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Ørðavík (Settlement) and Ørðavíkarlíð
Ørðavík, referred to in Hundabrævið, is located on the southern side of Trongisvágsfjørður and reaches all the way to the head of the fjord via Ørðavíkarlíð....
Víkarbyrgi and Hamrabyrgi (Settlements)
Víkarbyrgi and Hamrabyrgi, on opposite sides of the Víkará waterway, had both a church and a cemetery. The villages were inhabited in ancient times, but were...
Vágur (Settlement)
Vágur, mentioned in Hundabrævið, has 1,392 inhabitants and covers 49 merkur and 11 gyllin. Of this area, 16 merkur and 8 gyllin are copyhold land divided between...
Tvøroyri (Settlement)
The outlying village of Tvøroyri emerged in 1836, when the first branch of the Royal Trade Monopoly was established on the sandy isthmus (oyri) at the outlet of...
Tvøroyrar Municipality
The villages of Froðba, Tvøroyri, Trongisvágur, Ørðavík and Ørðavíkslíð went under the municipality name Froðbiar Sóknar Kommuna until 1972, after which...
Trongisvágur (Settlement)
Trongisvágur covers 24 merkur and 3 gyllin. Of these, 9 gyllin and 15 skinn are copyhold land leased by a single copyhold tenant, and 23 merkur, 9 gyllin and 15...
Sumba (Settlement) and Sumbiar Municipality
Sumba has 252 inhabitants and covers 64 merkur. Of this area, 23 merkur is copyhold land soil and 41 merkur is freehold land. The land is divided between nine copyhold...
Porkeri (Settlement)
Porkeri, mentioned in Hundabrævið, has 319 inhabitants and covers 37 merkur. Of this area, 14 merkur and 10 gyllin are copyhold land, including formerly endowed...
Nes (Settlement)
Nes covers 11 merkur and 12 gyllin, of which 5 merkur and 8 gyllin are copyhold land leased by a single copyhold tenant, and 6 merkur and 4 gyllin are freehold land....
Lopra (Settlement)
Located in Lopransfjørður, Lopra is an outlying village from 1834 and has 83 inhabitants today. The village had a whaling station, which was active in the period...