Sistranda
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Sistranda is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Frøya in Sør-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. It is located on the east side of the island of Frøya, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of Hammarvika
and the Frøya Tunnel. The 1 square kilometres (247.1 acre) village has a population (2009) of 714.
Sistranda has schools representing all levels up to high school. It is also the centre of transportation on the island of Frøya, with buses to locations around the region and ferries with daily routes to Trondheim
, Mausund
, Sula
, and Froan
.
Sør-Trøndelag
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county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is located on the east side of the island of Frøya, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of Hammarvika
Hammarvika
Hammarvika is a village in the municipality of Frøya in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located about south of the municipal center of Sistranda on the southeastern side of the island of Frøya. The village has a population of 499....
and the Frøya Tunnel. The 1 square kilometres (247.1 acre) village has a population (2009) of 714.
Sistranda has schools representing all levels up to high school. It is also the centre of transportation on the island of Frøya, with buses to locations around the region and ferries with daily routes to Trondheim
Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
, Mausund
Mausund
Mausund is a small village and an island group in the municipality of Frøya in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about northwest of the island of Frøya, roughly between the islands of Sula and Halten....
, Sula
Sula, Sør-Trøndelag
Sula is an island group in the municipality of Frøya in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about west of Mausund and about northwest of the island of Frøya....
, and Froan
Froan
Froan is a populated archipelago in Frøya, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. The islands lie in the sea about west of the Fosen peninsula. Froan consists of several hundred islands and islets. The islands run for about in a northeasterly direction, parallel to the coastline. Halten lies at the northern...
.