Roald
Sign in to saveRoald is a village in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the northern part of the island Vigra. Roald is located about north of the city centre of Ålesund. It is connected to the mainland via two undersea tunnels which opened in 1987 (and was extensively upgraded in 2008). Ålesund Airport, Vigra is located south of the village of Roald. Vigra Church is also located a short distance south of Roald.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Roald
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Roald på Vigra.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Roald (in the background)
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 11
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- village
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Møre og Romsdal#Norway
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Western Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Møre og Romsdal
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Sunnmøre
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Municipality
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Giske Municipality
- Population
- 1066
- Area
- 0.73
- Elevation
- 5
- