Ålesund Municipality

Also known as Ålesund, Norway, Alesund

municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway

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Ålesund Municipality is a local government area located in Møre og Romsdal, a county in Norway. It serves as an administrative division responsible for providing public services and governance to the people living in that region.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Ålesund Municipality is referenced by 304 other articles, and connects out to Bergen, fishing vessel and tincture.

The entry is geolocated on the map in NO.

Vinony files it under 1838 establishments in Norway, Ålesund Municipality and Art Nouveau architecture in Norway.

Its subject is documented across 69 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality of Norway
Demonym: ålesundar
Country: Norway
Located in: Møre og Romsdal
Capital: Ålesund
Official language: Nynorsk
Population: 59663
Area: 1.57
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Fjord Municipality
Official website: alesund.kommune.no
Image: 00 5546 Ålesund - Norwegen.jpg
Households: 1373

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Commons category: Ålesund
topic's main category: Category:Ålesund
twinned administrative body: Lahti
described by source: New International Encyclopedia
category for people born here: Category:Births in Ålesund
category of associated people: Category:People from Ålesund
architectural style: Art Nouveau architecture
Commons gallery: Ålesund
inception: 1838-01-01
different from: Ålesund
language used: Nynorsk
P8168: 1975 French Grand Prix
native label: Ålesund

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Encyclopedic overview

Ålesund ( Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈôːɫəsʉn] , sometimes spelled Aalesund in English) is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centre of the Ålesund Region. The town of Ålesund is the administrative centre of Ålesund Municipality, as well as the principal shipping town of the Sunnmøre district. The town is a sea port and is noted for its concentration of Art Nouveau architecture. Although sometimes internationally spelled by its older name Aalesund, this spelling is obsolete in Norwegian. However, the local football club Aalesunds FK still carries that spelling, having been founded before the official change.

The 371-square-kilometre (143 sq mi) municipality is the 245th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Ålesund Municipality is the 17th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 58,509. The municipality's population density is 157.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (408/sq mi) and its population has increased by 8.9% over the previous 10-year period.

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