Saltangará

Village in Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark

62°7′3″N 6°43′7″W / 62.11750°N 6.71861°W / 62.11750; -6.71861State

Kingdom of DenmarkConstituent country

Faroe IslandsIslandEysturoyMunicipalityRunavík MunicipalityFounded1846Population

(January 2024)^[1]

• Total1,183Time zoneGMT • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (EST)Postal code

FO 600

ClimateCfc

Saltangará (Danish: Saltangerå) is a village in the Faroe Islands, on the island of Eysturoy.

Saltangará was founded in 1846 and is situated on the eastern side of Eysturoys Skalafjordur-inlet between Rituvík and Søldarfjørður.^[2]

The name is derived from three words: angar comes from the Old Norse angr which means a fjord or bay; á means a stream; and salt has the same meaning in Faroese, Icelandic and English.^[2]

The village is located in Runavík Municipality along with Æðuvík, Glyvur, Runavík, Rituvík, Skipanes, Søldarfjørdur, Elduvík, Funningsfjørdur, Glyvrar, Oyndarfjørdur, Skáli, Skálafjørdur, Lambi and Lambareidi.

Notable people

Jústinus Hansen, footballer
Jens Martin Knudsen, footballer
Petur Knudsen, footballer
Árni Frederiksberg, footballer

References

^ Population, municipalities and villages Statistics Faroe Islands
^ ^a ^b Brandt, Don (2006). More Stamps and Story of the Faroe Islands (PDF). Vol. 1. Tórshavn: Postverk Føroya. p. 35. ISBN 99918-3-191-6. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2008-09-04.