Válur
Válur is a village on the Faroese island of Streymoy located in Kvívík Municipality. Its population is 49. Its postal code is FO 358.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 45 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Valur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vestmanna kirkja.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vestmanna and Slættanes.
Vestmanna
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Streymoy is the largest of the Faroe Islands. The 24,700 inhabitants make up nearly half of the population of the Faroe Islands.
Slættanes
Hamlet
Slættanes is a village on the island of Vágar in the western Faroes, which is now abandoned and only used as summer homes. Slættanes, like the also-abandoned village of Víkar, is on the northern coast of the island. Slættanes is situated 5 km west of Válur.
Kvívík
Village
Photo: Mirek237, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kvívík is a village and municipality on the west coast of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands. Kvívík is situated 5 km southeast of Válur.
Válur
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Kvívík, Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.15008° or 62° 9′ 0″ northLongitude
-7.15291° or 7° 9′ 11″ westPopulation
45Elevation
172 metres (564 feet)Open location code
9CJJ5R2W+2ROpenStreetMap ID
node 302100658OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2610762Wikidata ID
Q1093565
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Swedish—“Válur” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Válur”
- Catalan: “Válur”
- Danish: “Vålen”
- Danish: “Válur”
- Dutch: “Válur”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ڤالور”
- Esperanto: “Válur”
- Faroese: “Nesið”
- Faroese: “Válur”
- French: “Válur”
- German: “Válur”
- German: “Valur/Nesid”
- German: “Válur/Nesið”
- Hungarian: “Válur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Válur”
- Norwegian: “Válur”
- Polish: “Válur”
- Romanian: “Válur”
- Swedish: “Válur”
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