A settlement village () is a settlement in the
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ...
that was founded during the 1800s or early 1900s. The population of the islands grew quickly from 1800 onward, resulting in a shortage of land in the older villages. Many new villages were established on the periphery of the older ones, and therefore few of the new villages contained state-owned leasehold land ().
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Starting in the late 1800s, the Faroes developed from an agricultural society with coastal fishing as secondary occupation to a fairly uniform fishing-based economy with a large land-based fish-processing industry. Industrialization led to significant centralization of the population, so that some of the new farming villages were depopulated quickly.Funningsfjørður
Funningsfjørður () is a village in Faroe Islands, located at the end of a fjord of the same name ('fjørður' is the Faroese word for 'fjord'). It was founded in 1812 and has since 2005 been part of the municipality of Runavík.
Whaling stat ...
(1832), Hellurnar ( 1850), Hvítanes ( 1830), Langasandur
Langasandur () is a village located on the Faroese island of Streymoy in the municipality of Sunda.
The village was settled in 1938, the name Langasandur means Longbeach.
Whaling station
In 1894, the first whaling station in the Faroe Islan ...
(1839), Ljósá (1840), Lopra (1834), Morskranes ( 1830), Nesvík
Nesvík is a village on the east coast of the Faroese island of Streymoy, located in the Sunda municipality.
The population has been 0 since 2016, when the last inhabitants left. Nesvík is home to a religious camp of the conservative Inner Missi ...
, Norðdepil
Norðdepil (pronounced ; ) is a town on the east coast of the island of Borðoy in the Norðoyar Region of the Faroe Islands.
History
Norðdepil was founded in 1866. Its school opened in 1895.
On 18 August 1941, around noon, a German Junkers ...
(1866), Oyrarbakki
Oyrarbakki is a village on the west coast of the Faroese island of Eysturoy in the Sunda municipality, between Norðskáli and Oyri.
In 2005 the population was 97, which grew to 163 as of 2023 Its postal code is FO 400.
The nearby 226-metre Str ...
(1924), Rituvík (1873), Skipanes (1839), Skopun
Skopun (pronounced ; ) is a town in the Faroe Islands situated on the northern coast of Sandoy.
Skopun is the second-largest town on the island. Skopun Municipality consists only of the town of Skopun.
History
Although the area has been inhabit ...
(1830s), Slættanes
Slættanes (pronounced ) is a village on the island of Vágar in the western Faroes, which is now abandoned and only used as summer homes.
Slættanes, like the also-abandoned village of Víkar, Faroe Islands, Víkar, is on the northern coast of th ...
(1835), Stykkið (1845), Svínáir (1820s), Syðradalur
Syðradalur (, is a village on the island of Kalsoy, one of the Faroe Islands.
Syðradalur is the southernmost village on the island, and is in Húsar Municipality. On 1 January 2009, Syðradalur had nine inhabitants, down from 12 in 1985. Bjø ...
(1812), Tvøroyri
Tvøroyri is a village on the north side of the Trongisvágsfjørður on the east coast of Suðuroy island in the Faroe Islands. Together with Froðba, Trongisvágur, Líðin and Øravík it forms Tvøroyri Municipality.
The village is considered ...
(1836), Víkar (1837), and Víkarbyrgi (1830s).Joensen, Robert. 1968. Hvussu gomul er bygdin. ''Varðin''. Heimabeiti.
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Fossá, Nesvík, Frammi við Gjónna, Slættanes, Víkar, and Víkarbyrgi are no longer inhabited.
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Geography of the Faroe Islands