Giske Municipality
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The entry is geolocated on the map in NO.
It sits within the topics 1908 establishments in Norway, Giske Municipality and Municipalities of Møre og Romsdal.
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Møre og Romsdal
- District
- Sunnmøre
- Established
- 1 Jan 1908
- Preceded by
- Borgund Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Valderhaugstrand
- Mayor 2023
- Kenneth Langvatn ( H )
- Total
- 40.58 km (15.67 sq mi)
- Land
- 39.92 km (15.41 sq mi)
- Water
- 0.66 km (0.25 sq mi) 1.6%
- Rank
- # 350 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 497.15 m (1,631.1 ft)
- Density
- 220/km (570/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +12.3%
- Demonym
- Giske-folk
- Norwegian form
- Nynorsk
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Norway
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Møre og Romsdal
- Capital
- Valderhaugstrand
- Population
- 8828
- Area
- 40.54
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Head of government
- Harry Valderhaug
- Shares border with
- Sula Municipality
- Official website
- www.giske.kommune.no
- Image
- Utsyn over Giske.jpg
- Households
- 48
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- Commons category
- Giske
- topic's main category
- Category:Giske
- language used
- Nynorsk
- inception
- 1908-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Giske is an island municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality lies north-northwest of the town of Ålesund in the traditional district of Sunnmøre. The municipal centre is Valderhaugstrand. Other population centres include the villages of Roald (on Vigra island) and Alnes and Leitebakk (both on Godøya island). The municipality is part of the Ålesund Region.
The 40.58-square-kilometre (15.67 sq mi) municipality is the 350th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Giske Municipality is the 126th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 8,808. The municipality's population density is 220 inhabitants per square kilometre (570/sq mi) and its population has increased by 12.3% over the previous 10-year period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Giske Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.