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Sjøholt is a village in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the northern shore of the Storfjorden, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of the village of Skodje. The village of Stordal is located about 18 kilometres (11 mi) to the south, through several tunnels.
Ålesund, Norway, ca. 1895, before the fire. According to local legend, Ålesund was founded by Gangerolf (outside of Norway better known as Rollo), in the 9th century. [16] the 10th-century founder of the dynasty of the dukes of Normandy, hailed from the community of Giske, north-west of Ålesund.
Ålesund (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈôːɫəsʉn] ⓘ) is a town in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.The town is the administrative centre of Ålesund Municipality.The centre of the town of Ålesund lies on the islands of Hessa, Aspøya, Nørvøya with newer developments located on the islands of Uksenøya the outer parts of the "urban area" even stretch onto the island of Sula which is in ...
The Ålesund Region (Norwegian: Ålesundregionen, Urban East Norwegian: [ˈôːɫəsʉnrɛɡɪˌuːnn̩]) is a metropolitan region in Møre og Romsdal county in western Norway. It consists of a number of municipalities, centered on the city/municipality of Ålesund .
Among the cities of today which got this status before 1996, Tvedestrand with 1,983 inhabitants is the smallest. On another note, the laws of 1996 allowed some settlements which lost their city status in the 1960s to regain it. Oslo, founded in the 11th century, is the largest city and also the capital of Norway.
Borgund is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.The municipality existed from 1837 until 1968 when it was merged into Ålesund Municipality.Borgund originally encompassed the large area north of the Storfjorden and south of the Grytafjorden, from the mainland areas of today's Skodje Municipality in the east to the islands of today's Giske Municipality and the ocean in the west.
Brattvåg is a village in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.The village is located on the Norwegian mainland, along the west side of the Samfjorden.It is located about 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) northwest of the villages of Vatne/Eidsvik.
Aspøya is an island in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 0.6-square-kilometre (0.23 sq mi) island is one of the islands on which the city of Ålesund is built. The other islands are Hessa (to the west) and Nørvøya (to the east). Aspøya is the location of the 1904 Ålesund Fire.