State Kingdom of Denmark Island Eysturoy Postal code FO 520 Population 867 (31 Dec 2012) Municipality Eystur Municipality | Autonomous country Faroe Islands Time zone GMT Climate Cfc Local time Wednesday 6:59 AM | |
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Sunset in leirv k faroe islands
Leirvík (Danish: Lervig) is a town on the Faroe Islands and was an important regional ferry harbour at the east coast of the second largest island Eysturoy. Leirvík has 867 inhabitants (December 31, 2002.)
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It was the only town in the municipality of Leirvík (Leirvíkar kommuna), however on 1 January 2009, it merged with Gøtu kommuna to make the new municipality called Eysturkommuna.
Leirvík is important for its fishing industry.
The Norðoyatunnilin, a submarine tunnel to Klaksvík was opened in April 2006.
History
Archaeological excavations have shown that the town was first settled the 9th century by the Vikings. It is said that all inhabitants died in 1349 because of the Black Death.
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Leirvík Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA