Argir
Argir is a village in the Faroe Islands. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Argir Church and National Library of the Faroe Islands.
National Library of the Faroe Islands
Library
Photo: Maciej Brencz, CC BY 2.0.
The National Library of the Faroe Islands is the national library for the Faroe Islands, a self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark. It is both a public and a research library.
Skansin
Fort
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skansin is a historic fortress in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. Skansin is located on a hill beside the port of Tórshavn. The fort was built in 1580 by Magnus Heinason to protect against pirate raids of the town, after he himself was nearly caught up in one such raid.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tinganes and Tórshavn.
Tinganes
Quarter
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tinganes is the historic location of the Faroese landsstýri, and is a part of Tórshavn. The name means "parliament jetty" or "parliament point" in Faroese.
Tórshavn
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tórshavn is the capital of the Faroe Islands. At the foot of a mountain range, the archipelago's largest city has a long history dating back as far as 850 AD.
Hoyvík
Village
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tórshavn is the capital of the Faroe Islands. At the foot of a mountain range, the archipelago's largest city has a long history dating back as far as 850 AD. Hoyvík is situated 4 km north of Argir.
Argir
- Type: Village with 2,560 residents
- Description: settlement on Streymoy, Faroe Islands
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Tórshavn Municipality, Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.99584° or 61° 59′ 45″ northLongitude
-6.77146° or 6° 46′ 17″ westPopulation
2,560Elevation
75 metres (246 feet)Open location code
9CHMX6WH+8COpenStreetMap ID
node 4268001599OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2624653Wikidata ID
Q647534
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Swedish—“Argir” goes by many names.
- 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”
- 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”
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