
Lítla Dímun (Island)
Lítla Dímun is an uninhabited island of 0.82 km², which is estimated at 1 mørk and 8 gyllin. The island was formerly leasehold land, which in 1850 was sold ...

Koltur (Island)
The 2.3-km² island of Koltur covers 17 merkur of copyhold land and has no permanent residents. The sheep herd consists of 160 animals. Since 2015, Koltur has b...

Hestur (Island)
The island of Hestur, with an area of 5.9 km², has 19 inhabitants and covers 18 merkur. 7 merkur are copyhold land, divided between two copyhold tenants, and 1...

Sunda Municipality
The markatal settlements of Norðskáli and Oyri and the outlying village of Oyrarbakki on the other side of the sound formerly constituted Sunda Kommuna. The b...

Skáli (Settlement)
Skáli, mentioned in Hundabrævið, has 739 inhabitants and covers 40 merkur divided into 27 merkur and 15 gyllin of freehold land and 12 merkur and 1 gyllin of...

Skálafjørður (Settlement)
The outlying village of Skálafjørður or Skálabotnur, located at the bottom of the fjord Skálafjørður, was first mentioned in 1630. Here the river Fjarða...

Oyri (Settlement)
Oyri has 166 inhabitants and has 12 merkur of copyhold land, which are divided between three copyhold tenants. The sheep herd consists of 442 animals. A plateau...

Oyrarbakki (Settlement)
The outlying village of Oyrarbakki was established in 1924 and now has 173 inhabitants. Júst í Túni started the first salmon and trout farm in the late 1960s...

Norðskáli (Settlement)
Norðskáli has 323 inhabitants and covers 4 merkur, of which 8 gyllin are copyhold land, which is held by a single copyhold tenant, and 3 merkur and 8 are free...

Eysturoy (Island)
The southern part With an area of 286.9 km², Eysturoy is the second largest island in the Faroe Islands. The island is connected to Streymoy by the bridge cros...