Wikipedia:
Symbister |
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| Population | 797 |
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| Constituent country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHETLAND |
| Postcode district | ZE2 |
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| Police | Northern |
| Fire | Highlands and Islands |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| Scottish Parliament | Shetland |
| UK Parliament | Orkney and Shetland |
| European Parliament | Scotland |
| List of places: UK • Scotland | |
Symbister is the largest village on the island of Whalsay,
The Pier House, now a museum, was once the centre for the export of dried and salted fish to the Hanseatic League, an alliance of trading guilds that established and maintained a trade monopoly over much of Northern Europe between the 13th and 17th centuries. The population in 1991 was 797.
From Symbister, a ferry to Laxo on the Shetland mainland operates.
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| Inhabited islands: Mainland | Bressay | Burra | Fair Isle | Fetlar | Foula | Muckle Roe | North Isles | Out Skerries | Papa Stour | Trondra | Unst | Vaila | Whalsay | Yell | |
| Other islands: Mousa | Noss | Scalloway Islands | List of Shetland islands | |
| Towns and villages: Lerwick | Aith | Baltasound | Brae | Grutness | Gutcher | Haroldswick | Scalloway | Symbister | Toft | Ulsta | Uyeasound | Vidlin |Walls | |
| Extreme points: Hermaness | Sumburgh Head | |
| Archaeological sites: Jarlshof, Mousa Broch | |
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