Strendur

Strendur is a village on the island of , located along the Skálafjørður fjord. It is the seat and main settlement of the .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 1,050 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Strender”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Svangaskarð and Sjóvar kirkja.

Pitch
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also referred to as Tofta Leikvøllur, is a multi-purpose stadium in , with two football fields and a sports arena for athletics around the lower field.

Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Lake
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is a lake on the island of in the . is located between the villages of and . It is the fourth-largest natural lake in the Faroe Islands and it measures 51 hectares. is situated 3 km southeast of Strendur.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saltnes and Kolbeinagjógv.

Village
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is a village on the island of , , in Nes Municipality. The population was 152 in August 2022.

Village
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, until 2011 also known as Kolbanargjógv, is a village on the western coast of the island of in the Sjóvar municipality, and its postal code is FO 495.

Village
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is a comparatively urbanised village in Municipality, . It lies on the south half of the isle of .

Strendur

Latitude
62.10948° or 62° 6′ 34″ north
Longitude
-6.76122° or 6° 45′ 40″ west
Population
1,050
United Nations Location Code
FO STR
Open location code
9CJM465Q+QG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29023798
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2612233
Wiki­data ID
Q1025132
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Strendur” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Strendur”
  • Chinese: “斯特伦杜尔”
  • Czech: “Strendur”
  • Danish: “Strænder”
  • Danish: “Strendur”
  • Dutch: “Strendur”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ستريندور”
  • Faroese: “Strendur”
  • French: “Strendur”
  • German: “Straender”
  • German: “Strænder”
  • German: “Strendur”
  • German: “Strondum”
  • Greek: “Στρέντουρ”
  • Hungarian: “Strendur”
  • Icelandic: “Strendur”
  • Italian: “Strendur”
  • Lithuanian: “Strenduras”
  • Manx: “Strendur”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Strendur”
  • Norwegian: “Strendur”
  • Polish: “Strendur”
  • Romanian: “Strendur”
  • Russian: “Стрендур”
  • Slovenian: “Strendur”
  • Spanish: “Strendur”
  • Swedish: “Strendur”

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