Stryn is the

administrative centre An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...

Stryn Municipality Stryn is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Stryn. The municipality is located along the innermost part of th ...

Vestland Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...

county,

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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 Stryneelva or Strynselva is a river in the municipality of Stryn in Vestland county, Norway. It has a length of about , starting from the lake Oppstrynsvatn, assuming a meander A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the Ch ...

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

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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

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and Norwegian County Road 60, a major crossroads in the Inner

Nordfjord Nordfjord (—in contrast to Sunnfjord) is a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. Geography The region is located in the northern part of Vestland county in Western Norway. It centers on the Nordfjorden and it comprises Stad Muni ...

region.

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Villages in Vestland Stryn {{Vestland-geo-stub