Svínoy, Svínoy
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Svínoy is the only village on the Faroese island of the same name in the Svínoyar municipality. The 2002 population was 73. Its postal code is FO 765. Its current church was built in 1878. The name of the island Svínoy
means 'pig island'.
Svínoy
Svínoy is an island located in the north-east of the Faroe Islands, to the east of Borðoy and Viðoy. It is divided into two unequally sized peninsulas. The island takes its name from Old Norse, Svíney, meaning "Swine Isle"...
means 'pig island'.