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Víkarbyrgi
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Víkarbyrgi is a former village on the Faroese island of Suðuroy, Faroe Islands.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Víkarbyrgi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Abandoned village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vikarbyrgi.6.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Víkarbyrgi
- Settlement.image_map
- Map-sumba-faroes.png
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of south Suðuroy showing location of Víkarbyrgi
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Faroe Islands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Faroe Islands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Constituent country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Island
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Suðuroy
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Sumbíar kommuna
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 0
- Image
- Víkarbyrgi from street.jpg
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Víkarbyrgi is a former village on the Faroese island of Suðuroy, Faroe Islands.
It no longer has a population. It retains a postal code (FO 928) and is located at N 61° 26' 34 W 6° 43' 28. The etymology of its name is reputed to be connected with an early settlement of Irish monks who predated the arrival of the Vikings. The last inhabitants had left Víkarbyrgi by 2003.
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