State Kingdom of Denmark Islands Eysturoy Area 37 km² | Constituent country Faroe Islands Website www.eidi.fo Population 687 (2015) | |
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Eiði Municipality (Eiðis kommuna) is a municipality of the Faroe Islands. The town of Eiði is the administrative centre. Its area comprises a northwesterly part of the island of Eysturoy. In 2015 it had a population of 687 people. It contains the settlements of Eiði, Ljósá and Svínáir.
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Geography
The municipality contains Lake Eiði, which is situated between Eiði and Ljósá on the northwest side of Eysturoy. The Breiðá River flows nearby. Eiði power plant, the largest hydroelectric power station in the Faroe Islands, lies on the lake. The power plant opened in 1987, and is owned by the power producer and distributor SEV. A 100 metres (330 ft) long pipe, capable of holding some 17,000,000 m³ of water, feeds the plant, running from a tunnel leading up a nearby mountain.
Slættaratindur, the highest mountain in the Faroe Islands, with an elevation of 880 metres (2,890 ft) is located between the villages of Eiði, Gjógv, and Funningur.
Sport
The main football club in Eiði Municipality was Eiðis Bóltfelag, established in 1913, but it merged with Streymur Hvalvik in 1993 to form EB/Streymur. The club's home ground though is based in Streymnes.