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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...
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    abandoned since 1930. Víkar, a town on Vágar, has been abandoned since 1910. Víkarbyrgi, on Suðuroy, was abandoned in 2003. Jussarö is an old village near the...
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    Hoyvíkshólmur (0,8 sq hm), at Hoyvík Streymoy Baglhólmur (0,8 sq hm), at Víkarbyrgi Suðuroy Grønhólmur, (0,4 sq hm), at Streymnes Streymoy Besides these islets...
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    northward in the Faroes, which is uninhabited. One ancient settlement, Víkarbyrgi was abandoned late in the 1990s. Another settlement, Akraberg was abandoned...
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    Tvøroyri (1836), Víkar (1837), and Víkarbyrgi (1830s). Fossá, Nesvík, Frammi við Gjónna, Slættanes, Víkar, and Víkarbyrgi are no longer inhabited. Hovgaard...
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    the Municipality of Sumba along with the villages of Akrar, Sumba and Víkarbyrgi (now deserted), constituting the southernmost settlements in the Faroe...
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    ca. 23 March 1941 (7 men died, from Vágur, Porkeri, Hvalba, Kirkja and Víkarbyrgi). Heimdalur TG338 had an accident in Iceland, not due to war reasons,...
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    Sumba are: Lopra (76 inhabitants), Akrar (12 inhabitants), and formerly Víkarbyrgi (0 inhabitants). Sumba is known for several things, including the high...
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    Trongisvágur Trangisvåg Tvøroyri Tværå Vagoy Vågø Vágur Våg Velbastaður Velbestad Vestmanna Vestmannahavn Viðareiði Viderejde Viðoy Viderø Víkarbyrgi Vigerbirge...
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