Strendur

Strendur
Village
Strendur at the Skálafjørður, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands
Strendur Location in the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 62°6′46″N 6°45′23″W
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Faroe Islands
Island	Eysturoy
Municipality	Sjóvar Municipality
Population  (January 2024)[1]
• Total	1,015
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (EST)
Postal code	FO 490
Climate	Cfc

Strendur (Danish: Strænder) is a village on the Faroese island of Eysturoy, located along the Skálafjørður fjord. It is the seat and main settlement of the Sjóvar Municipality.

The 2012 population was 785. Its postal code is FO 490. Strendur means beaches or strands in the Faroese language.^[2]

The village is connected by road to Selatrað, Skáli and the rest of Eysturoy, and via the Eysturoyartunnilin to Runavík and Tórshavn.

References

1. Population, municipalities and villages Statistics Faroe Islands
2. Brandt, Don (2006). More Stamps and Story of the Faroe Islands (PDF). Vol. 1. Tórshavn: Postverk Føroya. p. 37. ISBN 99918-3-191-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2008-09-04.

External links

• Danish site with photographs of Strendur

See also

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands