Dyrnes

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Dyrnes
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Dyrnes
Dyrnes (Norway)
Coordinates: 63°25′38″N07°51′01″E / 63.42722°N 7.85028°E / 63.42722; 7.85028 Coordinates: 63°25′38″N07°51′01″E / 63.42722°N 7.85028°E / 63.42722; 7.85028
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Nordmøre
Municipality Smøla
Elevation [1] 3 m (10 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code6570 Smøla

Dyrnes is a village in Smøla Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the northwestern part of the island of Smøla, just east of the village of Råket, and southwest of the village of Veiholmen. The Smøla Wind Farm is located southeast of the village.

Møre og Romsdal County (fylke) of Norway

Møre og RomsdalUrban East Norwegian: [²møːrə ɔ ˈrʊmsdɑːl](listen) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Oppland, and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the largest town. The county is governed by the Møre og Romsdal County Municipality which includes an elected county council and a county mayor. The national government is represented by the county governor.

Norway constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northwestern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

Smøla (island) island in Norway

Smøla is the 19th largest island in Norway. The island is located in Smøla Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, in fact the vast majority of the municipality is the island. The island has a good road network across the island and connecting it to many of the small surrounding islands, however, it does not have any outside road connections to the rest of Norway. The only regular ferry service is via the small island of Edøya to the south of Smøla which one can drive to from Smøla.

Together with the nearby village Råket it constituted the urban area Dyrnesvågen, which had a population in 2003 of 257. [2] Since 2004, Dyrnesvågen has not considered an urban settlement by Statistics Norway, and its data is therefore not registered. [3]

Råket Village in Western Norway, Norway

Råket is a village in Smøla Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the northwestern part of the island of Smøla, just west of the village of Dyrnes. Brattvær Church is located just south of the village.

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References

  1. ↑ "Dyrnes" (in Norwegian). yr.no . Retrieved 2010-12-11.
  2. ↑ Statistics Norway (2003). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2003". Archived from the original on 1 April 2007.
  3. ↑ Statistics Norway (2004). "New and omitted urban settlements. 1 January 2004". Archived from the original on 1 April 2007.


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