Formentera

Formentera is the smallest and southernmost of 's . The island is flat and sandy with magnificent, unspoilt beaches. There are a few places where the land rises to present spectacular cliffs to the sea.
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  • Type: Locality with 10,800 residents
  • Description: municipality of Baleares, Spain, containing the island of the same name
  • Also known as: 07024

Places of Interest

Highlights include Megalithic tomb of Ca na Costa and Església de Sant Ferran de ses Roques.

Archaeological site
is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sant Francesc de Formentera and Sant Ferran de ses Roques.

Town
Sant Francesc Xavier or is a village and capital and largest settlement of Formentera, , Spain. It includes a cultural centre so visitors can learn about the village's history throughout the history of Formentera.

Suburb
is a village on the island Formentera, , Spain and one of the three parishes of the island. Sant Ferran is located in the middle of the island, at the crossroads of PM-820, the main road of the island, and PM-820-2, between the towns of Sant Francesc Xavier, Es Pujols and El Pilar de la Mola.

Village
or La Sabina is a port village in Formentera, on the , off eastern . The Far de lighthouse is located nearby.

Formentera

Latitude
38.7191° or 38° 43′ 9″ north
Longitude
1.4587° or 1° 27′ 31″ east
Population
10,800
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
8FC3PF95+JF
Geo­Names ID
6356033
Wiki­data ID
Q52626
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Formentera” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Formentera
  • Albanian: Formentera
  • Arabic: فرمنتيرة
  • Arabic: فورمينتيرا
  • Aragonese: Formentera
  • Armenian: Ֆորմենտերա
  • Asturian: Formentera
  • Basque: Formentera
  • Belarusian: Востраў Фарментэра
  • Belarusian: Фарментэра
  • Bengali: ফোরমেন্টেরা
  • Breton: Formentera
  • Bulgarian: Форментера
  • Catalan: Formentera
  • Cebuano: Formentera
  • Cebuano: Isla de Formentera
  • Chechen: Форментера
  • Chinese: 福门特拉岛
  • Croatian: Formentera
  • Czech: Formentera
  • Danish: Formentera
  • Dutch: Formentera
  • Egyptian Arabic: فورمينتيرا
  • Esperanto: Formentero
  • Estonian: Formentera
  • Finnish: Formentera
  • French: Formentera
  • Galician: Formentera
  • Georgian: ფორმენტერა
  • German: Formentera
  • Greek: Φορμεντέρα
  • Hausa: Formentera
  • Hebrew: פורמנטרה
  • Hungarian: Formentera
  • Icelandic: Formentera
  • Indonesian: Formentera
  • Irish: Formentera
  • Italian: Formentera
  • Japanese: フォルメンテラ島
  • Korean: 포르멘테라섬
  • Ladin: Formentera
  • Latin: Frumentaria
  • Latvian: Formentera
  • Lithuanian: Formentera
  • Lombard: Formentera
  • Lower Sorbian: Formentera
  • Macedonian: Форментера
  • Macedonian: Фурмантера
  • Malagasy: Formentera
  • Marathi: फोर्मेंतेरा
  • Northern Frisian: Formentera
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Formentera
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Formentera
  • Norwegian: Formentera
  • Occitan (post 1500): Formentera
  • Persian: فرمنترا
  • Persian: فورمنترا
  • Polish: Formentera
  • Portuguese: Formentera
  • Romanian: Formentera
  • Russian: Форментера
  • Sardinian: Formentera
  • Scots: Formentera
  • Scottish Gaelic: Formentera
  • Serbian: Форментера
  • Serbo-Croatian: Formentera
  • Sicilian: Formentera
  • Slovak: Formentera
  • Slovenian: Formentera
  • South Azerbaijani: فرمنترا
  • Spanish: Formentera
  • Swedish: Formentera
  • Swiss German: Formentera
  • Tatar: Форментера
  • Thai: เกาะฟอร์เมนเตรา
  • Tosk Albanian: Formentera
  • Turkish: Formentera
  • Ukrainian: Форментера
  • Upper Sorbian: Formentera
  • Venetian: Formentera
  • Vietnamese: Formentera
  • Waray (Philippines): Formentera
  • Welsh: Formentera
  • Western Frisian: Formenteara
  • Wu Chinese: 福门特拉岛

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