# Strendur

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'''Strendur''' ({{IPA|fo|ˈsʰtɹɛntər}}) ({{langx|da|Strænder}}) is a village on the [Faroese](/source/Faroe_Islands) island of [Eysturoy](/source/Eysturoy), located along the Skálafjørður [fjord](/source/fjord). It is the seat and main settlement of the [Sjóvar Municipality](/source/Sj%C3%B3var_Municipality).

The 2012 population was 785. Its postal code is FO 490. ''Strendur'' means ''beaches'' or ''strands'' in the [Faroese language](/source/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](/source/Selatra%C3%B0), [Skáli](/source/Sk%C3%A1li) and the rest of Eysturoy, and via the [Eysturoyartunnilin](/source/Eysturoyartunnilin) to [Runavík](/source/Runav%C3%ADk) and [Tórshavn](/source/T%C3%B3rshavn).

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.faroeislands.dk/pages/StrendurIndex.htm Danish site with photographs of Strendur]

==See also==
* [List of towns in the Faroe Islands](/source/List_of_towns_in_the_Faroe_Islands)

{{Commons| Strendur}}

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Category:Populated places in the Faroe Islands

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