Kvalsund is a village in the municipality of
Herøy in
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 ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. It is located on the island of
Nerlandsøya
Nerlandsøya is an island in the municipality of Herøy, Møre og Romsdal, Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located northwest of the town of Fosnavåg and east of the island of Skorpa, Møre og Romsdal, Skorpa. The island ...
. Kvalsund is a fishing port with a sizable deep-water harbor, marina, and waterfront protected by breakwaters. Kvalsund is connected to the island of
Bergsøya by the
Nerlandsøy Bridge
The Nerlandsøy Bridge ( no, Nerlandsøybrua) is a bridge that crosses the Søre Vaulen strait between the islands of Bergsøya and Nerlandsøya in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
The long Nerlandsøy Bridge ope ...
.
Population
The village has a population (2018) of 575 and a
population density
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of .
Gallery
File:Kvalsund1.jpg, Village of Kvalsund
File:Kvalsund havn.jpg, Port area of Kvalsund
File:Kvalsund.jpg, Marina and Harbor at Kvalsund
References
Populated places in Møre og Romsdal
Herøy, Møre og Romsdal
Viking Age populated places
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