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Tórshavn Municipality

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State
  
Kingdom of Denmark

Website
  
torshavn.fo

Constituent country
  
Faroe Islands

Tórshavn Municipality

Islands
  
Streymoy Koltur Hestur Nólsoy

Tórshavn Municipality (Tórshavnar kommuna) is the municipality of the Faroese capital Tórshavn and its surroundings.

The municipality covers the southern half of Streymoy island and adjacent minor islands and has an area of 173 km2. It became an independent municipality in 1866 and is the largest in the Faroes. The municipality has a population of about 20,600 (May 2016) or 41.8% of the total population of the islands.

It contains the following towns and villages:

  • Tórshavn
  • Argir
  • Hoyvík
  • Hvítanes
  • Kaldbak
  • Kaldbaksbotnur
  • Kirkjubøur
  • Velbastaður
  • Kollafjørður
  • Oyrareingir
  • Signabøur
  • Sund
  • Norðradalur
  • Syðradalur
  • Nólsoy
  • Hestur
  • Koltur

    • Population progression

    Progression of the population of Tórshavn since 1801:

    References

    Tórshavn Municipality Wikipedia
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