Oyrareingir

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 form the tiny hamlet of Oyrareingir. The meandering river is the Dalá river. 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 form the tiny hamlet of Oyrareingir. The meandering river is the Dalá river.
Oyrareingir Location in the Faroe Islands
Coordinates:
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Faroe Islands
Island	Streymoy
Municipality	Tórshavnar kommuna
Population (1 January 2006)
• Total	45
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	EST (UTC+1)
Postal code	FO 415

Oyrareingir is a village on the Faroese island Streymoy in the Tórshavnar municipality.

It is situated at the very head of the Kollafjørður-fjord, on either side of the mouth of the Dalá river. The 2005 population was 44. 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. 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.

File:Faroe Islands, Streymoy, Oyrareingir.jpg

Farm at the foot of a hillside in Oyrareingir.

See also

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands

External links

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