Vágar Municipality (Vága kommuna) is a municipality in the Faroese Islands. It covers the eastern part of the island of

Vágar Vágar ( da, Vågø) is one of the 18 islands in the archipelago of the Faroe Islands and the most westerly of the ''large islands''. With a size of , it ranks number three, behind Streymoy and Eysturoy. Vágar region also comprises the island ...

(while

Sørvágur Municipality Sørvágur Municipality ( fo, Sørvágs kommuna), is the westernmost municipality in the Faroe Islands. It consists of the villages of Sørvágur :''There is also a town called Vágur on Suðuroy.'' Sørvágur ( da, Sørvåg) is a village on th ...

covers the western part of the island). It was created on 1 January 2009 by fusing the two municipalities of Miðvágur (including the towns of

Miðvágur Miðvágur ( da, Midvåg), is a village in the Faroe Islands on Vágar. It has been a municipality until 1 January 2009 when it fused with Sandavágur into Vága kommuna. Located on the south coast of the island of Vágar, Miðvágur is the ...

and

Vatnsoyrar Vatnsoyrar ( da, Vandsøre) is a village founded in 1921 in the middle of the Faroese island of Vagar. Vatnsoyrar, being created in 1921, is one of the youngest settlements in the Faroes. It is the only village in the archipelago that is not ...

) and Sandavágur (including the town of

Sandavágur Sandavágur ( da, Sandevåg) is a city on the south coast of the Faroese island of Vágar. The name ''Sandavágur'' means ''sandy bay'' and refers to the sandy beach which used to be much larger than present. From one point in Sandavágur you ca ...

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