Nes is a village on the southwest coast of the Faroese island of Eysturoy located in the municipality of Nes. Its current church was built in 1843. The 2005 population was 230. Its postal code is FO 655. Nes was the site of a British military installation during World War II. Nes means cape in the Faroese language.

Noted natives and residents

• Heini Havreki, (Norwegian) ca. 1514 - 1576 Parish priest
• V.U. Hammershaimb, 1819-1909, Rural dean
• Fríðrikur Petersen, 1853-1917, Rural dean, Poet, MP

See also

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands

External links

• Danish site with photographs of Nes
• Nes Municipalty

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Coordinates: 41°54′09″N, 12°31′15″E

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