Bøur

Vágar is an island in the , the island is also called Vága in combination with other words.
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  • Type: Village with 66 residents
  • Description: settlement on Vágar, Faroe Islands
  • Also known as: “Bíggjar kommuna”, “Bíggjar Kommuna”, “Bígjjar Kommuna”, “Bö”, “Boeur”, “Bour”, “Böur”, and “Боур”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Bíggjar church and Eysturtindur.

Church
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Peak
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is the second highest point - 714 m - on the island of Vágoy, . is situated 3½ km northwest of Bøur.

Peak
Skeiðin is a mountain above the village of in the . is situated 3 km southeast of Bøur.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sørvágur and Gásadalur.

Village
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is a village at the landward end… is situated 4 km southeast of Bøur.

Village
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Vágar is an island in the , the island… is situated 4 km northwest of Bøur.

Village
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is a village founded in 1921 in the middle of the of Vagar. is situated 6 km east of Bøur.

Bøur

Latitude
62.08798° or 62° 5′ 17″ north
Longitude
-7.37146° or 7° 22′ 17″ west
Population
66
Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)
Open location code
9CJJ3JQH+5C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29023728
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2623713
Wiki­data ID
Q855276
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Bøur” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Bøur”
  • Chinese: “伯乌尔”
  • Danish: “Bø”
  • Danish: “Bøur”
  • Dutch: “Bøur”
  • Esperanto: “Bøur”
  • Faroese: “Bøur”
  • Finnish: “Bøur”
  • French: “Bøur”
  • German: “Bøur”
  • Hungarian: “Bøur”
  • Icelandic: “Bær (Færeyjum)”
  • Icelandic: “Bær”
  • Irish: “Bøur”
  • Italian: “Bøur”
  • Lithuanian: “Bjouras”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bøur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bøur”
  • Norwegian: “Bøur”
  • Ossetian: “Бёвур”
  • Polish: “Bøur”
  • Romanian: “Bøur”
  • Spanish: “Bøur”
  • Swedish: “Bøur”
  • Urdu: “بور”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Múlin and Selvik.

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Highlights: Bjarnafossur and Kleivar.

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