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The Faroe Islands are administratively divided in 30 municipalities (kommunur), with about 120 cities and villages. Until December 31, 2008, there were 34 municipalities, and until December 31, 2004, there were 48 municipalities. In the coming 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 have fewer than 2,000 inhabitants, but whether this will be true is a political question. The Faroese government has furthermore decided not to conduct forced, top-down amalgamation, but to leave the process to the free will of the municipalities. In many small municipalities there is some anguish towards the amalgamation process, and in turn two kinds of municipalities are being created: large municipalities (town-municipalities) that are eager to attract smaller municipalities into amalgamation, and small municipalities that are either trying to avoid amalgamation or seek to amalgamate with other small municipalities. The geographically large Sunda kommuna is an example of this. The larger municipalities are organized in Kommunusamskipan Føroya (KFS) and the smaller are organized in Føroya Kommunufelag (FKF).
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30 municipalities (since 2009)
Municipalities of the Faroe Islands since 2009
As of January 1, 2009, there are 30 municipalities:
Municipality Population[1] Inhabitants per km² Area (in km²) Markatal Island(s) Region Tórshavn 19,339 112 173 327 Streymoy Tórshavn[2] Klaksvík 4,938 44 113 Borðoy, Svínoy Klaksvík[3] Runavík 3,753 39 96 Eysturoy Southern Eysturoy Eystur 1,939 46 42 Eysturoy Southern Eysturoy Vágar 1,897 18 108 Vágar Vágar Tvøroyri 1,819 42 43 60 Suðuroy Suðuroy Fuglafjørður 1,584 70 23 32 Eysturoy Northern Eysturoy Sunda 1,564 10 158 152 Eysturoy Northern Eysturoy Vágur 1,402 67 21 61 Suðuroy Suðuroy Nes 1,238 88 14 40 Eysturoy Southern Eysturoy Vestmanna 1,234 24 52 56 Streymoy Streymoy Sørvágur 1,071 13 84 124 Vágar Vágar Sjóvar 1,027 31 33 70 Eysturoy Southern Eysturoy Hvalba 765 19 40 99 Suðuroy Suðuroy Eiði 705 19 37 49 Eysturoy Northern Eysturoy Kvívík 615 13 49 75 Streymoy Streymoy Sandur 586 12 48 97 Sandoy Sandoy Skopun 507 56 9 0 Sandoy Sandoy Hvannasund 441 13 33 38 Viðoy and Borðoy Klaksvík Sumba 383 15 25 64 Suðuroy Suðuroy Viðareiði 339 11 30 48 Viðoy Norðoyggjar Porkeri 333 24 14 37 Suðuroy Suðuroy Skálavík 183 6 29 24 Sandoy Sandoy Kunoy 157 4 35 65 Kunoy Norðoyggjar Húsavík 131 5 26 66 Sandoy Sandoy Hov 125 12 10 24 Suðuroy Suðuroy Fámjin 113 9 13 24 Suðuroy Suðuroy Húsar 61 4 16 41 Kalsoy Norðoyggjar Skúvoy 57 4 13 73 Skúvoy Sandoy Fugloy 44 4 11 14 Fugloy Norðoyggjar History
Municipalities from 1 January 2005 until 31 December 2008- On 1 January 2009 (34 municipalities reduced to 30):
- Funningur fused with Runavík.
- Gøtu and Leirvík fused into Eystur.
- Miðvágur and Sandavágur fused into Vágar.
- Svínoy fused with Klaksvík.
- On 1 January 2005 (38 municipalities reduced to 34):
- Elduvík, Oyndarfjørð and Skála fused with Runavík.
- Gjáar, Haldarsvík, Hósvík, Hvalvík and Saksun fused with Sunda.
- Hestur, Kirkjubøur and Nólsoy fused with Tórshavn.
- Mikladalur fused with Klaksvík.
- Mykines fused with Sørvág.
- On 1 January 1997
- Argja and Kaldbaks fused with Tórshavn.
- On 1 August 1948
- Funningur split into Funningur and Gjáar.
Notes
^ Hagstova Føroya - informations from 2007.
^ Tórshavn is both the capital of the Streymoy region and its own region, the latter being identical with Tórshavnar kommuna, but not including the area of the former Kollafjarðar kommuna.
^ Klaksvík both capital of the Norðoyggjar region as well of its own region, which constitute of the two municipalities Klaksvík and Hvannasund.Source
- Hagstova Føroya - Municipalities by size and width, population growth and density, age and sex - December 31, 2002 (in PDF)
See also
- List of towns in the Faroe Islands
- Regions of the Faroe Islands
- List of islands of the Faroe Islands
- Subdivisions of Norden
- Politics of the Faroe Islands
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