Ellingsøya
is a island in
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 ce ...
in
Møre og Romsdal
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county,
Norway
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. With an area of , Ellingsøya is the second largest island in the municipality after
Uksenøya.
The island is located northeast of the town of
Ã…lesund
Ålesund () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, 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, Ålesund, Aspà ...
, north of the islands of
Nørve
Nørve (or ''Nørvøya'') is an island in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is the largest of the islands containing the city center of Ålesund, the others being Aspøya and Hessa, located to the west. The island o ...
and
Uksenøya, east of the island of
Valderøya, and south of the mainland peninsula of
Haram Municipality
Haram is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative center is Brattvåg, the industrial center of Sunnmøre. Other important villages in the municipality include Austnes, Eidsvik, ...
. The villages of
Hoffland
Hoffland or Hovland is a village in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the western end of the island of Ellingsøya, about northeast of the town of Ålesund and about west of the village of My ...
,
Ã…rset, and
Myklebust are all located on the south side of the island.
Ellingsøy Church is the main church for the island.
Ellingsøya has an
association football
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team, ''
Ellingsøy IL'', which currently plays in the 5th division in Norway.
Transportation
Ellingsøya used to be accessible from the town of Ålesund only by boat or by road via
Skodje Municipality, but the
undersea Ellingsøy Tunnel was built in 1987 connecting Ellingsøya to Ålesund (to the south) and the
Valderøy Tunnel was also built connecting Ellingsøya to the nearby island of
Valderøya in
Giske Municipality
Giske is an island List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality lies north-northwest of the Ålesund (town), town of Ålesund in the Districts of Norway, traditional distr ...
to the west.
The tunnels are accessed in the village of
Hoffland
Hoffland or Hovland is a village in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the western end of the island of Ellingsøya, about northeast of the town of Ålesund and about west of the village of My ...
on the southwestern part of the island. The long tunnel was upgraded in 2007.
See also
*
List of islands of Norway
This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by area, see List of islands of Norway by area.
A
* Alden
* Aldra
* Algrøy
* Alsta
* Altra
* Anda
* Andabeløya
* Andørja
* Andøya, Vesterålen
* Andøya, Agder ...
References
External links
Ellingsøy lower secondary school
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Ã…lesund
Islands of Møre og Romsdal