Stryn is the
administrative centre of
Stryn Municipality in
Vestland
Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located on the shore of a small bay off of the main
Nordfjorden. The mouth of the river
Stryneelva is in the village. The village sits about west of the village of
Nedstryn.
The village has a population (2019) of 2,553 and a
population density
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of .
It is the largest settlement in the municipality and it is home to the municipal administration, a school, and commercial centre. The village sits at the intersection of
Norwegian National Road 15 and
Norwegian County Road 60, a major crossroads in the Inner
Nordfjord
Nordfjord ( en, Northern fjord—in contrast to Sunnfjord) is a traditional district of Norway.
Geography
The region is located in the northern part of Vestland county in Western Norway. It centers on the Nordfjorden and it comprises the muni ...
region.
References
Villages in Vestland
Stryn
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