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Slættanes

Slættanes (pronounced ) is a village on the island of Vágar in the western Faroes, which is now abandoned and only used as summer homes.

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Place details

Locality: Sandavágur
Region: Streymoy
Country: Føroyar
Population: 0

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Settlement.name: Slættanes
Settlement.settlement_type: Abandoned village
Settlement.image_skyline: Slaettanes.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Slættanes from the seaside, 2008
Settlement.pushpin_map: Faroe Islands
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Faroe Islands
Settlement.subdivision_type: State
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Constituent country
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Island
Settlement.subdivision_name2

Wikidata facts

Instance of: abandoned village
Country: Faroe Islands
Located in: Vága Municipality
Population: +0
Image: Slættanes by Maciej Brencz.jpg

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P706: Vágar

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Slættanes (pronounced ) is a village on the island of Vágar in the western Faroes, which is now abandoned and only used as summer homes.

Slættanes, like the also-abandoned village of Víkar, is on the northern coast of the island. It was founded in 1835 by a man named Hendrik Thomasen and belonged to the municipality of Sandavágur in the south. During its best years (1945 to 1950) around 130 people lived in the village, but the average population was around 70. There were 12 houses in Slættanes. However, in 1965 the last inhabitants left the community because of its relatively isolated location.