Svínoy, Svínoy

Svínoy, Svínoy

Svínoy is the only village on the Faroese island of the same name in the Svínoyar municipality. The 2002 population was 73. Its postal code is FO 765. Its current church was built in 1878. The name of the island Svínoy means 'pig island'.

External links

* [http://faroeislands.dk/pages/SvinoyIndex.htm Personal Danish site with photographs of Svínoy]

ee also

* List of towns in the Faroe Islands


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