San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley is a region of Los Angeles County in Southern California, nestled to the northwest of the Los Angeles Basin.Photo: Oakshade, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Burbank and Glendale.
Burbank
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The self-declared "Media Capital of the World", Burbank is a small city in the San Fernando Valley of Southern California, in the Los Angeles area. It is the home of the headquarters and primary studios of Warner Bros. and Disney, and of the animation studios of Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon.
Glendale
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Glendale is a suburban city of 205,000 people in the southeastern corner of the San Fernando Valley of Southern California between Burbank and Downtown Los Angeles.
Calabasas
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Calabasas is a suburban community at the southwestern corner of the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles County, sitting in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains to the south.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Universal City and Van Nuys.
Universal City
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Universal City is a community in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, most of which is given over to the world's largest motion picture studio and its associated visitor attraction, the popular Universal Studios Hollywood theme park.
Van Nuys
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Van Nuys is a prominent neighborhood in the middle of the San Fernando Valley, a part of the city of Los Angeles in Southern California. Although there are few tourist attractions here, Van Nuys serves as a civic and commercial center for the Valley.
Sherman Oaks
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Sherman Oaks a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California. It is known more for its shopping malls than for its places to see.
North Hollywood
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North Hollywood is a district in the San Fernando Valley in the city of Los Angeles. Despite the similar name, North Hollywood does not share a border with Hollywood, which is several miles to the southeast.
Studio City
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Studio City is an area in the San Fernando Valley, just to the west of Universal City and about 12 miles NW of Downtown LA. As its name implies, Studio City arose to support the motion picture studios with affordable housing for their employees.
Chatsworth
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Chatsworth is in the San Fernando Valley in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California.
North Valley
North Valley is the northern region of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. It is made up of the neighborhoods of Arleta, Granada Hills, Lakeview Terrace, Mission Hills, Northridge, North Hills, Pacoima, Panorama City, Sun Valley, Sunland, Sylmar, Tujunga, and the city of San Fernando.South Valley
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South Valley is an area of the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. It is made up of the neighborhoods of the southwestern portion of the valley: Canoga Park, Encino, Reseda, Tarzana, West Hills, Winnetka and Woodland Hills.
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Burbank Bob Hope Airport and Valhalla Memorial Park.
Burbank Bob Hope Airport
Aerodrome
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Hollywood Burbank Airport is a public airport three miles northwest of downtown Burbank, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The airport serves Burbank, Hollywood, and the northern Greater Los Angeles area, which includes Glendale, Pasadena, the San Fernando Valley, and the Santa Clarita Valley.
Valhalla Memorial Park
Cemetery
Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery and Mortuary is a cemetery and funeral home located at 10621 Victory Boulevard, straddling the border between the Los Angeles neighborhood of North Hollywood and Burbank, California.
Burbank Airport–South station
Railway station
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Burbank Airport–South station, referred to as Hollywood Burbank Airport station by Amtrak and formerly known as Bob Hope Airport station, is an unstaffed Amtrak and Metrolink train station on the southeast corner of Hollywood Burbank Airport in the city of Burbank, California.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Valley Glen and Valley Village.
Valley Glen
Suburb
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Valley Glen is a neighborhood in the southeastern section of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California. Once part of Van Nuys and North Hollywood, it became a separate neighborhood in 1998.
Valley Village
Quarter
Valley Village is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, located within the San Fernando Valley.
San Fernando Valley
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 650 feet
- Description: urbanized valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States
- Also known as: “El Valle de Santa Calalina de Bononia de los Encinos”, “El Valle De Santa Calalina De Bononia De Los Encinos”, “San Fernando Valley, CA”, “San Fernando Valley, California”, “San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles”, “Santa Catalina de Bononia de los Encinos”, “Santa Catalina De Bononia De Los Encinos”, and “The Valley”
- Categories: territory and landform
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“San Fernando Valley” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وادي سان فيرناندو”
- Azerbaijani: “San Fernando vadisi”
- Basque: “San Fernando harana”
- Belarusian: “Сан-Фернанда (даліна)”
- Belarusian: “Сан-Фернанда”
- Bulgarian: “Сан Фернандо”
- Catalan: “San Fernando Valley”
- Catalan: “Vall de San Fernando”
- Cebuano: “San Fernando Valley”
- Central Kurdish: “دۆڵی سان فێرناندۆ”
- Chinese: “圣费南度谷”
- Chinese: “圣费尔南多谷”
- Chinese: “聖費爾南多谷”
- Croatian: “Dolina San Fernanda”
- Czech: “San Fernando Valley”
- Danish: “San Fernando Valley”
- Dutch: “San Fernando Valley”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سان فيرناندو ڤاللى”
- Esperanto: “Valo Sankta Fernando”
- Finnish: “San Fernando Valley”
- French: “San Fernando Valley”
- French: “vallée de San Fernando”
- French: “Vallée de San Fernando”
- Galician: “Val de San Fernando”
- German: “San Fernando Valley”
- Greek: “Κοιλάδα Σαν Φερνάντο”
- Hebrew: “עמק סאן פרננדו”
- Hebrew: “עמק סן פרננדו”
- Iloko: “Ginget iti San Fernando”
- Iloko: “Tanap iti San Fernando”
- Italian: “Granada Hills”
- Italian: “valle di San Fernando”
- Italian: “Valle di San Fernando”
- Japanese: “サン・フェルナルド・バレー”
- Japanese: “サンフェルナンド・バレー”
- Korean: “산 페르난도 밸리”
- Korean: “산페르난도 밸리”
- Korean: “산페르난도밸리”
- Korean: “샌퍼낸도밸리”
- Latin: “Vallis Sancti Ferdinandi”
- Luxembourgish: “San Fernando Valley”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “San Fernando Valley”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “San Fernando-dalen”
- Norwegian: “San Fernando Valley”
- Persian: “دره سن فرناندو”
- Persian: “سن فرناندو ولی”
- Polish: “San Fernando Valley”
- Portuguese: “San Fernando Valley”
- Portuguese: “Vale de San Fernando”
- Portuguese: “Vale de São Fernando”
- Romanian: “San Fernando Valley”
- Romanian: “Valea San Fernando”
- Russian: “Сан-Фернандо”
- Scots: “San Fernando Valley”
- Slovak: “San Fernando Valley”
- Slovenian: “San Fernando Valley”
- Spanish: “El Valle”
- Spanish: “San Fernando Valley Los Angeles California”
- Spanish: “San Fernando Valley Los Angeles”
- Spanish: “San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles”
- Spanish: “San Fernando Valley”
- Spanish: “Valle de San Fernando”
- Spanish: “Valle San Fernando”
- Swedish: “San Fernando Valley”
- Swedish: “San Fernando-dalen”
- Swedish: “San Fernandodalen”
- Turkish: “San Fernando Vadisi”
- Urdu: “سان فرنینڈو ویلی”
- Welsh: “Dyffryn San Fernando”
- “Val ad San Fernànd”
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