Selatrað ( da, Selletræ) is a village on the west coast of the Faroese island of
Eysturoy in
Sjóvar Municipality. The name ''Selatrað'' refers to ''a breeding place for seals''.
The 2010 population was 38.
Its postal code is FO 497. The village's church, the first in the
archipelago made from
concrete, was built in 1927. The third biggest
plantation in the
Faroe Islands is in Selatrað. It was severely damaged in a
hurricane in 1988, destroying 2/3 of it. However the biggest trees (20m in height) survived.
Selatrað was once the
parliamentary meeting place for the whole of Eysturoy.
References
External links
Danish site with photographs of Selatrað
See also
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List of towns in the Faroe Islands
Populated places in the Faroe Islands
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