Porkeri
Porkeri is a village in the Faroe Islands, situated northeast of Vágur on Suðuroy's east coast. As of 2020 it had a population of 318, and it has been inhabited at least as early as the 14th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Porkeri Church and Hovs kirkja.
Porkeri Church
Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porkeri Church is a church in the settlement of Porkeri in the Faroe Islands. Porkeri is situated on the island of Suðuroy, which is the southernmost of the islands.
Hovs kirkja
Church
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Hovs kirkja is a church, which is situated 3 km north of Porkeri.
Vágs kirkja
Church
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Vágs kirkja is a church, which is situated 3½ km west of Porkeri.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nes and Hov.
Nes
Village
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Nes is a village on the Faroese island of Suðuroy located in the municipality of Vágur. It is located west of Porkeri and east of Vágur. It should not be confused with another village by the same name on Eysturoy.
Hov
Village
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Hov is a village located on Suðuroy's east coast, in the Faroe Islands; it is frequently mentioned in the country's history. Salmon sea farming has been practiced in Hov since the 1980s. Hov is situated 3 km north of Porkeri.
Akrar
Village
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Akrar is a village in the Faroe Islands. The population was 13 in 2024. It is located on Lopransfjørður, an inlet, which itself is part of Vágsfjørður, on the east-side of Suðuroy, and was founded in 1817. Akrar is situated 3 km south of Porkeri.
Porkeri
- Type: Village with 325 residents
- Description: settlement on Suduroy, Faroe Islands
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Porkeri, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.48196° or 61° 28′ 55″ northLongitude
-6.7463° or 6° 44′ 47″ westPopulation
325Open location code
9CHMF7J3+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 29023787OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Porkeri” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Porkeri”
- Chinese: “波切里”
- Danish: “Porkere”
- Danish: “Porkeri”
- Danish: “Porkeris kommuna”
- Dutch: “Porkeri”
- Faroese: “Porkeri”
- French: “Porkeri”
- German: “Porkeri”
- Greek: “Πόρκερι”
- Hungarian: “Porkeri”
- Icelandic: “Porkeri”
- Irish: “Porkeri”
- Lithuanian: “Porkeris”
- Manx: “Porkeri”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Porkere”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Porkeri”
- Norwegian: “Porkeri”
- Polish: “Porkeri”
- Portuguese: “Porkeri”
- Romanian: “Porkeri”
- Spanish: “Porkeri”
- Swedish: “Porkeri”
- Turkish: “Porkeri”
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