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Fårö
Sign in to saveFårö () or '''''' in Gutnish is a Baltic Sea island just north of the island of Gotland, itself off mainland Sweden's southeastern coast. It is the second-largest island in the county and a popular summer resort. It has its own language, Faroymal, a dialect of Gutnish.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Fårö
- Islands.image_name
- Rauks (3881539849).jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Rauks at Langhammars, Fårö
- Islands.map
- Sweden Gotland
- Islands.label
- Fårö
- Islands.label_position
- left
- Islands.map_caption
- Gotland (Sweden)
- Islands.country
- Sweden
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- County
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Gotland County
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Municipality
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Gotland Municipality
- Islands.waterbody
- Baltic Sea
- Islands.area_km2
- 113.30
- Islands.population
- 505
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2021
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Etymology
- Demographics
- Military past
- Cinematic heritage
- Tourism
- Landowners
- Places of interest
- Digerhuvud
- Fårö Lighthouse
- Langhammars
- Sudersand
- References
- External links
Fårö () or '''''' in Gutnish is a Baltic Sea island just north of the island of Gotland, itself off mainland Sweden's southeastern coast. It is the second-largest island in the county and a popular summer resort. It has its own language, Faroymal, a dialect of Gutnish.
Fårö is also the name of the populated area () consisting of both Fårö and Gotska Sandön islands. It comprises the same area as the administrative Fårö District, established on 1January 2016.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fårö” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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