Norðragøta
Sign in to saveNorðragøta (), also just referred to as Gøta, is a village on Eysturoy island, Faroe Islands.
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Place details
- Locality
- Norðragøta
- Region
- Eysturoy
- Country
- Føroyar
- Population
- 668
- Timezone
- Atlantic/Faroe
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Norðragøta
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Norðragøta, Faroe Islands, 2016.png
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Norðragøta in 2016
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Faroe Islands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- 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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Faroe Islands
- Located in
- Eystur Municipality
- Population
- +659
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Capital of
- Eystur Municipality
- Image
- Norðragøta, Faroe Islands.JPG
Show 1 more fact
- P706
- Eysturoy
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Sports
- Music
- Faroese stamps showing Norðragøta
- Old houses in Norðragøta
- Church of Gøta
- See also
- References
- External links
Norðragøta (), also just referred to as Gøta, is a village on Eysturoy island, Faroe Islands.
== Overview == thumb|right|250px|The famous Faroese singer Eivør Pálsdóttir posing in national costume in front of the museum Blásastova in Gøta. The municipality of Gøta (Gøtu kommuna) was a municipality until 1 January 2009 when it merged with Leirvík into Eysturkommuna. Gøta consists also of the villages Gøtueiði, Gøtugjógv and Syðrugøta. The village lies on Eysturoy's east coast at the bottom of the inlet Gøtuvík. There is a museum called Gøtu Fornminnisavn with the famous house Blásastova. The wooden church in the centre of the village is from 1833.