Alftanes

Álftanes is the name of a town and a collection of small peninsulas in . It means swan peninsula. The best known of these peninsulas extrudes from the eastern part of with the town of the same name in the of Iceland.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 2,920 residents
  • Description: town, former municipality on the same-named low-lying peninsula in Greater Reykjavík Area, Iceland
  • Also known as: “Álftanes”
  • Postal code: 225

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bessastaðakirkja and Bessastaðir.

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

Residential area
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is the official residence of the president of Iceland. It is situated in Álftanes, about 15 kilometres from the capital city, .

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hafnarfjörður and Garðabaer.

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is a town in with a population of 30,000. The town was built atop lava fields that erupted 12,000 years ago. was first settled in the late 14th century, a long history as a town by Icelandic standards, although today it is considered a suburb of .

Town
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Garðabær is a town and municipality in the of . is situated 5 km east of Alftanes.

Locality
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is a multi-purpose stadium in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar. is situated 5 km southeast of Alftanes.

Alftanes

Latitude
64.1056° or 64° 6′ 20″ north
Longitude
-22.02019° or 22° 1′ 13″ west
Population
2,920
Open location code
99PV4X4H+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2918048188
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3417972
Wiki­data ID
Q139045
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Alftanes” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Aulftanesas”
  • Arabic: “ألفتينس”
  • Asturian: “Álftanes”
  • Basque: “Álftanes”
  • Belarusian: “Альфтанес”
  • Belarusian: “Альфтанэс”
  • Catalan: “Álftanes”
  • Chinese: “奧爾塔內斯”
  • Czech: “Álftanes”
  • Danish: “Álftanes”
  • Dutch: “Alftanes”
  • Dutch: “Álftanes”
  • Esperanto: “Álftanes”
  • Finnish: “Álftanes”
  • French: “Álftanes”
  • French: “Sveitarfélagið Álftanes”
  • German: “Álftanes”
  • Hebrew: “אאולפטאנס”
  • Icelandic: “Álftanes”
  • Icelandic: “Álftanesi”
  • Icelandic: “Sveitarfélagið Álftanes”
  • Indonesian: “Álftanes”
  • Italian: “Álftanes”
  • Japanese: “アゥルタネース”
  • Korean: “아울프타네스”
  • Latin: “Álftanes”
  • Lithuanian: “Aulftanesas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Álftanes”
  • Macedonian: “Аулфтанес”
  • Malay: “Álftanes”
  • Moksha: “Аультанэс”
  • Northern Sami: “Álftanes”
  • Northern Sami: “Sveitarfélagið Álftanes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Álftanes”
  • Norwegian: “Álftanes”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Álftanes”
  • Persian: “آلفتانس”
  • Polish: “Álftanes”
  • Portuguese: “Álftanes”
  • Russian: “Аульфтанес”
  • Scots: “Alftanes”
  • Scots: “Álftanes”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Álftanes”
  • Slovenian: “Álftanes”
  • Spanish: “Alftanes”
  • Spanish: “Álftanes”
  • Swedish: “Álftanes”
  • Turkish: “Álftanes”
  • Ukrainian: “Альфтанес”
  • Ukrainian: “Аультанес”
  • Uzbek: “Álftanes”
  • Welsh: “Álftanes”

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