Argir ( da, Arge) is a village in the

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic archipelago, island group and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. They are located north-northwest of Scotlan ...

. Argir most likely takes its name from

Old Irish Old Irish, also called Old Gaelic ( sga, Goídelc, Ogham script: ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ; ga, Sean-Ghaeilge; gd, Seann-Ghàidhlig; gv, Shenn Yernish or ), is the oldest form of the Goidelic/Gaelic language for which there are extensive writte ...

''airge'' meaning ''summer pasture''.; several placenames in Faroe carry the same name with this meaning. Once a village south of

Tórshavn Tórshavn (; lit. "Thor's harbour"), usually locally referred to as simply ''Havn'', is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of the city lies the ...

, Argir has grown and is now merged with Tórshavn. In 1997 it joined the municipality of Tórshavn. In recent years more houses have been built in Argir and the village, or quarter, has grown upwards into the hills. This area has views over the sea and the capital. There is a boat harbour with boathouses in Argir and a church which was built in 1974. From the 16th century until 1750 there was a

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-hospital in Argir. Some paupers lived there too. When the hospital closed the building was turned into a workhouse for the poor. Argir's football team is called AB ( Argja Bóltfelag). Argir has a rowing club called Argja Róðrarfelag; its boats are red and have a dragon head on the

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File:Argir Faroe Islands in January 2010.jpg, Argir, January 2010. File:Argir.jpg, Argir, a sign with the village name. File:Inni í Vika Football Stadium on 23 October 2010 AB Argir vs FC Suðuroy 1-0.JPG, Inni í Vika football stadium of AB Argir. File:Blikur 5-mannafar Argja Rodrarfelag.jpg, Blikur, one of the boats of Argja Róðrarfelag.

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Faroeislands.dk: Agir
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