Not to be confused with Vágar.  Church of Vágur on Suðuroy Vágur meaning Bay is a town on the Faroe Island of Suðuroy, it is situated on the east coast of the island on the Vágsfjørður fjord, and dates from the fourteenth century. Expansion has meant that the nearby town of Nes is now a suburb of Vágur. The town has a slipway, a fleet of fishing vessels and a filleting factory.
The first hydroelectric power station in the Faroe Islands was built in Vágur in 1921. It is now supplemented by a modern diesel power station on the south side of the fjord.
Vágur Church was built in 1937.
There is a memorial near the main road through Vágur commemorating the efforts of Nólsoyar-Poul Poulson, the nineteenth-century Faroese hero, poet and genius. He believed that the monopoly trading scheme was seriously restricting the economic potential of the Faroe Islands and set about organising opposition and resistance to it. Although he failed to abolish the monopolies, his actions were the start of a process which eventually led to the abolition of monopoly trading in 1856.[Swaney [February 1991] (1999). Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islands, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet Publications. ISBN 0864424531. ]
- Soccer association: VB (Vágs Bóltfelag)
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