Fuglafjørður Explained

Fuglafjørður
Official Name:Fuglafjørður Municipality
Settlement Type:Municipality and village
Mapsize:250px
Pushpin Map:Faroe Islands
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Fuglafjørður in the Faroe Islands
Subdivision Type:State
Subdivision Type1:Constituent country
Subdivision Name1: Faroe Islands
Subdivision Type2:Island
Subdivision Name2:Eysturoy
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Fuglafjarðar kommuna
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Blank1 Title:Municipality
Area Blank1 Km2:22.97
Population As Of:January 2024
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Blank1 Title:Municipality
Population Blank1:1633
Population Density Blank1 Km2:auto
Population Blank2 Title:Village
Population Blank2:1621
Timezone Dst:WEST
Utc Offset Dst:+1
Coordinates:62.2444°N -6.8144°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:FO 530
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Cfc
Website:https://fuglafjordur.fo/

Fuglafjørður (Danish: Fuglefjord) is a village on Eysturoy's east coast in the Faroe Islands. Its name means "fjord of birds".[2]

The village is at the edge of a bay and expands into the surrounding steep hills. The town centre is located close to the harbour and contains most of the shops and services. The harbour in Fuglafjørður is busy, as the town's economy is based on the processing of fish and fish meal. There is fishing-industry, a slip, production of trawl and also oil-depots.

In the past years Fuglafjørður has also become famous for its newly established cultural centre in the town centre that has become one of the main cultural attractions in Eysturoy.

History and development

Where the Gjógvará stream meets the sea in the village, archaeologists have discovered the remains of a Viking longhouse, seventeen metres 17m (56feet) in length, with walls 1.5m (04.9feet) thick. It was found by removing four or five more recent layers of ruins, showing a continuity of habitation for many centuries.[2]

In the 1840s the small village Hellur in north of Fuglafjørður was established. However this village never grew large and now only approximately 30 of the municipality's inhabitants live there.

In the 1980s the suburb of Kambsdalur was established, where around 180 people live. In Kambsdalur there is also a large industrial cluster, the educational centre of the northeastern Faroes and the regional sportscentre used mainly for handball, volleyball and indoor football.

Sports

The local football team is ÍF Fuglafjørður.

Business

Fuglafjørður is (although its small size) home of many major business in the Faroe Islands. These include:

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Fuglafjørður include:

Twin towns – sister cities

Fuglafjørður is twinned with:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://hagstova.fo/en/population/population/population Population, municipalities and villages
  2. Book: Brandt, Don. More Stamps and Story of the Faroe Islands. pdf. 2008-09-04. 1. Postverk Føroya. Tórshavn. 99918-3-191-6. 45. 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110927130140/http://www.faroestamps.fo/download/stamps_i_england-22.pdf. 2011-09-27.
  3. Web site: Aalborg Twin Towns. Europeprize.net. 19 August 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130907145357/http://www.europeprize.net/en/?page_id=5. 7 September 2013.