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'''Strendur''' ({{IPA|fo|ˈsʰtɹɛntər}}) ({{langx|da|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.<ref name="stamps">{{cite book|first=Don|last=Brandt|title=More Stamps and Story of the Faroe Islands|url=http://www.faroestamps.fo/download/stamps_i_england-22.pdf|access-date=2008-09-04|volume=1|year=2006|publisher=Postverk Føroya|location=Tórshavn|isbn=99918-3-191-6|page=37|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927130140/http://www.faroestamps.fo/download/stamps_i_england-22.pdf|archive-date=2011-09-27}}</ref>
The village is connected by road to Selatrað, Skáli and the rest of Eysturoy, and via the Eysturoyartunnilin to Runavík and Tórshavn.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.faroeislands.dk/pages/StrendurIndex.htm Danish site with photographs of Strendur]
==See also== * List of towns in the Faroe Islands
{{Commons| Strendur}}
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Category:Populated places in the Faroe Islands
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