Strand, Vestfold Explained

Official Name:Strand
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Norway Vestfold#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Eastern Norway
Subdivision Name2:Vestfold
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Vestfold
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Sandefjord Municipality
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:3237 Sandefjord
Coordinates:59.1024°N 10.2865°W
Elevation M:6
Elevation Footnotes:[1]

Strand is a village in Sandefjord Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located along the Mefjorden in the middle part of Østerøya peninsula, about to the southeast of the centre of the city of Sandefjord, about south of the village of Hafallen, and about south of the village of Lahelle.

Strand is considered to be one of the outer neighborhoods in the eastern part of the city of Sandefjord which has an area of and a population (in 2022) of 45,816.[2] The statistical area Strand, which also can include the peripheral parts of the village as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of 164.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Søndre Strand, Sandefjord . 2023-12-02 . yr.no.
  2. Web site: Statistisk sentralbyrå . Statistics Norway . 2022-01-01 . Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality .
  3. Web site: Statistics Norway . 2007 . Statistics bank . dead . https://archive.today/20120526193552/http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/Default_FR.asp?PXSid=0&nvl=true&PLanguage=0&tilside=selectvarval/define.asp&Tabellid=04317 . 2012-05-26.