Runavík
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Runavík is a comparatively urbanised village in the Faroe Islands
. It lies on the south half of the isle of Eysturoy
. The municipality
of the same name incorporates 14 settlements including Æðuvík
, Rituvík
, Saltangará
, Glyvrar
, Lambi
, Lambareiði
, Søldarfjørður
, Skipanes
, Skáli
, Skálafjørður
, Funningsfjørður
, Funningur
, Elduvík
and Oyndarfjørður
which together form a long, narrow residential connurbation over 10 kilometre long following the east bank Skálafjørður
(a fjord
). As of 2010 the municipality had a total population of 3,797 inhabitants, a rise of over 100 in five years. This makes it the third largest town in the Faroe Islands.
The harbor underwent development in the late 1990s.
by 2016 thereby significantly reducing travel times to the capital. If built the tunnel would cost around 1 billion Danish Krone.
, Denmark
Ísafjörður
, Iceland
Egilsstaðir
, Iceland
Uummannaq
, Greenland
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...
. It lies on the south half of the isle of Eysturoy
Eysturoy
Eysturoy means East island and is the second-largest of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic, both in size and population. It is separated by a narrow sound from the main island of Streymoy. Eysturoy is extremely rugged, with some 66 separate mountain peaks, including Slættaratindur, the...
. The municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
of the same name incorporates 14 settlements including Æðuvík
Æðuvík
Æðuvík . This community founded in 1897 is located on the southernmost tip of Eysturoy island of the Faroe Islands. Its postal code is FO 645. Its population is about 100, and it is located at N 62° 4' 11 W 6° 41' 24...
, Rituvík
Rituvík
Rituvík is a small village on the southeast side of the Faroese island of Eysturoy located in the municipality of Runavíkar. Founded in 1873, its current church was built in 1855. The name Rituvík means Kittiwake Cove....
, Saltangará
Saltangará
Saltangará was founded in 1846 and is situated on the eastern side of Eysturoy Skalafjordur-inlet between Rituvík and Søldarfjørður....
, Glyvrar
Glyvrar
Glyvrar is a village located on Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands.It is one of several villages on the eastside of Skalafjørður that have grown into a 10 kilometre long conurbation.In Glyvrar there is a museum called ’Bygdasavnid Forni’...
, Lambi
Lambi
Lambi, locally known as Lamba , is a small village in the bottom of the inlet Lambavík on the East coast of Eysturoy, Faroe Islands.There are similarly named places, Lamba in Shetland and Lambay in Ireland.-Settlement:...
, Lambareiði
Lambareiði
Lambareiði is a village on the Faroese island of Eysturoy in the Runavíkar municipality. The 2005 population was 7. Its postal code is FO 626.-External links:*-See also:* List of towns in the Faroe Islands* List of places with fewer than ten residents...
, Søldarfjørður
Søldarfjørður
Søldarfjørður is a village in the south of the Faroese island of Eysturoy in the Runavíkar municipality. The 2002 population was 344. Its postal code is FO 660.-External links:*-See also:...
, Skipanes
Skipanes
Skipanes is a village on the Faeroese island Eysturoy in the Runavíkar municipality. The 2005 population was 59. Its postal code is FO-665. Skipanes was founded in 1841.It is home to Terji Skibenæs, the guitarist of the Faeroese Viking Metal group Týr....
, Skáli
Skáli
Skáli is a village on the east coast of the Faroese island of Eysturoy, located in the Runavíkar municipality. Its postal code is FO 480. In 2005 its population was 618...
, Skálafjørður
Skálafjørður
Skálafjørður, also known as Kongshavn is a fjord in Eysturoy. It is the largest fjord in the Faroe Islands...
, Funningsfjørður
Funningsfjørður
Funningsfjørður is a village located at the end of a fjord of the same name . It was founded in 1812, with Elduvikar as its municipality.There was a whaling station in Funningsfjørður from 1902 to 1913....
, Funningur
Funningur
Funningur is a town on the Faroe Islands. It is located on the north-west coast of Eysturoy . It was the only village in the municipality called Funnings kommuna, which on 1 January 2009 became part of Runavíkar kommuna....
, Elduvík
Elduvík
Elduvík is a small village in the Faroe Islands. Elduvík is located in the Funningsfjørður-inlet on Eysturoy's northeast side. The village which has a population of 23 is split into two parts by a small river. The church in Elduvík dates from 1952...
and Oyndarfjørður
Oyndarfjørður
Oyndarfjørður is a village on the northeastern coast of the Faroese island of Eysturoy in the Runavíkar municipality. The 2005 population was 180. Its postal code is FO 690. The town's church dates from 1838. It is famous for two rinkusteinar, or rocking stones, located in the sea nearby.The name...
which together form a long, narrow residential connurbation over 10 kilometre long following the east bank Skálafjørður
Skálafjørður
Skálafjørður, also known as Kongshavn is a fjord in Eysturoy. It is the largest fjord in the Faroe Islands...
(a fjord
Fjord
Geologically, a fjord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created in a valley carved by glacial activity.-Formation:A fjord is formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped valley by abrasion of the surrounding bedrock. Glacial melting is accompanied by rebound of Earth's crust as the ice...
). As of 2010 the municipality had a total population of 3,797 inhabitants, a rise of over 100 in five years. This makes it the third largest town in the Faroe Islands.
Port
Founded in 1916, Runavík has an important port, originally used predominantly by fishing boats but now also a key supply base for the North Sea oil industry as well as a trans-shipment port for freight to and from Europe.The harbor underwent development in the late 1990s.
Skálafjarðartunnilin
A massive infrastructure project has been mooted to build an 11km-long sub-sea tunnel between Runavík and TórshavnTórshavn
Tórshavn is the capital and largest town of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the north west of the town lies the high mountain Húsareyn, and to the southwest, the high Kirkjubøreyn...
by 2016 thereby significantly reducing travel times to the capital. If built the tunnel would cost around 1 billion Danish Krone.
Sister Cities
Runavík is twinned with HjørringHjørring
Hjørring Municipality is a municipality in North Denmark Region on the west coast of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 929,58 km², making it the largest in Vendsyssel, and it has a total population of 67,121...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
Ísafjörður
Ísafjörður
Ísafjörður is a town in the north west of Iceland, seat of Ísafjarðarbær municipality.The town draws its name from the fjord and the fjord was given its name simultaneously to the island...
, Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
Egilsstaðir
Egilsstaðir
Egilsstaðir is a town in east Iceland on the banks of Lagarfljót river.It is part of the municipality of Fljótsdalshérað, the county seat of Norður-Múlasýsla and the largest settlement of the Austurland region with, as of 2011, a population of 2,257 inhabitants.-Overview:Egilsstadir is located at...
, Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
Uummannaq
Uummannaq
Uummannaq is a town in the Qaasuitsup municipality, in northwestern Greenland. With 1,299 inhabitants as of 2010, it is the eleventh-largest town in Greenland, and is home to the country's most northerly ferry terminal...
, 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...