Qassiarsuk | |
|---|---|
 Reproduction of Brattahlíð church, Qassiarsuk | |
  Qassiarsuk Location within Greenland | |
| Coordinates: 61°09′00″N 45°31′00″W / 61.15000°N 45.51667°W | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Greenland |
| Municipality |  Kujalleq |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Fredrik Frederiksen |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 39 |
| Time zone | UTC−02:00 (Western Greenland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−01:00 (Western Greenland Summer Time) |
| Postal code | 3921 Narsaq |
Qassiarsuk is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality, in southern Greenland. Its population was 39 in 2020.[2] Qassiarsuk is part of the Kujataa World Heritage Site, due to its historical importance as the homestead of Erik the Red and its unique testimony to Greenlandic farming.[3]
- ^ "Kujalleq Municipality" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
- ^ "Population by Localities". Statistical Greenland.
- ^ Orri Vésteinsson (January 2016). "Nomination to UNESCO's World Heritage List -- Kujataa: a subarctic farming landscape in Greenland". The Greenlandic Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Church. Retrieved 30 July 2021.