- Toftir
Toftir is a village in the
Faroe Islands on the island ofEysturoy .*Population: 1210
*Postal code (Zip): FO 650
*Location: coord|62|5|20|N|6|44|8|W|
*Municipality: Nes (list of municipalities)
*Football team: B68 (Tofta Ítróttarfelag) Toftir is part of a chain of villages stretching over a distance of 10 kilometres on the east side of Skálafjørður (fjord ) on Eysturoy.Toftir has a relatively big harbour with a fillet-factory that was started in
1969 . A number of other factories been built on the harbour too.The church in Toftir was built in
1994 .The village's football team is
B68 Toftir .In the hills high above the village is a sports arena. It is called "Á Svangaskarði".Noted natives and residents
*
Hans Jacob Højgaard , 1904-1992,Composer
*Júst í Túni ee also
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List of towns in the Faroe Islands External links
* [http://www.faroeislands.dk/pages/ToftirIndex.htm Faroeislands.dk: Toftir] Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.
* [http://www.nes.fo/default.asp?menu=1 Nes Municipalty]
* [http://www.b68.fo/ B68 FC-Toftir]
* [http://www.natmus.fo/00090/00093/00162/ Museum of Nes Municipalty]
* [http://www.framtak.com/ Framtak]
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