Sjóvar Municipality
Sjóvar Municipality is a municipality of the Faroe Islands. The name of the municipality has its origins from the farm Sjógv á Strondum which gave name to Sjóvar parish.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood with 1,160 residents
- Description: municipality of the Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Siov”, “Sjogv Municipality”, “Sjógv Municipality”, “Sjov”, “Sjov Kirkja”, “Sjóvar Kirkja”, “Sjovar Municipality”, “Sjóvars kommun”, “Vid Sjogv”, and “Við Sjógv”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sjóvar kirkja and Svangaskarð.
Svangaskarð
Pitch
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Svangaskarð, also referred to as Tofta Leikvøllur, is a multi-purpose stadium in Toftir, Faroe Islands with two football fields and a sports arena for athletics around the lower field.
Lake Toftir
Lake
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Toftir is a lake on the island of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands. Lake Toftir is located between the villages of Toftir and Rituvík. It is the fourth-largest natural lake in the Faroe Islands and it measures 51 hectares. Lake Toftir is situated 3 km southeast of Sjóvar Municipality.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strendur and Saltnes.
Strendur
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Strendur is a village on the Faroese island of Eysturoy, located along the Skálafjørður fjord. It is the seat and main settlement of the Sjóvar Municipality.
Saltnes
Village
Photo: Tofts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saltnes is a village on the island of Eysturoy, Faroe Islands, in Nes Municipality. The population was 152 in August 2022.
Kolbeinagjógv
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kolbeinagjógv, until 2011 also known as Kolbanargjógv, is a village on the western coast of the Faroese island of Eysturoy in the Sjóvar municipality, and its postal code is FO 495.
Sjóvar Municipality
- Categories: municipality of the Faroe Islands and locality
- Location: Sjóvar, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.11736° or 62° 7′ 3″ northLongitude
-6.75499° or 6° 45′ 18″ westPopulation
1,160Open location code
9CJM468W+W2OpenStreetMap ID
node 302104615OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Turkish—“Sjóvar Municipality” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Sjóvar kommuna”
- Chinese: “肖瓦尔市镇”
- Danish: “Sjóvar kommuna”
- Danish: “Sjóvar Kommune”
- Dutch: “Sjovar kommuna”
- Dutch: “Sjóvar kommuna”
- Faroese: “Sjóvar kommuna”
- French: “Sjóvar”
- German: “Kommune Sjóvar”
- German: “Sjovar Kommuna”
- German: “Sjóvar kommuna”
- Hungarian: “Sjóv község”
- Italian: “Municipalità di Sjóvar”
- Italian: “Sjóvar”
- Lithuanian: “Sjovaro savivaldybė”
- Northern Sami: “Sjóvar kommuna”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sjóvar kommuna”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sjóvar kommuna”
- Norwegian: “Sjóvar kommuna”
- Polish: “Sjóv”
- Polish: “Sjóvar kommuna”
- Spanish: “Sjogv”
- Spanish: “Sjógv”
- Swedish: “Sjovar kommuna”
- Swedish: “Sjóvar kommuna”
- Swedish: “Sjóvar”
- Swedish: “Sjóvars kommun”
- Turkish: “Sjóvar”
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