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Sørvágur Municipality ( fo, Sørvágs kommuna), is the westernmost municipality in the
Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic archipelago, island group and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. They are located north-northwest of Scotlan ...
. It consists of the villages of Sørvágur,
Bøur Bøur ( da, Bø) is a village in the Sørvágur Municipality of the Faroe Islands, 4 km west of Sørvágur, with a population of 75 (2012).Gásadalur and Mykines. Originally the municipality only included the village of Sørvágur, but in January 2005 the municipality of Sørvágur agreed to merge with the smaller municipalities of Bøur/Gásadal and Mykines. The new municipality had a population of 1,236 in 2020.


Logo

The logo of the municipality is two white birds on a white/blue background with an orange sundisk. The two birds are made in the image of the letters S and K which are the initials for Sørvágs Kommuna.


Gallery

Bour, Faroe Islands (10).JPG, Village idyll in Bøur Bour, Faroe Islands as seen from above.jpg, Bøur as seen from above, October 2005


References


External links


Sorvag.fo Webpage for the municipality of Sørvágur
Sørvágur Municipalities of the Faroe Islands {{Faroes-geo-stub