Attu is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup

Qaasuitsup

Qaasuitsup is a new municipality in Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. As of January 2010 its population is 17,749. The administrative center of the municipality is in Ilulissat...

 municipality in western Greenland

Greenland

Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...

, located on a small island on the shores of Davis Strait

Davis Strait

Davis Strait is a northern arm of the Labrador Sea. It lies between mid-western Greenland and Nunavut, Canada's Baffin Island. The strait was named for the English explorer John Davis , who explored the area while seeking a Northwest Passage....

. Its population is 226 as of 2010. It is the southernmost settlement in the municipality.

Transport

Air Greenland

Air Greenland

Air Greenland A/S is the flag carrier airline of Greenland, jointly owned by the government of Greenland, the SAS Group, and the government of Denmark...

 serves the village as part of government contract, with winter-only helicopter flights from Attu Heliport

Attu Heliport

Attu Heliport is a heliport in Attu, a village in the southernmost part of the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland, on the shore of Davis Strait. The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of government contract....

 to Aasiaat Airport

Aasiaat Airport

Aasiaat Airport is an airport located northeast of Aasiaat, a town in the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland. It can serve STOL aircraft, although there is no deicing equipment at the airport, which is costly and problematic in Greenlandic winter....

 and Kangaatsiaq Heliport

Kangaatsiaq Heliport

Kangaatsiaq Heliport is a heliport in Kangaatsiaq, a village in the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland. The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract.- Airlines and destinations :...

. Settlement flights in the Disko Bay are unique in that they are operated only during winter and spring.

During summer and autumn, when the waters of Disko Bay

Disko Bay

Disko Bay is a bay on the western coast of Greenland. The bay constitutes a wide southeastern inlet of Baffin Bay.- Geography :To the south the coastline is complicated with multiple waterways of skerries and small islands in the Aasiaat archipelago...

 are navigable, communication between settlements is by sea only, serviced by Diskoline

Diskoline

Disko Line A/S is a passenger and freight ferry line in western Greenland. It was founded in 2004 as a small freight company.- Complementary transport services :...

. The ferry links Attu with Kangaatsiaq

Kangaatsiaq

Kangaatsiaq is a town located at the southern end of the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland. The town received town status as recently as 1986, though as a settlement it has existed much longer. It has 586 inhabitants as of 2010...

, and further with Iginniarfik

Iginniarfik

Iginniarfik is a village in the municipality of Qaasuitsup, in western Greenland. Its population is 88 as of 2010.- Transport :Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with winter-only helicopter flights from Iginniarfik Heliport to Ikerasaarsuk Heliport and Kangaatsiaq...

, Ikerasaarsuk

Ikerasaarsuk

Ikerasaarsuk is a village in the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland. Its population is 106 as of 2010.- Transport :Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with winter-only helicopter flights from Ikerasaarsuk Heliport to Iginniarfik Heliport and Kangaatsiaq Heliport...

, Niaqornaarsuk

Niaqornaarsuk

Niaqornaarsuk is a village in the southern part of the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland, along the northern entrance to Arfersiorfik Fjord. Its population is 300 as of 2010.- Transport :...

, and Aasiaat

Aasiaat

Aasiaat is a town in the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland. Located in the heart of Aasiaat Archipelago at the southern end of Disko Bay. With a population of 3,005 as of 2010, it is Greenland's fifth-largest town.-Etymology:...

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Population

Attu has experienced a sharp decline in population over a long period of time. The settlement lost nearly 36 percent of its population relative to the 1990 levels, and more than a quarter relative to the 2000 levels, with the population still decreasing.