Lepsøya
is a populated
island
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in
Haram Municipality
Haram is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative center is Brattvåg, the industrial center of Sunnmøre. Other important villages in the municipality include Austnes, Eidsvik, ...
in
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 M ...
county,
Norway
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. The island in the northern part of the municipality. It is located in the ocean in the northwestern part of the municipality, with the
Haramsfjorden and the island of
Haramsøya to the northeast; the
Vigrafjorden
The Vigrafjorden is a fjord located in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The fjord forms the border between Haram Municipality and Giske Municipality.
It is located east of the island of Vigra, after which it is named (in Giske Municipality) and ...
and the island of
Vigra (in
Giske Municipality
Giske is an island List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality lies north-northwest of the Ålesund (town), town of Ålesund in the Districts of Norway, traditional distr ...
) to the southwest; and the islands of
Bjørnøya and
Terøya along with the mainland to the southeast.
In 2024, the population of the island was 316. Most of the population lives on the southeastern side of the island.
The
Nordøyvegen
Nordøyvegen () is a road network in Sunnmøre in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The bridge and tunnel network connects the islands of the former Sandøy Municipality (now part of Ålesund Municipality) and the islands of Haram Municipality to t ...
bridge and tunnel network was completed in 2022 and it connects the island of Lepsøya to the mainland via the
Lepsøy Bridge.
See also
*
List of islands of Norway
This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by area, see List of islands of Norway by area.
A
* Alden
* Aldra
* Algrøy
* Alsta
* Altra
* Anda
* Andabeløya
* Andørja
* Andøya, Vesterålen
* Andøya, Agder ...
References
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Islands of Møre og Romsdal
Haram, Norway