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Útí á Bø (Settlement)
The outlying village of Úti á Bø south of Kirkjubøur is one of the oldest outlying villages. Here lived two tenants of the king’s yeoman in Kirkjubøur and...
Við Áir
The Norwegian whaling station við Áir was established between Hósvík and Hvalvík in 1906. It passed to Faroese owners in 1936. The last large whale was shot...
Velbastaður (Settlement)
Velbastaður covers 32 merkur of copyhold land distributed between seven copyhold tenants. The village, which has 242 inhabitants, is a distinct agricultural village...
Tjørnuvík (Settlement)
Tjørnuvík, mentioned in Hundabrævið, has 46 inhabitants and covers 24 merkur. Of this, 4 merkur are copyhold land, which is leased on a single copyhold tenant,...
Syðradalur (Settlement)
Syðradalur has ten inhabitants and covers 16 merkur of copyhold land, whose sole copyhold tenant runs a dairy farm. The sheep herd consists of 290 animals. The...
Sund (Settlement)
Sund has a single inhabitant and covers 12 merkur of copyhold land, which is divided into two farms, one in Sund and the other in Kaldbaksbotnur. The sheep herd...
Streymnes (Settlement)
Streymnes has 320 inhabitants and covers 12 merkur, of which 6 merkur are copyhold land, and 6 merkur are freehold land. There is a single copyhold tenant. The sheep...
Saksun (Settlement)
Saksun covers 29 merkur and 8 gyllin, of which the 29 merkur are copyhold land and 8 gyllin are freehold land. The copyhold land is divided between four copyhold...
Norðradalur (Settlement)
Norðradalur has nine inhabitants and covers 21 merkur of copyhold land distributed between three farms, one of which has no outfield. The village has a dairy farm,...
Nesvík (Settlement)
Nesvík is an outlying village from 1931 consisting of two houses in the outfield of Streymnes, but since 2017, it has had no permanent residents. Leguhúsið í...