| Sjøholt | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
View of Sjøholt, looking west | |
  Sjøholt Location in Møre og Romsdal  Sjøholt Sjøholt (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 62°29′01″N06°48′38″E / 62.48361°N 6.81056°E Coordinates: 62°29′01″N06°48′38″E / 62.48361°N 6.81056°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Western Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Sunnmøre |
| Municipality | Ørskog |
| Area [1] | |
| • Total | 1.37 km2 (0.53 sq mi) |
| Elevation [2] | 3 m (10 ft) |
| Population (2013) [1] | |
| • Total | 1,436 |
| • Density | 1,048/km2 (2,710/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01:00) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02:00) |
| Post Code | 6240 Ørskog |
Sjøholt is the administrative centre of Ørskog Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the northern shore of the Storfjorden, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of the village of Skodje. The village of Stordal is located about 18 kilometres (11 mi) to the south, through several tunnels. Sjøholt is located roughly halfway between the towns of Ålesund and Molde, along European route E39 and European route E136.
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 RomsdalUrban East Norwegian: [²møːrə ɔ ˈrʊmsdɑːl](
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 1.37-square-kilometre (340-acre) village has a population (2013) of 1,436; giving the village a population density of 1,048 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,710/sq mi). [1] The village is home to furniture, wood, and plastics industries. The regional high school and Ørskog Church are also located here. [3] The newspaper Bygdebladet is published in Sjøholt. [4] [5]
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.
Ørskog Church is a parish church in Ørskog Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sjøholt. The church is part of the Ørskog parish in the Austre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white wooden church was built in 1873 by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. This church is the most recent in a series of churches located on this site dating back to at least the 13th century.
Bygdebladet is a newspaper published in Sjøholt in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The newspaper is published in Nynorsk and is issued on Wednesdays and Saturdays in the municipalities of Vestnes, Ørskog, Stordal, Skodje, and Haram. The paper was started in 1972 by Kjell Opsal. Opsal edited the paper until 2015, when he was succeeded by Reidar Opsal.
