Vele Destination Guide
Delve into Vele in Wallis and Futuna!
Vele in the region of Wallis and Futuna (general) with it's 309 residents is located in Wallis and Futuna - some 146 mi (or 234 km) South-West of Mata-Utu, the country's capital.
Current time in Vele is now 09:43 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named "Pacific / Wallis" with an UTC offset of 12 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Tauai, Sigave or Mata-Utu. While being here, make sure to check out Vele, Mua, Kolia, Foi and Alo as well. We discovered some videos in the web. Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation.
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Půlnoční mše v Ono na Futuně | Midn...
Silvestrovská půlnoční mše v katedrále v Ono na ostrově Futuna, jižní Pacifik | The Silvester midhight mass at the cathedral of Ono on Futuna island, southern Pacific | La messe de minuit a l...
Tuitoga
Alofi vele
The Wallis way of life !!
En guest stars, Teau , The King of the Guitar!! et Aude la grande cantatrice de Wallis ;)
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Interesting facts about this location
Pointe Vele Airport
Pointe Vele Airport is an airport serving Futuna Island in the French overseas territory of Wallis and Futuna. The airport is located 10 kilometres east of Leava.
Located at -14.32, -178.07 (Lat. / Lng.), less than 0 mi away.
Alofi Island
Alofi is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna. It is virtually uninhabited (population 2 as of census of 2003 in the village of Alofitai in the west), and under the chief of Alo on Futuna, but in pre-European times it was as densely populated as Futuna, which would have been a population of almost 1900. Former villages were Sologa (north), Sa'avaka (southeast), Alofitai (west), and Mua (northwest).
Located at -14.32, -178.07 (Lat. / Lng.), less than 3 mi away.
Hoorn Islands
The Hoorn Islands (also Futuna Islands) are one of the two island groups of which the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna is geographically composed. The aggregate area is 115 km², and the population 4873. The archipelago is named after the dutch city of Hoorn. Geographically, there are two islands: Futuna Island (in the northwest) (83 km², pop. 4871) Alofi Island (in the southeast) (32 km², pop.
Located at -14.32, -178.07 (Lat. / Lng.), less than 6 mi away.
Futuna (Wallis and Futuna)
Futuna is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna. It is one of the Hoorn Islands or Îles Horne, nearby Alofi being the other. They are both a remnant of an old extinct volcano, now bordered with a fringing reef. The island is famous as the place (where the cathedral of Poi now stands) where Pierre Chanel was martyred in 1841, becoming Polynesia's one and only Catholic saint.
Located at -14.32, -178.07 (Lat. / Lng.), less than 6 mi away.
Leava
Leava is the administrative centre of the chiefdom of Sigave on the French Pacific island of Futuna, part of the Wallis and Futuna group. It is located on the shore of Singave Bay in the centre of the island's west coast, and has a population of 480.
Located at -14.32, -178.07 (Lat. / Lng.), less than 7 mi away.
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