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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Places of Interest

Highlights include Argir Church and Skansin.

Church
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Fort
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is a historic fortress in , the capital of the . is located on a hill beside the port of Tórshavn. The fort was built in 1580 by Magnus Heinason to protect against pirate/slave raids of the town, after he himself was nearly caught up in one such raid.

Church
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is the second oldest received church of the , on in the old town of . Painted white, and roofed with slate, it was established in 1788.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tinganes and Tórshavn.

Quarter
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is the historic location of the landsstýri of the , and is a part of . The name means "parliament jetty" or "parliament point" in Faroese.

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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
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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. is situated 4 km north of Argir.

Argir

Latitude
61.99584° or 61° 59′ 45″ north
Longitude
-6.77146° or 6° 46′ 17″ west
Population
2,560
Elevation
75 metres (246 feet)
Open location code
9CHMX6WH+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4268001599
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2624653
Wiki­data ID
Q647534
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Satellite Map

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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”

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