Oyri

Oyri
Village
Oyri
Harbor scene
Oyri Location in the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 62°11′26″N6°58′24″W / 62.19056°N 6.97333°W / 62.19056; -6.97333
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Faroe Islands
Island	Eysturoy
Municipality	Sunda
Population  (September 2025) [1]
• Total	181
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (EST)
Climate	Cfc

Oyri is a village on the central west coast of the Faroese island Eysturoy in the Sunda municipality.

The 2005 population was 142. Its postal code is FO 450. The village is south of the Eysturoy-to-Streymoy bridge, and is home to a large fish processing plant. ^[2]

The name Oyri is usually translated as a sandspit . ^[2]

See also

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands

References

1. Population, municipalities and villages Statistics Faroe Islands
2. Brandt, Don (2006). More Stamps and Story of the Faroe Islands (PDF). Vol. 1. Tórshavn: Postverk Føroya. p. 38. ISBN   99918-3-191-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2008-09-04.

External links

• Danish site with photographs of Oyri
• Sunda municipality website in Faroese only

Old boathouses