Sund

Sund is a village in , and has about 1,020 residents. Sund is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near the village .
  • Type: Village with 1,020 residents
  • Description: village in Sund, Åland Islands, Finland
  • Also known as: “Björby”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Björby Träsk and Sund Church.

Lake
Photo: Håkan Skogsjö, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a lake.

Church
Photo: Annapannar, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Castle
Photo: Mona-Mia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a medieval castle built by the Swedes in the late 14th century. It is located near Road 2 in the municipality of in , , about 25 kilometres northeast of , overlooking a fjord near the village of Kastelholm. is situated 4 km southwest of Sund.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saltvik and Haraldsby.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is located in the northeastern part of mainland and is the largest municipality in the province by land area. Out of 1,800 residents who live in the municipality year-round about 91 % speak Swedish as their mother tongue.

Village
Photo: Grigorius m, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 6 km west of Sund.

Town
Photo: Erik Wannee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Finström is a municipality in , 17 kilometers north of . The largest settlement is , which is also the second largest urban area of Åland after Mariehamn. is situated 8 km west of Sund.

Sund

Latitude
60.25806° or 60° 15′ 29″ north
Longitude
20.12594° or 20° 7′ 33″ east
Population
1,020
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Open location code
9GG2745G+69
Open­Street­Map ID
node 460412569
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
635815
Wiki­data ID
Q21974169
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Sund” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሱንድ”
  • Arabic: “سوند”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sund”
  • Bengali: “সুন্ড”
  • Cebuano: “Sund”
  • Chinese: “松德”
  • Esperanto: “Sund”
  • Estonian: “Sundi vald”
  • Finnish: “Björby”
  • Finnish: “Sund”
  • French: “Sund”
  • German: “Björby”
  • German: “Sund”
  • Hausa: “Sund”
  • Hindi: “सुंड”
  • Indonesian: “Sund”
  • Japanese: “スンド”
  • Javanese: “Sund”
  • Kazakh: “Зунд”
  • Kirghiz: “Зунд”
  • Malay: “Sund”
  • Oromo: “Sund”
  • Panjabi: “ਸੁਂਡ”
  • Persian: “سوند”
  • Portuguese: “Sund”
  • Pushto: “سند”
  • Romanian: “Sund”
  • Russian: “Бьёрбю”
  • Russian: “Сунд”
  • Somali: “Sund”
  • Spanish: “Sund”
  • Swahili: “Sund”
  • Swedish: “Björby”
  • Swedish: “Sund”
  • Tajik: “Зунд”
  • Tatar: “Зунд”
  • Turkish: “Sund”
  • Urdu: “سند”
  • Uzbek: “Sund”
  • “Björby”
  • “Björby (Åland)”
  • “Björby (Sund)”

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