# Oyri

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'''Oyri''' is a village on the central west coast of the Faroese island [Eysturoy](/source/Eysturoy) in the Sunda municipality.

The 2005 population was 142. Its postal code is FO 450. The village is south of the [Eysturoy](/source/Eysturoy)-to-[Streymoy](/source/Streymoy) bridge, and is home to a large fish processing plant.<ref name="stamps">{{cite book|first=Don|last=Brandt|title=More Stamps and Story of the Faroe Islands|url=http://www.faroestamps.fo/download/stamps_i_england-22.pdf|access-date=2008-09-04|volume=1|year=2006|publisher=Postverk Føroya|location=Tórshavn|isbn=99918-3-191-6|page=38|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927130140/http://www.faroestamps.fo/download/stamps_i_england-22.pdf|archive-date=2011-09-27}}</ref>

The name ''Oyri'' is usually translated as a ''[sandspit](/source/Spit_(landform))''.<ref name="stamps" />

==See also==
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* [List of towns in the Faroe Islands](/source/List_of_towns_in_the_Faroe_Islands)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.faroeislands.dk/pages/OyriIndex.htm Danish site with photographs of Oyri]
*[http://www.sunda.fo Sunda municipality website] in Faroese only
thumb|left|250px|Old boathouses

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Category:Populated places in the Faroe Islands

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