Vágur
Vágur, meaning bay, is a town and municipality on the island of Suðuroy, part of the Faroe Islands. It is situated on the east coast of the island on the Vágsfjørður fjord, and was founded in the fourteenth century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,340 residents
- Description: settlement on Suduroy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Vaag” and “Vagur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vágs kirkja and Ruth Smith Savnið.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vágseiði and Nes.
Vágseiði
Locality
Vágseiði is an area in Vágur, Faroe Islands, located on the west coast of Suðuroy west of the village Vágur, from which it takes its name. Eiði is the Faroese word for isthmus.
Nes
Village
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Nes is a village on the Faroese island of Suðuroy located in the municipality of Vágur. It is located west of Porkeri and east of Vágur. It should not be confused with another village by the same name on Eysturoy. Nes is situated 2½ km east of Vágur.
Akrar
Village
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Akrar is a village in the Faroe Islands. The population was 13 in 2024. It is located on Lopransfjørður, an inlet, which itself is part of Vágsfjørður, on the east-side of Suðuroy, and was founded in 1817. Akrar is situated 3½ km southeast of Vágur.
Vágur
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Vágur, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.47389° or 61° 28′ 26″ northLongitude
-6.81146° or 6° 48′ 41″ westPopulation
1,340Elevation
144 metres (472 feet)United Nations Location Code
FO VAGOpen location code
9CHMF5FQ+HCOpenStreetMap ID
node 29023826OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Welsh—“Vágur” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Вагур”
- Belarusian: “Воавур”
- Catalan: “Vágur”
- Chinese: “沃格”
- Czech: “Vágur”
- Danish: “Våg”
- Danish: “Vágs kommuna”
- Danish: “Vagur”
- Danish: “Vágur”
- Dutch: “Vagur”
- Dutch: “Vágur”
- Esperanto: “Vágur”
- Faroese: “Vágur”
- Finnish: “Vágur”
- French: “Vagur”
- French: “Vágur”
- German: “Vagur”
- German: “Vágur”
- Greek: “Βάγκουρ”
- Hebrew: “ווגור”
- Hungarian: “Vágur”
- Icelandic: “Vogur”
- Irish: “Vágur”
- Italian: “Vágur”
- Kalaallisut: “Vágur”
- Lithuanian: “Vaguras”
- Luxembourgish: “Vágur”
- Manx: “Vagur”
- Manx: “Vágur”
- Northern Frisian: “Vágur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vágur”
- Norwegian: “Vágur”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Vágur”
- Ossetian: “Воавур”
- Polish: “Vagur”
- Polish: “Vágur”
- Portuguese: “Vágur”
- Romanian: “Vagur”
- Romanian: “Vágur”
- Russian: “Вагур”
- Russian: “Воавур”
- Spanish: “Vagur”
- Spanish: “Vágur”
- Swedish: “Vágur”
- Turkish: “Vágur”
- Veps: “Vagur”
- Veps: “Voavur”
- Welsh: “Vágur, Faroe Islands”
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