Vanylven Municipality
Vanylven kommune | |
|---|---|
| Vannelven herred (historic name) | |
 View of the Vanylvsfjorden from Eidså | |
 Flag | |
 Møre og Romsdal within Norway | |
 Vanylven within Møre og Romsdal | |
| Coordinates: 62°03′38″N 05°41′51″E / 62.06056°N 5.69750°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Sunnmøre |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Fiskåbygd |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Paul Sindre Vedeld (Sp) |
| Area | |
• Total | 385.11 km2 (148.69 sq mi) |
| • Land | 365.08 km2 (140.96 sq mi) |
| • Water | 20.03 km2 (7.73 sq mi) 5.2% |
| • Rank | #241 in Norway |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 3,013 |
| • Rank | #226 in Norway |
| • Density | 8.3/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) |  −9.7% |
| Demonym | Vanylving[1] |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1511[3] |
| Website | Official website |
Vanylven is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Fiskåbygd. Other villages in the municipality include Åheim, Åram, Rovdane, Eidså, Slagnes, and Myklebost.
The 385-square-kilometre (149 sq mi) municipality is the 241st largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Vanylven is the 226th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,013. The municipality's population density is 8.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (21/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 9.7% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]
- ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
- ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
- ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).