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.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Village with 1,340 residents
- Description: settlement on Suduroy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Vaag” and “Vágs kommuna”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Vágs kirkja and Ruth Smith Savnið.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vágseiði and Nes.
Nes
Village
Vágur
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Vágur, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.47389° or 61° 28′ 26″ north
Longitude
-6.81146° or 6° 48′ 41″ west
Population
1,340
Elevation
144 metres (472 feet)
UN/LOCODE
FO VAG
Open location code
9CHMF5FQ+HC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Vágur” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Vágur”
- Belarusian: “Вагур”
- Belarusian: “Воавур”
- Catalan: “Vágur”
- Chinese: “沃格”
- Czech: “Vágur”
- Danish: “Våg”
- Danish: “Vágur”
- Dutch: “Vágur”
- Esperanto: “Vágur”
- Faroese: “Vágur”
- Finnish: “Vágur”
- French: “Vágur”
- German: “Vágur”
- Greek: “Βάγκουρ”
- Hebrew: “ווגור”
- Hungarian: “Vágur”
- Icelandic: “Vogur”
- Irish: “Vágur”
- Italian: “Vágur”
- Kalaallisut: “Vágur”
- Lithuanian: “Vaguras”
- Luxembourgish: “Vágur”
- Manx: “Vágur”
- Mongolian: “Вагур”
- Northern Frisian: “Vágur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vágur”
- Norwegian: “Vágur”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Vágur”
- Ossetian: “Воавур”
- Polish: “Vágur”
- Portuguese: “Vágur”
- Romanian: “Vágur”
- Russian: “Вагур”
- Russian: “Воавур”
- Spanish: “Vágur”
- Swedish: “Vágur”
- Turkish: “Vágur”
- Veps: “Vagur”
- Veps: “Voavur”
- Welsh: “Vágur, Faroe Islands”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: í Toftum and Krosslið.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Minnisvarðin í Vági and Visit Suðuroy.
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