Norðstreymoy

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Map showing the shipping registration numbers of the individual Faroese regions. Nordstreymoy is light green. The VN sign stands for Vestmannahavn (Danish name of Vestmanna ).

Norðstreymoy [ noːrstrɛimi ] "Nordstreymoy" is the region in the north of the island of Streymoy ( Faroe Islands ).

In terms of area, the region is now identical to the municipalities of Kvívík , Vestmanna and the western part of the Sunda kommuna on Stryemoy (the former municipalities of Saksun , Haldarsvík , Hósvík and Hvalvík ). Nordstreymoy is a constituency for the Løgtings elections . The other constituencies are:

Apart from Suðurstreymoy, this classification corresponds to the 6 Sýslur (Syssel). Hence there are 6 Syssel but 7 constituencies. The political parties of the Faroe Islands are also divided into corresponding regional associations according to the 7 constituencies.