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Toftir is a village in Nes Municipality on the island of Eysturoy , in the ___MASK76___ . Toftir is part of a chain of villages stretching over a distance of 10 kilometres on the east side of Skálafjørður ( fjord ) on Eysturoy island . The ___MASK76___ ( Irish : " Na Scigirí ") are an archipelago between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic approximately halfway between Norway and Iceland , north - northwest of mainland Scotland . The area is approximately with a 2016 population of 49 , 188 . The islands are an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark . Nes Municipality in the ___MASK76___ comprises three villages , Nes , Toftir and Saltnes . Eysturoy ( pronounced [' estroi ]) meaning ' East Island ' is a region and the second - largest of the ___MASK76___ in the North Atlantic , both in size and population . Nes ( Danish : Næs ) is a village in Nes Municipality on the southwest coast of the Faroese island of Eysturoy . Besides Nes , two other towns Toftir and Saltnes are part of Nes Municipality , which has a total population of 1 , 267 ( as of 31 . 09 . 2009 ) .