Tórshavn Municipality
Tórshavn Municipality is a municipality in the Danish territory of Faroe Islands. It encompasses the capital city of Tórshavn and its surrounding areas.
- Type: municipality of the Faroe Islands with 19,300 residents
- Description: municipality of the Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Gmina Tórshavn”, “Kalbak”, “Kommune Torshavn”, “Thorshavn Kommune”, “Torshavn”, “Torshavn Kommune”, “Tórshavn kommune”, “Tórshavnar”, “Torshavnar kommuna”, “Tórshavnar Kommuna”, “Tórshavnar Municipality”, “Коммуна Торсхавн”, “Торсхавнар”, and “托爾斯港市鎮”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Tórsvøllur and Nordic House in the Faroe Islands.
Nordic House in the Faroe Islands
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tórshavn and Hoyvík.
Tórshavn Municipality
- Location: Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.0193° or 62° 1′ 9″ north
Longitude
-6.7744° or 6° 46′ 28″ west
Population
19,300
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
9CJM269G+P6
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Welsh—“Tórshavn Municipality” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Торсхаўн”
- Catalan: “Tórshavn”
- Chinese: “托尔斯港市镇”
- Czech: “Tórshavnar kommuna”
- Danish: “Tórshavn Kommune”
- Dutch: “Tórshavnar kommuna”
- Faroese: “Tórshavnar kommuna”
- Finnish: “Tórshavn”
- French: “Tórshavn”
- Galician: “concello de Tórshavn”
- German: “Kommune Tórshavn”
- Greek: “Δήμος του Τόρσχαβν”
- Hungarian: “Tórshavn község”
- Icelandic: “Sveitarfélagið Þórshöfn”
- Inari Sami: “Tórshavn”
- Lithuanian: “Torshauno savivaldybė”
- Manx: “Tórshavnar kommuna”
- Northern Frisian: “Komuun Tórshavn”
- Northern Frisian: “Tórshavn”
- Northern Sami: “Tórshavnar kommuna”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tórshavnar kommuna”
- Norwegian: “Tórshavnar kommuna”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Þunreshæfnes Burgscipe”
- Ossetian: “Торсхавн”
- Ossetian: “Торсхавны коммунæ”
- Persian: “تورشاونار، دانمارک”
- Persian: “تورشاونار”
- Polish: “Thorshavn”
- Polish: “Tórshavnar kommuna”
- Romanian: “Tórshavn”
- Russian: “Торсхавн (коммуна)”
- Russian: “Торсхавн”
- Slovenian: “Tórshavnar kommuna”
- Swedish: “Torshamns kommun”
- Swedish: “Tórshavns kommun”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Tórshavn”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Tinganes and Skansatangi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Tórsbreyt and Minnisvarði teirra sjólátnu.
Streymoy: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Tórshavn and Kollafjørður.
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