Saltangará

Saltangará is a village in the , on the island of . Saltangará was founded in 1846 and is situated on the eastern side of Skalafjordur-inlet between and .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 1,200 residents
  • Description: settlement on Eysturoy, Faroe Islands
  • Also known as: “Heiðarnar”, “Saltangara”, and “Saltangeraa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Glyvra Church and Við Løkin.

Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pitch
Photo: Timmietovenaar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of NSÍ Runavík. The stadium holds 1,500 people.

Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glyvrar and Runavík.

Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village located on , in the . It is one of several villages on the east side of the fjord that have grown into a 10-kilometre-long conurbation.

Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a comparatively urbanised village in Municipality, . It lies on the south half of the isle of .

Village
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is a village on the island of , , in Nes Municipality. The population was 152 in August 2022.

Saltangará

Latitude
62.11892° or 62° 7′ 8″ north
Longitude
-6.72021° or 6° 43′ 13″ west
Population
1,200
Elevation
101 metres (331 feet)
Open location code
9CJM479H+HW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29023792
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2614304
Wiki­data ID
Q1025146
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Saltangará” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Saltangará”
  • Danish: “Saltangara”
  • Danish: “Saltangará”
  • Danish: “Saltangerå”
  • Dutch: “Saltangara”
  • Dutch: “Saltangará”
  • Faroese: “Saltangará”
  • French: “Saltangara”
  • French: “Saltangará”
  • German: “Saltangara”
  • German: “Saltangará”
  • Greek: “Σάλτανγκαρα”
  • Hungarian: “Saltangará”
  • Icelandic: “Saltangará”
  • Irish: “Saltangará”
  • Manx: “Saltangara”
  • Manx: “Saltangará”
  • Northern Frisian: “Saltangará”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saltangará”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saltangerå”
  • Norwegian: “Saltangará”
  • Polish: “Saltangara”
  • Polish: “Saltangará”
  • Romanian: “Saltangara”
  • Romanian: “Saltangará”
  • Russian: “Сальтенгароа”
  • Spanish: “Saltangara”
  • Spanish: “Saltangará”
  • Swedish: “Saltangara”
  • Swedish: “Saltangará”

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