Communes of the Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands are a county of Denmark with limited autonomy. They are divided into seven regions, which in turn are divided into thirty-four communes as of 2008. The communes are listed below. The population data were retrieved by Sorin Cosoveanu from the Statistics Faroe Islands  site about 2009-05-29.

CommuneHASCPopulationArea(km.²)
EiðiFO.OS.EI69737
FamjinFO.SU.FA11014
FuglafjørðurFO.OS.FF1,54323
FugloyFO.NO.FU4311
FunningurFO.OS.FD7718
GotaFO.OS.GO1,07331
HovFO.SU.HO11911
HúsarFO.NO.HU6017
HusavíkFO.SA.HU12927
HvalbøurFO.SU.HV75840
HvannasundFO.NO.HV43533
KlaksvikFO.NO.KK4,88873
KunoyFO.NO.KU16036
KvívíkFO.ST.KV60549
LeirvíkFO.OS.LE88911
MiðvágurFO.VG.MI1,10347
NesFO.OS.NE1,24714
PorkeriFO.SU.PO33714
RunavíkFO.OS.RN3,67929
SandavágurFO.VG.SA80556
SandurFO.SA.SA57748
SjógvFO.OS.SJ1,01933
SkálavíkFO.SA.SV17629
SkopunFO.SA.SP5089
SkuvoyFO.SA.SU6013
SørvágurFO.VG.SR1,09740
SundFO.OS.SD1,59220
SunnbøurFO.SU.SU37925
SvinoyFO.NO.SV4827
TórshavnFO.ST.TR19,42978
TvorøyriFO.SU.FR1,79343
VágurFO.SU.VA1,41921
VestmannaFO.ST.VE1,22751
ViðareiðiFO.NO.VI35230

Change history:

  1. 1977-01-01: Kaldbaks commune merged with Tórshavn.
  2. 1997-01-01: Argja commune merged with Tórshavn.

Statistik Årbog 2000, published by Danmarks Statistik, Copenhagen, 2000, gave this list of communes. According to Sorin Cosoveanu, Tórshavnar Uttanbiggjar is not an administrative division, but is part of Tórshavn commune. It's just a statistical unit.

CommuneHASCPopulationAlt name
BøurFO.VG.BO67Bø
EiðiFO.OS.EI705Ejde
ElduvíkFO.OS.EL98Eldevig
FamjinFO.SN.FA111Famien
FroðbøurFO.SN.FR1,831Frodebø
FuglafjørðurFO.OS.FF1,546Fuglefjord
FugloyFO.NO.FU50Fuglø
FunningurFO.OS.FD90Funding
GjógvFO.OS.GJ55Gjov
GotaFO.OS.GO968Gøte
HaldarsvíkFO.ST.HA258Haldersvig
HesturFO.ST.HE53Hestø
HósvíkFO.ST.HO243Thorsvig
HovFO.SS.HO118Hove
HúsarFO.NO.HU62Husum
HusavíkFO.SA.HU142Husevig
HvalbøurFO.SN.HV762Kvalbø
HvalvíkFO.ST.HV356Kvalvig
HvannasundFO.NO.HV449Kvannesund
KirkjubøurFO.ST.KI213Kirkebø
KlaksvikFO.NO.KL4,780Klaksvig
KollafjørðurFO.ST.KO957Kollefjord
KunoyFO.NO.KU141Kunø
KvívíkFO.ST.KV563Kvivig
LeirvíkFO.OS.LE821Lervig
MiðvágurFO.VG.MI974Midvåg
MikladalurFO.NO.MI77Mygledal
MykinesFO.VG.MY19Myggenæs
NesFO.OS.NE1,166Næs
NolsoyFO.ST.NO263Nolsø
OyndarfjørðurFO.OS.OY175Andefjord
PorkeriFO.SS.PO359Porkere
RunavíkFO.OS.RU2,475Runevig
SaksunFO.ST.SA30Saksen
SandavágurFO.VG.SA680Sandevåg
SandurFO.SA.SA555Sand
SjógvFO.OS.SJ1,025Sjov
SkálavíkFO.SA.SV171Skålevig
SkaliFO.OS.SK651Skale
SkopunFO.SA.SP494Skopen
SkuvoyFO.SA.SU86Skuø
SørvágurFO.VG.SO908Sørvåg
SundFO.OS.SU454Sunde
SunnbøurFO.SS.SU407Sumbø
SvinoyFO.NO.SV63Svinø
TórshavnFO.ST.TH16,791Thorshavn
Tórshavnar UttanbiggjarFO.ST.TU Thorshafn Udenbys
VágurFO.SS.VA1,376Våg
VestmannaFO.ST.VE1,237Vestmanhavn
ViðareiðiFO.NO.VI321Viderejde
  • HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes.
    The middle two letters identify the region.
  • Population: 2000-12-31.
  • Alt name: Names as given in the 1986 edition of
    Statistik Årbog. I think that these are the Danish names,
    while the first column has the names in Faroese.

 

  1. ~2001: Name of Froðbøur commune changed to Tvøroyri.
  2. 2005-01-01: Mikladalur commune merged with Klaksvik; Elduvík, Oyndarfjørður, and Skali communes merged with Runavík; Gjógv, Haldarsvík, Hósvík, Hvalvík, and Saksun communes merged with Sund; Bøur and Mykines communes merged with Sørvágur; Hestur, Kirkjubøur, Kollafjørður, and Nolsoy communes merged with Tórshavn.
  3. 2009-01-01: According to Faroese Wikipedia , if I understand it right, Funningur commune merged with Runavík; Svinoy commune merged with Klaksvik; Gota and Leirvík communes merged to form Eystur; Miðvágur and Sandavágur communes merged to form a new Vágur.
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