Fiksdal

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Fiksdal
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Fiksdal
Fiksdal (Norway)
Coordinates: 62°37′03″N06°50′59″E / 62.61750°N 6.84972°E / 62.61750; 6.84972 Coordinates: 62°37′03″N06°50′59″E / 62.61750°N 6.84972°E / 62.61750; 6.84972
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Romsdal
Municipality Vestnes Municipality
Area [1]
  Total 0.31 km2 (0.12 sq mi)
Elevation [2] 60 m (200 ft)
Population (2013) [1]
  Total 258
  Density 832/km2 (2,150/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code6394 Fiksdal

Fiksdal or Fiksdalen is a village in Vestnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the west side of the Tomrefjorden, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northwest of the village of Tomra. The 0.31-square-kilometre (77-acre) village has a population (2013) of 258, giving the village a population density of 832 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,150/sq mi). [1] Fiksdal Church is located in this village. Fiksdal is also the hometown of Norwegian international footballer Kjetil Rekdal.

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.

Tomrefjorden

Tomrefjorden is a fjord in Vestnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 9-kilometre (5.6 mi) long fjord branches off of the main Romsdalsfjorden and it is one of the two big fjords that cut into the municipality. The fjord is located about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of the village of Vestnes. The Norwegian County Road 661 follows the shoreline around most of the fjord and it passes through the villages of Fiksdal, Tomra, and Vik.

View of Fiksdal's harbor Fiksdal-havn-2008-12-28.JPG
View of Fiksdal's harbor
The primary public school of Fiksdal Fiksdal-skole-2008-12-28.JPG
The primary public school of Fiksdal

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