Tórshavn Municipality

Tórshavn Municipality is a municipality in the Danish territory of . It encompasses the capital city of and its surrounding areas.
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  • Type: municipality of the Faroe Islands with 19,300 residents
  • Description: municipality of the Faroe Islands
  • Also known as: Kalbak”, “Torshavn”, “Tórshavn”, “Tórshavnar”, and “Tórshavnar Municipality

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Library of the Faroe Islands and Tórsvøllur.

Library
The is the national library for the , a self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark. It is both a public and a research library.

Pitch
is a football stadium on the sport site of in , the capital of the . The holds 6,500 people, and was built in 1999 to become the country's national stadium to provide an artificial grass surface on which international football matches could be played.

Museum
The Nordic House is a cultural institution in the . Its aim is to support and promote and culture, locally and in the Nordic region.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tórshavn and Hoyvík.

is the capital of the . At the foot of a mountain range, the archipelago's largest city has a long history dating back as far as 850 AD.

Village
Tórshavn is the capital of the . At the foot of a mountain range, the archipelago's largest city has a long history dating back as far as 850 AD.

Village
is a village in the . most likely takes its name from Old Irish airge, which means summer pasture; several placenames in Faroe carry the same name with this meaning.

Tórshavn Municipality

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
Geo­Names ID
2611397
Wiki­data ID
Q944273
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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
  • Chinese: 托爾斯港市鎮
  • Czech: Tórshavnar kommuna
  • Danish: Thorshavn Kommune
  • Danish: Torshavn Kommune
  • Danish: Tórshavn Kommune
  • Danish: Tórshavnar kommuna
  • Dutch: Torshavnar kommuna
  • Dutch: Tórshavnar kommuna
  • Faroese: Tórshavnar kommuna
  • Finnish: Tórshavn (kunta)
  • Finnish: Tórshavn
  • French: Tórshavn
  • French: Tórshavnar kommuna
  • Galician: concello de Tórshavn
  • German: Kommune Torshavn
  • German: Kommune Tórshavn
  • German: Torshavnar kommuna
  • German: Tórshavnar kommuna
  • 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: Thorshavn Kommune
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tórshavn kommune
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tórshavnar kommuna
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tórshavnar Kommuna
  • Norwegian: Tórshavnar kommuna
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Þunreshæfnes Burgscipe
  • Ossetian: Торсхавн
  • Ossetian: Торсхавны коммунæ
  • Persian: تورشاونار، دانمارک
  • Polish: Gmina Tórshavn
  • Polish: Thorshavn
  • Polish: Tórshavnar kommuna
  • Romanian: Tórshavn
  • Russian: Коммуна Торсхавн
  • Russian: Торсхавн (коммуна)
  • Russian: Торсхавн
  • Russian: Торсхавнар
  • Swedish: Torshamns kommun
  • Swedish: Torshavnar kommuna
  • Swedish: Tórshavnar kommuna
  • Swedish: Tórshavns kommun
  • Welsh: Bwrdeistref Tórshavn

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Tinganes and Skansatangi.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tórsbreyt and Minnisvarði teirra sjólátnu.

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