Editing Argir

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}} [[Image:KirkjubøurMap.jpg|right|thumb|234px|Map showing the position of Argir on Streymoy]]

'''Argir''' ({{langx|da|Arge}}) is a village in the [[Faroe Islands]].

Argir most likely takes its name from [[Irish Language|Old Irish]] '''''airge,''''' which means ''summer pasture''.; several placenames in Faroe carry the same name with this meaning. Once a village south of [[Tórshavn]], Argir has grown and merged with Tórshavn. In 1997, it joined the municipality of Tórshavn.

In recent years,{{when|date=March 2018}} 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 built in 1974.

From the 16th century until 1750, there was a [[leprosy]]-hospital in Argir. Some paupers lived there, too. When the hospital closed, the building became a workhouse for the poor. On 9 May 1828, [[Andreas Mortensen]] (1794-1875) bought Argir in an auction for 1005 "ríkis dálar." He moved there with his family and lived there until he died; his descendants have been a big part of the town's history, and a memorial stone was raised on 9 May 1948 in his honour.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 June 2006 |title="Brot úr Argja Sogu" |pages=9–10 |work=[[FFBlaðið]] |url=https://www.yumpu.com/xx/document/read/12396911/ben-yami-skerji-ikki-linuveiuna-froya-fiskimannafelag}}</ref>

Argir's football team is called AB ([[Argja Bóltfelag]]). It has a rowing club called Argja Róðrarfelag. Its boats are red and have a dragon head on the [[prow|prow.]]

== Gallery ==

<gallery caption="">
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.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[List of towns in the Faroe Islands]]

== References and notes ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090808072226/http://faroeislands.dk/pages/ArgirIndex.htm Faroeislands.dk: Agir] Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.

{{Tórshavnar kommuna}}

[[Category:Populated places in the Faroe Islands]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in the Faroe Islands]]