Vartdal or Sætre is a village in

Ørsta Municipality is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre Districts of Norway, region of Western Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Ørsta (v ...

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county,

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. It is located along the shore of the

Vartdalsfjorden Vartdalsfjorden is a fjord (more technically, a strait) in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It begins at the Storfjorden and Sulafjorden in the northeast and flows through Hareid Municipality and Ulstein Municipality on the northern shore of the ...

in the Årset valley. The village sits along the

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highway about northeast of the village of Flåskjer and about southwest of the village of Nordre Vartdal. The mountain Saudehornet is located about south of the village. The village has a population (2024) of 400 and a

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of .

History

This village was the

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of the old

Vartdal Municipality Vartdal is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1895 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Ørsta Municipality in the Traditional distri ...

from 1895–1964. The village was known as ''Sætre'' for a long time. After the merger of Vartdal Municipality with Ørsta Municipality, the village area became commonly known as ''Vartdal'' since it was the centre of the old municipality.

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still refers to the area as ''Sætre''.

References

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