Oyrareingir

Oyrareingir is a village on the Faroese island Streymoy in Tórshavn Municipality.

Oyrareingir
Village
The villages Signabøur (right) and Kollafjørður (centre) on the shores of the Kollafjørður-fjord. The separate houses in the left and right foreground that do not lie within these villages forms Oyrareingir.
Oyrareingir Location in the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 62°6′19″N 6°57′41″W
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Faroe Islands
Island	Streymoy
Municipality	Tórshavn Municipality
Population  (1 January 2006)
• Total	45
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (EST)
Postal code	FO 415
Climate	ET

It is situated at the very head of the Kollafjørður-fjord, on either side of the mouth of the Dalá river. The 2020 population was 45. Its postal code is FO 415. This hamlet is so tiny and its few houses so dispersed among the 'outskirts' of the neighbouring villages of Signabøur and Kollafjørður that few maps mention it. Even the Faroe Islands' best online atlas doesn't.^[1] The Faroe Islands' main road (No. 10) from Tórshavn to Klaksvík passes right through Oyrareingir. The only other road -a small one leading to some farms- is called á Oyrareingjum.

In 2020 the population had 20 Males and 25 Females. The age group of the village was 12 people within the age range of 0–17, 25 people were in the age group of 18–64, and 7 people were 65 or over.

Below is a chart showing the population over time:

Farm at the foot of a hillside in Oyrareingir.

See also

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands

References

1. "Kortal.fo - Finst tað í Føroyum, so finst tað á Kortalinum". kortal.fo. Retrieved 2014-08-23.

External links

• Danish site with photographs of Oyrareingir
• Oyrareingir on Google maps