Sunnmøre
Sunnmøre (Süd-Møre) is the southern coastal region in the Norwegian Fylke Møre og Romsdal . The Sunnmøre region includes the 17 municipalities of Giske , Hareid , Herøy , Norddal , Sande , Skodje , Haram , Stordal , Stranda , Sula , Sykkylven , Ulstein , Vanylven , Volda , Ørskog , Ørsta and Ålesund . The capital of the region is the Art Nouveau city of Ålesund.
The Sunnmøre region covers a land area of 5,215 km² and has 131,002 inhabitants (July 1, 2008).
Like Nordmøre and Romsdal, Sunnmøre was an earlier bailiwick (fogderi), together they form today's Møre og Romsdal. Sunnmøre is one of the 15 districts that together make up Vestlandet .
The main source of income in the region is primarily the seafaring, fishing, shipbuilding and shipbuilding industries, offshore technology for the oil industry, but also the furniture industry.
Tourist attractions in Sunnmøre
- Geirangerfjord - one of the most famous fjords of Norway and UNESCO - World Heritage
- Ålesund - the city of Art Nouveau
- Runde - Scandinavia's southernmost bird island in Herøy municipality
- The Eiksund tunnel - currently the deepest submarine tunnel in the world
- The Vestkapp (Western Cape) on the Stadlandet peninsula
