Arsuk

Arsuk
Arsuk under the Kuunnaat mountain
Arsuk under the Kuunnaat mountain
Arsuk is located in Greenland
Arsuk
Arsuk
Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 61°10′30″N 48°27′00″W / 61.17500°N 48.45000°W / 61.17500; -48.45000
State Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Greenland
Municipality Sermersooq
DistrictPaamiut
First Settled1500 B.C.E.
Founded1805
Government
 • MayorLars Albrechtsen
Population
 (2020)
 • Total73
Time zoneUTC−02:00 (Western Greenland Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−01:00 (Western Greenland Summer Time)
Postal code
3940 Paamiut

Arsuk is a village in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. It had 73 inhabitants in 2020.[2] The name of the settlement means the beloved place in the Greenlandic language.[3] The village is served by the communal all-purpose Pilersuisoq store.

  1. ^ Sermersooq Municipality Archived 2010-05-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish)
  2. ^ "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland. Archived from the original on 2020-07-19. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  3. ^ arsukfjorden.gl (in Danish)frames required