Fiskåbygd

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Fiskåbygd
Fiskå
Village
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Fiskåbygd
Location in Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°06′02″N05°33′28″E / 62.10056°N 5.55778°E / 62.10056; 5.55778 Coordinates: 62°06′02″N05°33′28″E / 62.10056°N 5.55778°E / 62.10056; 5.55778
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Sunnmøre
Municipality Vanylven Municipality
Area [1]
  Total 0.55 km2 (0.21 sq mi)
Elevation [2] 20 m (70 ft)
Population (2013) [1]
  Total 348
  Density 633/km2 (1,640/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code6143 Fiskå

Fiskåbygd or Fiskå is a coastal village that is also the administrative centre of Vanylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) southwest of the city of Ålesund, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of the village of Myklebost, and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of the village of Rovdane. Fiskåbygd lies along the shores of the Vanylvsfjorden, east of the Stadlandet peninsula in Selje Municipality.

An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.

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.

The 0.55-square-kilometre (140-acre) village has a population (2013) of 348, giving the village a population density of 633 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,640/sq mi). [1]

Population density A measurement of population numbers per unit area or volume

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and most of the time to humans. It is a key geographical term. In simple terms population density refers to the number of people living in an area per kilometer square.

The nearest church is Vanylven Church, located in Slagnes about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to the southwest.

Vanylven Church Church in Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Vanylven Church is a parish church in Vanylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Slagnes, on the shore of the Vanylvsfjorden. The church is part of the Vanylven parish in the Søre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white brick church was built in 1864 by the architect Georg Andreas Bull. The church seats about 320 people.

Slagnes Village in Western Norway, Norway

Slagnes is a village in Vanylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the Vanylvsfjorden, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the village of Åheim. Slagnes is a small peninsula that sits about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) across the fjord from the municipal centre of Fiskåbygd. The small village is the site of Vanylven Church.

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