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Elnesvågen
Elnesvågen is the administrative centre of Hustadvika Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the Frænafjorden about north of the town of Molde (town), Molde, east of the village of Tornes, and northwest of the villages of Malme and Sylte, Hustadvika, Sylte. The village has a population (2024) of 2,741 and a population density of . The area is predominantly an agriculture, agricultural area; however, there are also several factories including Moxy Engineering (which produces trucks), the Hustadmarmor marble factory (which produces calcium products for European paper producers), and the Tine (company), Tine cheese factory (which is the largest producer of Jarlsberg cheese with exports to the UK, USA, Canada, Germany, and Australia). Myrbostad Church was built in 1880 in the eastern part of Elnesvågen. A combined association football-Athletics (sport), athletics stadium was completed in 1997. The best views of Elnesvågen are from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hustadvika Municipality
Hustadvika is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional districts of Nordmøre and Romsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Elnesvågen. Other villages in the municipality include Hustad, Bud, Norway, Bud, Tornes, Sylte, Fræna, Sylte, Malme, Aureosen, Eide, Møre og Romsdal, Eide, Lyngstad, Møre og Romsdal, Lyngstad, Vevang, and Visnes, Møre og Romsdal, Visnes. The municipality is the 202nd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Hustadvika Municipality is the 92nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 13,437. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 1.9% over the previous 10-year period. General information On 1 January 2020, Eide Municipality (population: 3,400) and Fræna Municipality (population: 10,900) were merged to form the new Hustadvika Municipality. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrbostad Church
Myrbostad Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hustadvika Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the east side of the village of Elnesvågen at the inner end of the Frænfjorden. It is one of the two churches for the ''Vågøy og Myrbostad'' parish which is part of the Molde domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1880 using plans drawn up by the Christiania-based architect Johannes Henrik Nissen. The church seats about 400 people. History The people of Elnesvågen historically attended the Vågøy Church which was located about away by boat or nearly away by road. In the 1870s, plans were made to build a church near Elnesvågen so the people would be much closer to their church. The plan was to maintain two churches for the parish (the old Vågøy Church and the new Myrbostad Church) and that the new church would become the main church for the parish. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylte, Hustadvika
Sylte is a village along the Frænfjorden in Hustadvika Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located at the mouth of the river Sylteelva about north of the village of Malmefjorden and about southeast of the village of Elnesvågen. The village has a population (2024) of 334 and a population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ... of . References Hustadvika (municipality) Villages in Møre og Romsdal {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moxy Engineering
Moxy Engineering is a Norwegian manufacturer of articulated haulers (dump trucks) for off-road use in the earth moving and construction industries. Moxy was founded by the industrialist Birger Hatlebakk, who had previously founded the Glamox factory in Molde Municipality. History Moxy built the first prototype dump truck in 1970. The first model was a heavy duty dump truck drawn by a powerful tractor with rear wheels driven by hydraulic motors. The next version, an articulated dump truck driven by a Scania diesel engine, D20, was also finished in 1970. The first prototypes were built in Molde Municipality, but then the company moved to Varhol by Elnesvågen in Fræna Municipality, where a new factory was built. About the same time Moxy acquired the company Øveraasen Motorfabrikk & Mekaniske Verksted (in Gjøvik Municipality), which provided Moxy with useful engineering technology. In 1972 Moxy marketed its first articulated dump truck, the Viking D15, which used a bogie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Møre Og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of Molde, while Ålesund (town), Ålesund is the largest town. The county is governed by the Møre og Romsdal County Municipality which includes an elected county council and a county mayor. The national government is represented by the County governor (Norway), county governor. Name The name ''Møre og Romsdal'' was created in 1936. The first element refers to the districts of Nordmøre and Sunnmøre, and the last element refers to Romsdal. Until 1919, the county was called "Romsdalens amt (subnational entity), amt", and from 1919 to 1935 "Møre fylke". For hundreds of years (1660-1919), the region was called ''Romsdalen amt (subnational entity), amt'', after the Romsdalen valley in the present-day Rauma Municipality. The Old Norse form of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tornes
Tornes is a village in Hustadvika Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the Julsundet strait at the mouth of the Frænfjorden. It is located about west of the municipal center of Elnesvågen and about south of the village of Bud, Norway, Bud. The village has a population (2024) of 521 and a population density of . References Hustadvika (municipality) Villages in Møre og Romsdal {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
