Rødven
is a village in
Rauma Municipality
Rauma 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 Romsdal. The administrative centre is the town of Åndalsnes. Other s ...
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 village is located along the
Rødvenfjorden, just south of where the fjord empties into
Langfjorden. The village of
Eidsbygda lies about south of Rødven. The village is notable for the 12th century
Rødven Stave Church
Rødven Stave Church () is a former parish church (now a museum) of the Church of Norway in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The stave church is located in the village of Rødven. It was a church in the ''Eid og Holm'' pari ...
. The church is now a museum and the much newer
Rødven Church sits across the road from the historic stave church.
References
Villages in Møre og Romsdal
Rauma, Norway
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