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Sjøholt
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 east of the village of Skodje. The village of Stordal is located about to the south, through several tunnels. Sjøholt is located roughly halfway between the towns of Ålesund and Molde, along European route E39 and European route E136. The village has a population (2018) of 1,472 and a population density of . The village is home to furniture, wood, and plastics industries. The regional high school and Ørskog Church are also located here. The newspaper '' Bygdebladet'' is published in Sjøholt. The village was the administrative centre of the old Ørskog Municipality Ørskog is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre was the village of Sjøholt. The other main village was Vaksvika, about south of Sjøholt. The European Route E ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ørskog Municipality
Ørskog is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre was the village of Sjøholt. The other main village was Vaksvika, about south of Sjøholt. The European Route E39/ E136 highway runs through the municipality, connecting the towns of Ålesund and Molde. Rauma Group is the largest company in Ørskog in terms of turnover. At the time if its dissolution in 2020, the municipality was the 363rd largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Ørskog is the 309th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,267. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 7% over the last decade. General information Ørskog was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 August 1883, the southwestern district of Ørskog (most of Ørskog on the southwestern side of the Storfjorden except for the Søvik and Ramstaddalen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Route E39
European route E39 is the designation of a north–south road in Norway and Denmark from Klett, just south of Trondheim, to Aalborg via Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand. In total, there are nine ferries, more than any other single road in Europe. In Trondheim, there are connections to E6 and E14. In Ålesund, to E136, in Bergen to E16, in Haugesund, to E134, in Kristiansand to E18, and in Aalborg to E45. Norwegian part In Norway, E39 is part of Norwegian national road system, and is as such developed and maintained by the public roads administration. E39 is mostly a two-lane undivided road, and only relatively short sections near Stavanger, Trondheim and Bergen are motorways or semi-motorways. Trøndelag county ;Trondheim * * Klett junction * Udduvoll bru ;Melhus * Semi-motorway Øysand-Thamshavn/Orkanger (22 km) * 2 Toll stations at Øysand/Buvika and Thamshavn ;Skaun * Skaun ;Orkland * Orkanger * Lensvik, Fosen ; Heim * ferry from Halsa to Kanestr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Møre Og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the largest town. The county is governed by the Møre og Romsdal County Municipality which includes an elected county council and a county mayor. The national government is represented by the county governor. Name The name ''Møre og Romsdal'' was created in 1936. The first element refers to the districts of Nordmøre and Sunnmøre, and the last element refers to Romsdal. Until 1919, the county was called "Romsdalens amt", and from 1919 to 1935 "Møre fylke". For hundreds of years (1660-1919), the region was called ''Romsdalen amt'', after the Romsdalen valley in the present-day Rauma Municipality. The Old Norse form of the name was ''Raumsdalr''. The first element is the genitive case of the name ''Raumr'' derived from the name of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ã…lesund Municipality
Ålesund () sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centre of the Ålesund Region. The town of Ålesund is the administrative centre of Ålesund Municipality, as well as the principal shipping town of the Sunnmøre district. The town is a sea port and is noted for its concentration of Art Nouveau architecture. Although sometimes internationally spelled by its older name ''Aalesund'', this spelling is obsolete in Norwegian. However, the local football club Aalesunds FK still carries that spelling, having been founded before the official change. The municipality is the 184th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Ålesund is the 13th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 67,114. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 9.9% over the previous 10-year period. General information In 1793, the po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bygdebladet
''Bygdebladet'' (The Country Gazette) is a newspaper published in Sjøholt in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The newspaper is published in Nynorsk and is issued on Wednesdays and Saturdays in the municipalities of Vestnes, Ørskog, Stordal, Skodje, and Haram. The paper was started in 1972 by Kjell Opsal. Opsal edited the paper until 2015, when he was succeeded by Reidar Opsal. Circulation According to the Norwegian Audit Bureau of Circulations (''Norsk Opplagskontroll'') and the National Association of Local Newspapers The National Association of Local Newspapers ( no, Landslaget for lokalaviser, LLA) is a Norwegian association for local newspapers. The organization was established in Voss in 1976, and it works for its member companies' general conditions and inte ... (''Landslaget for lokalaviser''), ''Bygdebladet'' has had the following annual circulation: *2006: 3,056 *2007: 2,979 *2008: 2,847 *2009: 2,870 *2010: 2,801 *2011: 2,691 *2012: 2,642 *2013: 2,500 *2014: 2,439 *2015: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ørskog Church
