Runavík

Runavík is a village in the Faroe Islands in the south of the isle of Eysturoy. There is a municality of the same name, and there are over 10 kilometre long residential area on the east bank Skálafjørður (a fjord). Founded in 1916, it has an important fishing port. The municipality had 2,557 inhabitants in 2002, and aside from Runavik itself, includes Saltangará, Æðuvík, Glyvrar, Lambi, Rituvík, Skipanes, Søldarfjørður and Lambareiði.