Nes
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: settlement on Suduroy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Nes, Vágur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Porkeri Church and Vágs kirkja.
Porkeri Church
Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porkeri Church is a church in the settlement of Porkeri in the Faroe Islands. Porkeri is situated on the island of Suðuroy, which is the southernmost of the islands.
Ruth Smith Savnið
Museum
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ruth Smith Savnið is a museum, which is situated 3 km west of Nes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porkeri and Akrar.
Porkeri
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porkeri is a village in the Faroe Islands, situated northeast of Vágur on Suðuroy's east coast. As of 2020 it had a population of 318, and it has been inhabited at least as early as the 14th century.
Akrar
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Vágur
Village
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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. Vágur is situated 2½ km west of Nes.
Nes
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.47137° or 61° 28′ 17″ northLongitude
-6.76291° or 6° 45′ 47″ westOpen location code
9CHMF6CP+GROpenStreetMap ID
node 302100442OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2616500Wikidata ID
Q1062936
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Nes” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Nes”
- Danish: “Næs”
- Danish: “Nes”
- Dutch: “Nes”
- Faroese: “Nes, Vágur”
- Faroese: “Nes”
- French: “Nes”
- German: “Nes”
- Hungarian: “Nes”
- Irish: “Nes”
- Lithuanian: “Nesas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nes”
- Norwegian: “Nes”
- Persian: “نیس (واگور)”
- Persian: “نیس”
- Romanian: “Nes, Vágur”
- Romanian: “Nes”
- Swedish: “Nes, Suðuroy”
- Swedish: “Nes”
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