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Ljósá
Ljósá ( da, Lyså) is a village located on Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands, in Eiði Municipality. It is located 4 km south of Eiði Eiði (''Northern Faroese'' ɔiːjɪ) is a village located on the north-west tip of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands. It is the seat of Eiði Municipality. It is located 4 km north of Ljósá and 6.5 km west of Funningur. History Eiði was fi ... and 4 km north of Svínáir. The village was founded around 1840. References Populated coastal places in the Faroe Islands Eiði Municipality {{faroes-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svínáir
Svínáir ( da, Svinåer) is a village located on Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands, in Eiði Municipality. It is located 4 km north of Ljósá and 6.5 km west of Funningur. It is located 8.5 km south of Eiði, 4.6 km south of Ljósá and 2 km north of Norðskáli. The village was founded around 1840. Notable residents *Jógvan Poulsen Jógvan Poulsen was the Lawman of the Faroe Islands twice, from 1654 to 1655, and from 1662 to 1677. Jógvan Poulsen was Faroese. He married the daughter of previous Lawman Jógvan Justinusson. Jógvan Poulsen was raised on a farm in Oyri, bef ... (1854 — 1941), teacher, writer and politician References Populated coastal places in the Faroe Islands Eiði Municipality {{faroes-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiði Municipality
Eiði Municipality is a municipality ( fo, kommuna) of the Faroe Islands. It is part of the Eysturoy region, and consists of a northwesterly part of the Eysturoy island. The municipality borders Runavík Municipality to the east and Sunda Municipality to the south and east. The population of the municipality is 767 (2021). The mayor of the municipality is Rógvi Egilstoft, and the municipal council consists of seven members elected every four years. The municipality contains Lake Eiði, which is situated between Eiði and Ljósá on the northwest side of Eysturoy. The Breiðá River flows nearby. Eiði power plant, the largest hydroelectric power station in the Faroe Islands, lies on the lake. The power plant opened in 1987, and is owned by the power producer and distributor SEV. A long pipe, capable of holding some 17,000,000 m³ of water, feeds the plant, running from a tunnel leading up a nearby mountain. Slættaratindur, the highest mountain in the Faroe Islands, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiði
Eiði (''Northern Faroese'' ɔiːjɪ) is a village located on the north-west tip of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands. It is the seat of Eiði Municipality. It is located 4 km north of Ljósá and 6.5 km west of Funningur. History Eiði was first mentioned in writing early in the 14th Century, though carbon dating indicated that the village was settled by Vikings, in the 9th century. In the center of the village, is Eiði Church. It was founded on September 18, 1881 and was designed in 1879 by Danish architect Hans Christian Amberg. The LORAN-C transmitter Ejde LORAN-C transmitter Ejde was the Master station of the Ejde LORAN-C Chain ( GRI 9007). It used a transmission power of 400 kW. Ejde LORAN-C transmitter, situated near Eiði Eiði (''Northern Faroese'' ɔiːjɪ) is a village located on the n ... was previously located just east of Eiði. The transmitter was deemed obsolete in 2015 and was turned off for the final time on 1 January 2016 and dismantled three years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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