Argir

Argir is a village in the . Argir most likely takes its name from Old Irish airge, which means summer pasture; several placenames in Faroe carry the same name with this meaning.
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  • Village with 2,560 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 75 metres (246 feet)
  • Description: settlement on Streymoy, Faroe Islands

Places of Interest

Highlights include Argir Church and Skansin.
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is a historic fortress in , the capital of the .
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is the second oldest received…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tinganes and Tórshavn.
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is the historic location of the landsstýri of the , and is a part of .
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is the capital of the .
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Tórshavn is the capital of the . is situated 4 km north of Argir.

Argir

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Latitude
61.99584° or 61° 59′ 45″ north
Longitude
-6.77146° or 6° 46′ 17″ west
Open location code
9CHMX6WH+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4268001599
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2624653
Wiki­data ID
Q647534

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Argir” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Argir”
  • Bavarian: “Argir”
  • Belarusian: “Аргір”
  • Catalan: “Argir”
  • Chinese: “阿吉尔”
  • Chinese: “阿吉爾”
  • Czech: “Argir”
  • Danish: “Arge”
  • Danish: “Argir”
  • Dutch: “Argir”
  • Faroese: “Argir”
  • French: “Argir”
  • German: “Argir”
  • Greek: “Άργκιρ”
  • Hungarian: “Argir”
  • Icelandic: “Argir”
  • Irish: “Argir”
  • Italian: “Argir”
  • Kalaallisut: “Argir”
  • Lithuanian: “Argiras”
  • Manx: “Argir”
  • Mongolian: “Аргир”
  • Northern Frisian: “Argir”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Arge”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Argir”
  • Norwegian: “Argir”
  • Ossetian: “Аргир”
  • Ossetian: “Арджир”
  • Polish: “Argir”
  • Romanian: “Argir”
  • Russian: “Аргир”
  • Russian: “Арджир”
  • Slovak: “Argir”
  • Spanish: “Argir”
  • Swedish: “Argir”
  • Urdu: “ارگیر”

Localities in the Area

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Streymoy: Highlights

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