Färjestaden
Färjestaden is a locality situated in Mörbylånga Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 5,018 inhabitants in 2010. It is located in the southern part of the island of Öland, on the Kalmar Strait side, south of Borgholm.Photo: Bernt Fransson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 5,650 residents
- Description: urban area in Mörbylånga Municipality, Sweden
- Also known as: “Faerjestaden”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Öland bridge and Öland Zoo and Amusement Park.
Öland bridge
Bridge
Photo: Bernt Fransson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Öland bridge is a road bridge in Sweden that spans the Kalmar Strait, between Jutnabben in Kalmar on the mainland and Möllstorp in Algutsrum parish near Färjestaden on Öland in the Baltic Sea. Öland bridge is situated 4 km northwest of Färjestaden.
Öland Zoo and Amusement Park
Zoo
The Öland Zoo and Amusement Park is a zoo and an amusement park one kilometer north of Färjestaden in Sweden. Short after the Öland Bridge was inaugurated on 30 September 1972, the founder of the zoo, Boris Bravin bought an old farm close to the bridge where he, assisted by the architect Sören Rasmussen established a zoo.
Skogsbylund
Nature reserve
Photo: L.G.foto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skogsbylund is a nature reserve, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Färjestaden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Algutsrum and Kalmar.
Algutsrum
Village
Photo: L.G.foto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Algutsrum is a locality situated in Mörbylånga Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 532 inhabitants in 2010. Algutsrum Hundred was a hundred of Öland in Sweden. Algutsrum is situated 4½ km northeast of Färjestaden.
Kalmar
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kalmar is a city in the Småland province in southeastern Sweden, on the coast of the Baltic sea. Kalmar is one of the oldest Swedish cities, and traces of settlements from the Iron Age have been found.
Vickleby
Village
Photo: Boberger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vickleby is a locality situated in Mörbylånga Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 320 inhabitants in 2010. Vickleby is situated 8 km south of Färjestaden.
Färjestaden
- Categories: urban area in Sweden and locality
- Location: Torslunda socken, Torslunda, Mörbylånga Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
56.65171° or 56° 39′ 6″ northLongitude
16.47218° or 16° 28′ 20″ eastPopulation
5,650Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)United Nations Location Code
SE FAROpen location code
9F8RMF2C+MVOpenStreetMap ID
node 27588041OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Swedish—“Färjestaden” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Färjestaden”
- Bulgarian: “Ферестаден”
- Cebuano: “Färjestaden”
- Chinese: “Färjestaden”
- Czech: “Färjestaden”
- Danish: “Færjestaden”
- Danish: “Färjestaden”
- Dutch: “Färjestaden”
- Faroese: “Färjestaden”
- Finnish: “Färjestaden”
- French: “Färjestaden”
- German: “Färjestaden”
- Hebrew: “פריסטאדן”
- Icelandic: “Färjestaden”
- Irish: “Färjestaden”
- Italian: “Färjestaden”
- Ladin: “Färjestaden”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Färjestaden”
- Northern Frisian: “Färjestaden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Färjestaden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Färjestaden”
- Norwegian: “Färjestaden”
- Persian: “فایستادن”
- Polish: “Färjestaden”
- Portuguese: “Färjestaden”
- Romanian: “Färjestaden”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Färjestaden”
- Slovak: “Färjestaden”
- Slovenian: “Färjestaden”
- Swedish: “Färjestaden”
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