Årdal

This article is about a Norwegian municipality in Fylke Vestland . For the place of the same name in Fylke Rogaland, see Hjelmeland . For Norwegian cross-country skiers see Asgeir Årdal .

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	Årdal
Basic data
Commune number :	4643
Province  (county) :	Vestland
Administrative headquarters:	Årdalstangen
Coordinates :	61 ° 17 ′  N , 7 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 61 ° 17 ′  N , 7 ° 46 ′  E
Surface:	976.59 km²
Residents:	5,193  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density :	5 inhabitants per km²
Structure:	Årdalstangen, Øvre Årdal
Website:	www.ardal.kommune.no
politics
Mayor :	Hilmar Høl  ( Ap ) (2019)
Location in the province of Vestland

Ardalsfjorden near Øvre Årdal, Norway

Tindevegen, Norway

Årdal is a municipality in Fylke Vestland, Norway . It is located on the inner Sognefjord and forms the entrance to the Hurrungane and Jotunheimen mountain areas . The municipality borders Luster to the north and west , Vang (in the province of Innlandet ) to the east and Lærdal to the south . The administrative headquarters are in Årdalstangen.

Another part of the municipality is Øvre Årdal. Lake Årdalsvatnet lies between these towns.

politics

Årdal is the undisputed stronghold of Norwegian social democracy. In the 2011 local elections, the Labor Party received 77.5% of the vote and 16 out of 21 seats in the local council. In the 2009 Storting election , the share of the vote was 70.2%.

economy

Industry

The main employer is the plant of the Hydro- Aluminum / Årdal Verk plant. The plant produces 180,000 tons of aluminum annually, which is exported via the export port in Årdalstangen, 11 kilometers away. The imported raw material in powder form is also deleted here. The photovoltaic -supplier NorSun AS manufactures monocrystalline silicon - ingot and wafer . In 2008 a new production facility with 178 employees went into operation.

tourism

At the easternmost tip of the Sognefjord , called Årdalsfjord, is Årdalstangen with the loading area of ​​the Hydro aluminum works, which is 11 km further north in Øvre Årdal. To the northeast of Øvre Årdal extends the Utladal , where you can hike from Hjelle in the Vettisgjel gorge to the 275 m high imposing Vettisfoss . A real experience is the private pass road, the Tindeveg , which is passable in summer, which winds up in narrow serpentines from Øvre Årdal and leads over the fjell to Turtagrø on the Sognefjellvegen (toll road, conditionally suitable for caravans).

Personalities

• James O. Davidson (1854-1922), Norwegian-American politician
• Olav Offerdahl (1857–1930), clergyman
• Kristin Hille Valla (* 1944), politician
• Geir Einang (* 1965), biathlete

Web links

Commons : Årdal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Statistics Årdal. Retrieved December 8, 2007 . 
• Website about the Årdal region. Retrieved December 8, 2007 . 
• Tindevegen website. Retrieved December 8, 2007 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning
2. ↑ Oddvin Aune: Her stemmer 8 av 10 på Arbeiderpartiet NRK Nyheter, August 31, 2011, accessed on February 6, 2012
3. ↑ Storting election result 2009 according to local authority Norway Statistics, accessed on October 2, 2013