Ã…sskard
is a village in
Surnadal Municipality
is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Skei. Other villages in Surnadal include Bøverfjorden, Glærem, Moen, Stangvik, Surnadalsøra, Sylte, T ...
in
Møre og Romsdal
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county,
Norway
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. The village is located in the western part of the municipality, at the innermost part of the
Ã…sskardfjorden which is a branch off the main
Trongfjorden. The village is the site of
Ã…sskard Church.
It is located about northwest of the village of
Sylte. The only road connecting
Heim Municipality
Heim is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020 upon the merger of three other municipalities. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district ...
and Surnadal Municipality,
County Road 65, runs through the village.
Historically, the village was the
administrative centre
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located.
In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...
of the old
Ã…sskard Municipality from 1895 until the dissolution of the municipality in 1965.
References
Villages in Møre og Romsdal
Surnadal
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