Ørskog Church ( no, Ørskog kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sjøholt. It is the church for the Ørskog parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1873 using plans drawn up by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 600 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1325, but the church was not new that year. The first church in Ørskog was a wooden stave church that was located about southeast of the present church site. It was likely first built during the 12th century. In 1640, the church was described as being dilapidated and inappropriately small. In 1642, a new rectangular church was constructed on the same site, very likely another stave church with a rectangular nave and a smaller, narrower chancel in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Route E136
European route E 136 is a European highway located entirely in Møre og Romsdal and Innlandet counties in Norway. The highway begins in the town of Ålesund in Møre og Romsdal county on the west coast of Norway, and it goes east up through the Romsdalen valley, crossing into the upper Gudbrandsdalen Valley to end at the village of Dombås in Dovre Municipality in Innlandet county. Møre og Romsdal county Ålesund municipality * Ålesund, to Ålesund Airport, Vigra * at Spjelkavik (jointly with E136 until Vestnes in Vestnes Municipality) * Sørnes Tunnel (236 m) * Brusdal * Sjøholt Vestnes municipality * at Vestnes (jointly with E136 from Spjelkavika in Ålesund) * Tresfjord Bridge over the Tresfjorden Rauma municipality * Vågstrand Tunnel (3,665 m) * Måndal Tunnel (2,080 m) * Innfjord Tunnel (6,594 m) * Rauma Bridge over the Rauma River (140 m) * Åndalsnes * Sogge Bridge at Åndalsnes Innlandet county Lesja municipality * at Lesja Dovre munici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stordal (village)
Stordal is the administrative centre of Fjord Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the Storfjorden at the mouth of the river ''Stordalselva''. The village of Sjøholt (in neighboring Ålesund Municipality) lies about north of Stordal, on the other side of the Stordal Tunnel. The historic mountain farm, Ytste Skotet, lies about to the northwest, across the fjord. The village has a population (2018) of 623 and a population density Population density (in agriculture: Stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ... of . The main church for the municipality, Stordal Church is located in this village. The Old Stordal Church, now a museum, is also located here. References Villages in Møre og Romsdal Fjord (municipality) {{MøreRomsdal-geo- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storfjorden (Sunnmøre)
Storfjorden or Storfjord is a long fjord in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It stretches from the village of Hareid in the west to the villages of Tafjord and Geiranger in the east. The Storfjorden system branches off into several smaller fjords including the famous Geirangerfjord and Tafjorden. At the village of Stranda, the main fjord branches off into the Sunnylvsfjorden-Geirangerfjorden to the west and the Norddalsfjorden-Tafjorden to the east. The name literally means the "big" or "great" fjord, indicating that this is a long fjord and it is, in fact, the main fjord in this region. Stretching about , Storfjord is the 5th longest fjord in Norway. The Storfjord is a dominant topographical feature in the Sunnmøre region as it cuts the region in two parts that are only connected by ferry. The deepest point in the fjord is near the village of Dyrkorn in the municipality of Stordal. The landscape around Storfjorden is typical for Western Norway. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ã…lesund
Ålesund () sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centre of the Ålesund Region. The town of Ålesund is the administrative centre of Ålesund Municipality, as well as the principal shipping town of the Sunnmøre district. The town is a sea port and is noted for its concentration of Art Nouveau architecture. Although sometimes internationally spelled by its older name ''Aalesund'', this spelling is obsolete in Norwegian. However, the local football club Aalesunds FK still carries that spelling, having been founded before the official change. The municipality is the 184th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Ålesund is the 13th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 67,114. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 9.9% over the previous 10-year period. General information In 1793, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It is used in most parts of Europe and in a few North African countries. CET is also known as Middle European Time (MET, German: MEZ) and by colloquial names such as Amsterdam Time, Berlin Time, Brussels Time, Madrid Time, Paris Time, Rome Time, Warsaw Time or even Romance Standard Time (RST). The 15th meridian east is the central axis for UTC+01:00 in the world system of time zones. As of 2011, all member states of the European Union observe summer time (daylight saving time), from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. States within the CET area switch to Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00) for the summer. In Africa, UTC+01:00 is called West Africa Time (WAT), where it is used by several countries, year round. Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia also refer to it as ''Central European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year. It corresponds to UTC+02:00, which makes it the same as Eastern European Time, Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time and Kaliningrad Time in Russia. Names Other names which have been applied to Central European Summer Time are Middle European Summer Time (MEST), Central European Daylight Saving Time (CEDT), and Bravo Time (after the second letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet). Period of observation Since 1996, European Summer Time has been observed between 01:00 UTC (02:00 CET and 03:00 CEST) on the last Sunday of March, and 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union. There were proposals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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