Mikladalur
Sign in to saveMikladalur, meaning "great valley or dale" is the largest of four villages on the northern Faroese island of Kalsoy in the municipality of Klaksvík. It is situated in a large U-shaped valley on the east coast of the island.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mikladalur
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Mikladalur.2.Kalsoy.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Mikladalur Church, looking across to the island of Kunoy
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Faroe Islands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Faroe Islands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Constituent country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Island
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kalsoy
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Klaksvík
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 30 April 2025
- Settlement.population_total
- 26
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- hamlet
- Country
- Faroe Islands
- Located in
- Klaksvík Municipality
- Population
- 27
- Capital of
- Kalsoy
- Image
- Mikladalur.Kalsoy.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mikladalur
- Commons gallery
- Mikladalur
- located in/on physical feature
- Kalsoy
- postal code
- FO 797
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Legend of the Selkie
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- References
- External links
Mikladalur, meaning "great valley or dale" is the largest of four villages on the northern Faroese island of Kalsoy in the municipality of Klaksvík. It is situated in a large U-shaped valley on the east coast of the island.
The town's stone church dates from 1856. A tunnel to Trøllanes to the north was completed in 1985.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mikladalur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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