, northwest of the mainland and east of Hiiumaa island, and is part of the West Estonian archipelago.
Rälby
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Rälby is a village in Vormsi Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia. Rälby is situated 8 km east of Förby.
Diby
Hamlet
Diby is a village in Vormsi Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia. Diby is situated 9 km east of Förby.
Förby
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Förby küla, Vormsi Parish, Lääne, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.99635° or 58° 59′ 47″ northLongitude
23.14794° or 23° 8′ 53″ eastPopulation
12Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
9GC5X4WX+G5OpenStreetMap ID
node 1973431264OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
592235Wikidata ID
Q3470126
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Volapük—“Förby” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ֆոոռբի”
- Belarusian: “Фёрбю”
- Chinese: “Förby”
- Chuvash: “Фĕрбy”
- Dutch: “Förby”
- Estonian: “Förby küla”
- Estonian: “Förby”
- French: “Förby”
- German: “Förby”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Förby”
- Polish: “Förby”
- Russian: “Фёрби”
- Russian: “Фербю, Фёрби”
- Russian: “Фёрбю”
- Spanish: “Förby”
- Swedish: “Förby, Ormsö”
- Tatar: “Фөрбy”
- Tatar: “Фөрбу”
- Ukrainian: “Фербю”
- Volapük: “Förby”
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