Fårösund

Fårösund is a locality situated on the island of with 800 inhabitants in 2014. The village can be reached by car from . The island of can be reached by ferry from Fårösund.
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  • Type: Village with 816 residents
  • Description: urban area in Gotland Municipality, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Estreito de Fårösund”, “Faaroesund”, “Faroesund”, and “Farosund”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Roy and Bunge Museum.

Movie theater
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is a movie theater.

Museum
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Church
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is a medieval church in on the Swedish island of .

Fårösund

Latitude
57.86303° or 57° 51′ 47″ north
Longitude
19.05089° or 19° 3′ 3″ east
Population
816
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
UN/LOCODE
SE FSD
Open location code
9F9XV372+69
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2996057984
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2715285
Wiki­data ID
Q1479259
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Fårösund” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Ферьосунд”
  • Cebuano: “Fårösund (estretso)”
  • Cebuano: “Fårösund”
  • Chinese: “福勒松德”
  • Danish: “Fårösund”
  • Dutch: “Fårösund”
  • Finnish: “Fårösund”
  • French: “Fårösund”
  • German: “Farösund”
  • German: “Fårösund”
  • Hebrew: “פוראסונד”
  • Irish: “Fårösund”
  • Italian: “Fårösund”
  • Japanese: “フォーレスンド”
  • Ladin: “Fårösund”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Fårösund”
  • Northern Frisian: “Fårösund”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fårösund”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fårösund”
  • Norwegian: “Fårösund”
  • Norwegian: “Fårøsund”
  • Persian: “فورشوند”
  • Polish: “Fårösund”
  • Portuguese: “Fårösund”
  • Swedish: “Fårösund”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Bunge and Gamla lägerplatsen.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Lilla fabriken and Fårösunds Marinvarv.

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