Torteval

Torteval is the smallest of the ten parishes of , one of the western parishes. Its name comes from the Guernésiais words for "twisting valley".
Wikipedia
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  • Type: human settlement with 1,020 residents
  • Description: parish of Guernsey
  • Also known as: “Torteval, Guernsey”, “Tortevas”, and “Tortévas”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Guernsey Airport and Lihou.

Aerodrome
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is an international airport on the island of and the largest airport in the . It is located in the , a parish in Guernsey, 2.5 nautical miles southwest of St.

Islet
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is a small tidal island just off the west coast of the island of , in the , between and . Administratively, forms part of the Parish of St Peter's in the , and is now owned by the States of Guernsey, although there have been a number of owners in the past. is situated 3½ km north of Torteval.

Castle
Photo: Angus MacRae, CC BY 2.0.
, colloquially known as the "cup and saucer", is a located on a tidal rock in Rocquaine Bay in on the west coast of the island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Andrew.

Hamlet
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Saint Andrew is located in the centre of and as such is the only parish on the island to be landlocked. As it is customary to list the parishes round the coast, either clockwise or anti-clockwise, starting with St Peter Port, is usually the last parish to be mentioned in such a list. is situated 6 km east of Torteval.

Torteval

Latitude
49.43° or 49° 25′ 48″ north
Longitude
-2.6489° or 2° 38′ 56″ west
Population
1,020
Elevation
71 metres (233 feet)
Open location code
8CXVC9J2+2C
Geo­Names ID
6417214
Wiki­data ID
Q2671049
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Torteval” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ቶርተቫል”
  • Azerbaijani: “Torteval”
  • Basque: “Torteval”
  • Bengali: “টর্টেভাল”
  • Breton: “Tortévas”
  • Bulgarian: “Тортевал”
  • Cebuano: “Torteval”
  • Chinese: “托特瓦爾”
  • Cornish: “Torteval, Gernsi”
  • Dutch: “Torteval”
  • French: “Torteval”
  • German: “Torteval”
  • Hausa: “Torteval”
  • Indonesian: “Torteval, Guernsey”
  • Interlingue: “Torteval”
  • Italian: “Torteval (Guernsey)”
  • Italian: “Torteval”
  • Italian: “Tortévas”
  • Japanese: “トルトヴァル”
  • Javanese: “Torteval”
  • Kazakh: “Тортевал”
  • Kirghiz: “Тортевал”
  • Lithuanian: “Tortevalo parapija”
  • Malay: “Torteval”
  • Narom: “Tortévas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Torteval”
  • Norwegian: “Torteval”
  • Oromo: “Torteval”
  • Panjabi: “ਟੋਰਟੇਵਾਲ”
  • Persian: “تورتوال”
  • Polish: “Torteval”
  • Portuguese: “Torteval”
  • Pushto: “تورتوال”
  • Russian: “Тортевал”
  • Somali: “Torteval”
  • Spanish: “Torteval”
  • Swahili: “Torteval”
  • Swedish: “Torteval”
  • Tajik: “Тортевал”
  • Tatar: “Тортевал”
  • Uzbek: “Torteval”
  • “Torteval”

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