Gøtueiði

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Gøtueiði a village in the Faroe Islands, located deep in the Skalafjordur-inlet on Eysturoy, founded in 1850.

• Population: 39
• Postal code (Zip): FO 666
• Location: 62°10′30″N, 6°46′19″W
• Municipality: Gøtu

The village has now grown towards its neighbour-village Skipanes. During the 1980s there were religious tent-meetings in Gøtueiði.

Gøta consists of the villages Norðragøta (Northern Gøta), Syðrugøta (Southern Gøta), Gøtugjógv (Gøta's cleft) and Gøtueiði (Gøta's isthmus). Together are they the municipality Gøtu kommuna.

Note: In Faroese, gøtu is the accusative, dative and genitive of gøta, which means street.

[edit] See also

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands

[edit] External links

• Faroeislands.dk: Gotueidi Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.