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The Faroe Islands are administratively divided in 29 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 suggested 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 resistance to the amalgamation process, and as a result two kinds of municipalities are being created: large municipalities (town-municipalities) that are eager to attract smaller municipalities into amalgamation, and small municipalities which are either trying to avoid amalgamation or seek to amalgamate with other small municipalities. The geographically large Sunda municipality is an example of this. The larger municipalities are organized in Kommunusamskipan Føroya (KFS) and the smaller are organized in Føroya Kommunufelag (FKF).
^ Hagstova Føroya - information from 2007. ^Tórshavn is both the capital of the Streymoy region and its own region, the latter being identical with Tórshavn municipality, 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.
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^"Faroe Islands: Administrative Division (Municipalities) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
Hagstova Føroya - Municipalities by size and width, population growth and density, age and sex - December 31, 2002[permanent dead link] (in PDF)
Hagstova Føroya - Municipalities by size and width, population growth and density, age and sex - December 31, 2002[permanent dead link] (in PDF)
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You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Danish January 2022 Click show for important translation instructions Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Danish Wikipedia article at da Kommuner pa Faeroerne see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated da Kommuner pa Faeroerne to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation The Faroe Islands are administratively divided in 29 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 suggested 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 resistance to the amalgamation process and as a result two kinds of municipalities are being created large municipalities town municipalities that are eager to attract smaller municipalities into amalgamation and small municipalities which are either trying to avoid amalgamation or seek to amalgamate with other small municipalities The geographically large Sunda municipality is an example of this The larger municipalities are organized in Kommunusamskipan Foroya KFS and the smaller are organized in Foroya Kommunufelag FKF Municipalities of the Faroe Islands since 2017Contents 1 List of municipalities 2 History 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksList of municipalities editAs of June 1 2019 there were 29 municipalities in the Faroe Islands Municipality Population January 2020 1 Inhabitants per km2 Area in km2 Markatal Island s RegionTorshavn 21 926 127 173 327 Streymoy Nolsoy Hestur Koltur Torshavn 1 Klaksvik 5 247 45 116 4 Bordoy Svinoy Kalsoy Klaksvik 2 Runavik 4 157 42 99 9 Eysturoy Southern EysturoyEystur 2 156 51 42 Eysturoy Southern EysturoyVagar 2 130 21 102 8 Vagar VagarSunda 1 810 11 158 152 Eysturoy Streymoy Northern Eysturoy and Northern StreymoyTvoroyri 1 714 40 43 60 Suduroy SuduroyFuglafjordur 1 589 69 23 32 Eysturoy Northern EysturoyVagur 1 351 64 21 61 Suduroy SuduroyNes 1 338 96 14 40 Eysturoy Southern EysturoyVestmanna 1 245 24 52 56 Streymoy StreymoySorvagur 1 236 15 84 124 Vagar Mykines VagarSjovar 1 089 33 33 70 Eysturoy Southern EysturoyEidi 761 21 37 49 Eysturoy Northern EysturoyHvalba 679 17 40 99 Suduroy Litla Dimun SuduroyKvivik 597 12 49 75 Streymoy StreymoySandur 532 11 48 97 Sandoy SandoySkopun 440 49 9 0 Sandoy SandoyHvannasund 416 13 33 38 Vidoy and Bordoy KlaksvikSumba 358 14 25 64 Suduroy SuduroyVidareidi 346 12 30 48 Vidoy NordoyggjarPorkeri 318 23 14 37 Suduroy SuduroyKunoy 156 4 35 5 65 Kunoy NordoyggjarSkalavik 144 5 29 24 Sandoy SandoyHusavik 115 4 26 66 Sandoy SandoyHov 99 10 10 24 Suduroy SuduroyFamjin 83 6 13 24 Suduroy SuduroySkuvoy 40 4 10 73 Skuvoy Stora Dimun SandoyFugloy 38 3 11 2 14 Fugloy NordoyggjarHistory edit nbsp Municipalities from 1 January 2005 until 31 December 2008On 1 January 2017 30 municipalities reduced to 29 Husar fused with Klaksvik On 1 January 2009 34 municipalities reduced to 30 Funningur fused with Runavik Gota and Leirvik fused into Eystur Midvagur and Sandavagur fused into Vagar Svinoy fused with Klaksvik On 1 January 2005 38 municipalities reduced to 34 Elduvik Oyndarfjordur and Skala fused with Runavik Gjogv Haldarsvik Hosvik Hvalvik and Saksun fused with Sunda municipality Hestur Kirkjubour and Nolsoy fused with Torshavn Mikladalur fused with Klaksvik Mykines fused with Sorvagur On 1 January 1997 Argir and Kaldbak fused with Torshavn On 1 August 1948 Funningur split into Funningur and Gjogv See also editList 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 IslandsNotes edit Hagstova Foroya information from 2007 Torshavn is both the capital of the Streymoy region and its own region the latter being identical with Torshavn municipality but not including the area of the former Kollafjardar kommuna Klaksvik both capital of the Nordoyggjar region as well of its own region which constitute of the two municipalities Klaksvik and Hvannasund References edit Faroe Islands Administrative Division Municipalities Population Statistics Charts and Map Hagstova Foroya Municipalities by size and width population growth and density age and sex December 31 2002 permanent dead link in PDF Hagstova Foroya Municipalities by size and width population growth and density age and sex December 31 2002 permanent dead link in PDF Population by municipalities 1 Jan 2015 PDF page 11External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Municipalities in the Faroe Islands Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Municipalities of the Faroe Islands amp oldid 1159530972, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
