Svínáir (Settlement)
The outlying village of Svínáir, which has 43 inhabitants, was established in the late 1820s. The place við Lutastað is the old outlying village, which sinc...
Ljósá (Settlement)
The outlying village of Ljósá, locally also called Gimbrarnar after the outfield where the first emigrants settled, was established around 1840. The village, ...
Gjógv (Settlement)
Gjógv covers 15 merkur of freehold land is the northernmost village on Eysturoy. The sheep herd consists of 1,155 animals. The village is located by a 200 m lo...
Eiði (Settlement) and Eiðis Municipality
Eiði, mentioned in Hundabrævið, has 688 inhabitants, covers 48 merkur and is the largest markatal settlement on Eysturoy; 4 merkur are copyhold land and 44 m...
Argisbrekka
When the electricity company SEV had to dam Lake Eiðisvatn in 1986 as a water reservoir, it led to a major archaeological investigation of an area at Argisbrek...