Official Name: | Stryn |
Other Name: | Tonning |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Vestland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Vestland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Nordfjord |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Stryn Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.92 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Total: | 2,553 |
Population Density Km2: | 1330 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 6783 Stryn |
Elevation M: | 5 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 61.9025°N 6.7178°W |
Stryn is the administrative centre of Stryn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. 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.[2]
The 1.92km2 village has a population (2019) of 2,553 and a population density of .[3] 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 region.