State Kingdom of Denmark Climate Cfc Municipality Húsavík | Time zone GMT (UTC+0) Population 13 (1 Jan 2013) | |
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Skarvanes (Danish: Skarvenæs) is a village on Sandoy, in the Faroe Islands.
Map of Skarvanes, Faroe Islands
Its last permanent inhabitant died in 2000, although there was still a family of four living in a nearby valley. Later a few more people moved back to the village.
At the moment (2014) there are three families living there: one of them is a family of five - 3 children and two parents. Another family is made up of 3 people, one child and two parents. Lastly there is a father and son. In total there are 10 people living there regularly.
Most of the houses in the scenic village are used as summer houses and for similar purposes nowadays.
References
Skarvanes Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA