Skodje is a village in
Ålesund Municipality
Ålesund () sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a list of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal counties of Norway, County, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centr ...
in
Møre og Romsdal county,
Norway
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. The village is located along the shore of the Skodjevika, an inlet off the main
Ellingsøyfjorden. The village of
Valle is located along
European route E39/
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 ...
highway just a few kilometers south of the village.
Skodje Church is located in the village and the historic
Skodje Bridge lies just west of the village.
The village has a population (2018) of 2,466 and a
population density
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of .
Prior to 2020, this village was the
administrative centre of the old
Skodje Municipality
Skodje (''pronunciation'': kɔʏəor køʏə is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre was the village of Skodje. The other main village in the municipality was ...
.
References
Villages in Møre og Romsdal
Ålesund
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