Itilleq

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title: "Itilleq" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["davis-strait", "populated-places-in-greenland", "populated-places-of-arctic-greenland", "populated-places-established-in-1847", "qeqqata", "1847-establishments-in-greenland"] description: "Settlement in Greenland" topic_path: "general/davis-strait" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itilleq" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Settlement in Greenland ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
name	Itilleq
image_skyline	Itilleq On Foot (26636619482).jpg
imagesize	300px
image_caption	Udstedholm (Itilleq) in April 2016
pushpin_map	Greenland
pushpin_map_caption	Location within Greenland
pushpin_mapsize	300
subdivision_type	State
subdivision_name	Kingdom of Denmark
subdivision_type1	Constituent country
subdivision_name1	Greenland
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	[[File:Qeqqata-coat-of-arms.svg
government_footnotes
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Tukannguaq Dahl
established_title	Founded
established_date	1847
population_as_of	2020
population_total	89
timezone1	Western Greenland Time
utc_offset1	−02:00
timezone1_DST	Western Greenland Summer Time
utc_offset1_DST	−01:00
coordinates
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	3911 Sisimiut
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::callout[type=note] the settlement ::

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Itilleq is a settlement in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. It is located on a small island around 1 km from the mainland, 45 km south of Sisimiut and 2 km north of the Arctic Circle on the shores of Davis Strait. It had 89 inhabitants in 2020.

History

Itilleq was founded in 1847 on another island, but was later moved 1 kilometer east to its present location.

Economy

The main trade in the settlement is fishing and hunting, with a fish factory being the principal employer. The island has no freshwater, and Itilleq uses a facility for making freshwater from seawater. The village is served by the communal all-purpose Pilersuisoq store.

Transport

There is no road connection to any other settlement, as for most settlements in Greenland.

Air

The closest aerodrome is Sisimiut Airport in Sisimiut, with connections to Ilulissat, Kangerlussuaq, Maniitsoq, and Nuuk operated by Air Greenland. There are no regular helicopter services to coastal settlements of Davis Strait in the Qeqqata and Sermersooq municipalities. But Itilleq has a helipad (20m, gravel) referenced also in the AIP (BGIQ), so there is on-demand air service possible.

Sea

Royal Arctic Line provides weekly ferry services to Sarfannguit and Sisimiut, a port of call for the Arctic Umiaq Line, with connections to Ilulissat and Aasiaat in the Disko Bay region, and to coastal towns in southwestern and southern Greenland.

Population

The population of Itilleq has been stable in the last two decades.

Notable residents

• Hans Enoksen, prime minister of Greenland from 2002 to 2009

References

References

1. [http://new.qeqqata.gl/Politik/Bygdebestyrelser/tabid/328/language/da-DK/Default.aspx Qeqqata Municipality]{{dead link. (September 2017). da
2. O'Carroll, Etain. (2005). "Greenland and the Arctic". Lonely Planet.
3. "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
4. [http://airgreenland.com/ankomster__afgange/ Air Greenland, Departures and Arrivals] {{webarchive. link. (2010-03-09)
5. "Home | AIM".
6. [http://129.35.38.254/PGM/sejlpskvcl.pgm?1+AJU+XXXXXXX Royal Arctic Line, Angaju Ittuk schedule] {{webarchive. link. (2011-07-03 {{in lang). da
7. [http://www.aul.gl/images/stories/pdf/fartplan%2009.pdf AUL, Timetable 2009]{{dead link. (April 2017)
8. [http://bank2.stat.gl/ Statistics Greenland] {{webarchive. link. (2011-08-12)

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