Skálafjørður_(village)

Skálafjørður (village)

Skálafjørður (village)

Village in Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark

Skálafjørður (Danish: Skålefjord), also known as Skálabotnur, is a village at the end of the Skálafjørður fjord on the Faroese island of Eysturoy located in Runavík Municipality. It changed its official name from Skálabotnur into Skálafjørður in 2019.[2]

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The 2015 population was 111. Its postal code is FO 485.

On 11 March 2019 a non-binding referendum on the official name of the village was held. 65% voted in favour of Skálafjørður while 35% chose Skálabotnur. The turnout was 74/83 (89%). Because the name Skálafjørður is usually inflected in the third case and preceded by the preposition í, thus as Í Skálafirði, confusion with the fjord-of-the-same-name may be limited.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Population, municipalities and villages Statistics Faroe Islands
  2. [2]
    "Avgjørt: Bygdin skal eita Skálafjørður".
  3. [3]
    "Avgjørt: Bygdin skal eita Skálafjørður".


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