The Faroe Islands are an island group consisting of eighteen islands off the coast of Northern Europe, between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic, about half-way between Iceland and Norway. Its coordinates are 62°N 7°W. It is 1,393 square kilometres in area, and includes no major lakes or rivers. There are 1,117 kilometres of coastline, and no land boundaries with any other country.
This is a major trading city located in the eastern part of Stirrup Island.
The majority of the Faroese population, approximately 85 percent, belongs to the Faroese Evangelical Lutheran Church.