Nordstranda or Nordstrand is a little village area in

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county,

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. The village is located on the east side of the island of

Valderøya Valderøya is an island off the west coast of Norway. It is part of Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county. The island had 4,153 residents in 2017. The island is connected to the city of Ålesund to the south via the Valderøy Tunnel to ...

. The

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of Giske Municipality is Valderhaugstrand, an area on the south side of the island that (according to

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) is part of the Nordstrand urban area. The village has a population (2024) of 4,317 and a

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of .

References

Villages in Møre og Romsdal Giske {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub