Strand

Strand is a municipality in county, . It is located in the traditional district of . The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of .
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  • Type: Hamlet with 13,500 residents
  • Description: municipality in Rogaland, Norway
  • Also known as: Strand Municipality” and “Strand, Norway
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Strand Church.

Church
is a of the Church of Norway in Strand Municipality in county, . It is located in the village of . It is the church for the Strand parish which is part of the Ryfylke prosti in the Diocese of Stavanger.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jørpeland.

Town
Photo: rheins, CC BY 3.0.
is the administrative centre of Strand municipality in county, . The town is located on the western coast of the mainland, along the shore of the Idsefjorden, about 20 kilometres northeast of the city of Stavanger. is situated 7 km southeast of Strand.

Strand

Latitude
59.04895° or 59° 2′ 56″ north
Longitude
5.92608° or 5° 55′ 34″ east
Population
13,500
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NO STD
Open location code
9FF72WXG+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9999245119
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
3135833
Wiki­data ID
Q48591
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Strand” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Strand
  • Arabic: ستراند
  • Armenian: Ստրանդ
  • Asturian: conceyu de Strand (Noruega)
  • Asturian: Strand kommune
  • Asturian: Strand
  • Bavarian: Strand, Norwegen
  • Bavarian: Strand, Norwegn
  • Catalan: Strand
  • Cebuano: Strand (munisipyo)
  • Cebuano: Strand
  • Chinese: Strand
  • Chinese: 斯特兰
  • Chinese: 斯特蘭
  • Danish: Strand kommune
  • Danish: Strand Kommune
  • Dutch: Strand kommune
  • Dutch: Strand
  • Esperanto: Strand
  • Finnish: Strand
  • French: Strand
  • German: Gemeinde Strand
  • German: Strand
  • Hungarian: Strand
  • Irish: Strand
  • Italian: Strand
  • Japanese: ストラン
  • Javanese: Strand, Norwegia
  • Javanese: Strand
  • Korean: 스트란
  • Latin: Strand
  • Latin: Strandsognium
  • Limburgan: Strand
  • Lithuanian: Strandas
  • Low German: Kommun Strand
  • Malay: Strand, Norway
  • Min Nan Chinese: Strand
  • Northern Sami: Strand (Norga)
  • Northern Sami: Strand
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Strand kommune
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Strand
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Strand kommune
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Strand
  • Norwegian: Strand kommune
  • Norwegian: Strand
  • Occitan (post 1500): Strand
  • Persian: استرند، نروژ
  • Polish: Strand
  • Portuguese: Strand
  • Romanian: Comuna Strand
  • Romanian: Strand
  • Russian: Странн
  • Slovenian: Strand, Norveška
  • Slovenian: Strand
  • Spanish: Strand
  • Swahili: Strand
  • Swedish: Strands kommun
  • Turkish: Strand
  • Waray (Philippines): Strand, Norway
  • Waray (Philippines): Strand

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