Sykkylven

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coat of arms map
Coat of arms of the Sykkylven commune
Sykkylven (Norway)
Sykkylven
Sykkylven
Basic data
Commune number : 1528
Province  (county) : Møre and Romsdal
Administrative headquarters: Sykkylven
Coordinates : 62 ° 24 '  N , 6 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 62 ° 24 '  N , 6 ° 42'  E
Surface: 337.8 km²
Residents: 7,625  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 23 inhabitants per km²
Language form : Nynorsk
Website:
politics
Mayor : Odd Jostein Drotninghaug  ( Sp ) (2015)
Location in the province of Møre og Romsdal
Location of the municipality in the province of Møre og Romsdal

Sykkylven is a place and a municipality in the Norwegian Fylke Møre og Romsdal . The administrative center of the municipality is Sykkylven. Another great place is Ikornnes . Sykkylven is Norway's furniture municipality , here you can find the furniture manufacturers Ekornes , Hjellgjerde and Lk Hjelle , among others . Sykkylven set the record for the longest sofa in the world in summer 2009 - a total of 860 meters long sofa was installed on the Sykkylvsbrücke.

geography

The municipality, including the Storfjord , extends from north to south 26.9 kilometers (only land 25.5 km) and from east to west 27.3 kilometers (only land 24.4 km).

The highest elevation is the 1586 meter high Råna , the largest water area in the inland is 2.32 square kilometers of the Nysætervatnet . The Velledalen can also be found in the municipality .

Neighboring municipalities are Ålesund , Fjord , Stranda , Ørsta and Sula .

Sights of the municipality

  • The Gravrøyser is a grave mound from the Iron Age and is located at the ferry dock in Aursnes .
  • The Ikornnes Kapell is a workers' church in Ikornes , built in 1978 .
  • The Sykkylven Kyrkje is a concrete working church in Sykkylven, built in 1990.
  • Sykkylven Naturhistorisk Museum - The natural history museum in Sykkylven.
  • The Sykkylven Furniture Museum.
  • The shortest salmon river in Norway.
  • The Fjellseter ski area.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning
  2. ↑ Høyeste fjelltopp i hver kommune Kartverket, accessed on 7 February 2020