Municipalities of the Faroe Islands

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The Faroe Islands are administratively divided in 34 municipalities with about 120 cities and villages. Until December 31, 2004, there were 48 municipalities. In the following years the number of Faroese municipalities is expected to drop to somewhere between 7 and 15, as there is currently a rationale towards municipal amalgamation and a decentralization of public services. In 1998 it was foreseen that no municipality should inhabit less than 2.000 citizens, but whether this will be true is a political question. The Faroese government has furhermore decided not to conduct forced (top-down) amalgamation, but to leave the process to the "free will" of the municipalities. In many lesser municipalities there is some anguish connected to the amalgamation-process, which hampers the process, and in turn is creating two kinds of municipalities: Greater municipalities (town-municipalities), that are eager to attract smaller municipalities in the amalgamation process, and lesser municipalities that are either trying to avoid amalgamation or seek to amalgamate with other lesser municipalities. The geographically huge Sunda kommuna is an examle of this. The greater municipalities are organized in "Kommunusamskipan Føroya" (KFS) and the lesser are organized in "Føroya Kommunufelag" (FKF).

1 34 municipalities (since 2005)
2 48 municipalities (until 2004)
3 Notes
4 Source
5 See also
6 Other Faroe topics
7 External links

[edit] 34 municipalities (since 2005)

As of January 1, 2005, there are 34 municipalities.

Municipalities since January 1, 2005

[edit] 48 municipalities (until 2004)

Sorted by population (state: December 31, 2002).

Municipality	Population	inhabitants per km²	Area (in km²)	Markatal	Island	Region
Tórshavnar kommuna	18.420	116	158	173	Streymoy	Tórshavn^[1]
Klaksvík	4.794	66	72	114	Borðoy	Klaksvík^[2]
Runavík	2.557	88	29	57	Eysturoy	Southern Eysturoy
Tvøroyri	1.867	44	43	60	Suðuroy	Suðuroy
Fuglafjørður	1.591	69	23	32	Eysturoy	Northern Eysturoy
Vágur	1.452	70	21	61	Suðuroy	Suðuroy
Vestmanna	1.238	24	52	56	Streymoy	Streymoy
Nes	1.195	86	14	40	Eysturoy	Southern Eysturoy
Sjóvar Kommuna	1.042	31	33	70	Eysturoy	Southern Eysturoy
Gøtu Kommuna	1.033	34	31	69	Eysturoy	Southern Eysturoy
Miðvágur	1.020	22	47	48	Vágar	Vágar
Sørvágur	960	24	40	48	Vágar	Vágar
Leirvík	867	83	11	33	Eysturoy	Southern Eysturoy
Hvalba	767	19	40	99	Suðuroy	Suðuroy
Eiði	725	19	37	49	Eysturoy	Northern Eysturoy
Sandavágur	723	13	56	48	Vágar	Vágar
Skáli	693	29	24	40	Eysturoy	Southern Eysturoy
Kvívík	580	12	49	75	Streymoy	Streymoy
Sandur	573	12	48	97	Sandoy	Sandoy
Skopun	499	57	9	0	Sandoy	Sandoy
Sunda Kommuna	497	25	19	16	Eysturoy	Northern Eysturoy
Hvannasund	453	14	33	38	Viðoy and Borðoy	Klaksvík
Sumba	431	17	25	64	Suðuroy	Suðuroy
Porkeri	373	27	14	37	Suðuroy	Suðuroy
Hvalvík	370	10	37	36	Streymoy	Streymoy
Viðareiði	347	12	30	48	Viðoy	Norðoyggjar
Hósvík	281	22	13	19	Streymoy	Streymoy
Haldarsvík	271	7	39	36	Streymoy	Streymoy
Nólsoy	268	26	10	48	Nólsoy	Streymoy
Kirkjubøur	226	6	38	71	Streymoy	Streymoy
Oyndarfjørður	181	15	12	23	Kalsoy	Norðoyggjar
Skálavík	181	6	29	24	Sandoy	Sandoy
Húsavík	140	4	26	66	Sandoy	Sandoy
Kunoy	134	4	35	65	Kunoy	Norðoyggjar
Hov	133	13	10	24	Suðuroy	Suðuroy
Fámjin	111	8	13	24	Suðuroy	Suðuroy
Elduvík	91	5	17	30	Eysturoy	Northern Eysturoy
Mikladalur	79	6	14	41	Kalsoy	Norðoyggjar
Funningur	79	4	18	15	Eysturoy	Northern Eysturoy
Bíggjar kommuna	79	2	34	36	Vágar	Vágar
Svínoy	73	3	27	23	Svínoy	Norðoyggjar
Húsar	68	4	16	41	Kalsoy	Norðoyggjar
Skúvoy	62	5	13	73	Skúvoy	Sandoy
Gjógv	53	3	19	15	Eysturoy	Northern Eysturoy
Fugloy	45	4	11	14	Fugloy	Norðoyggjar
Hestur	45	5	8	35	Hestur	Streymoy
Saksun	34	1	31	30	Streymoy	Streymoy
Mykines	21	2	10	40	Mykines	Vágar

[edit] Notes

^ Tórshavn is both the capital of the Streymoy region and its own region, the latter being identical with Tórshavnar kommuna.
^ Klaksvík both capital of the Norðoyggjar region as well of its own region, which constitute of the two municipalities Klaksvík and Hvannasund.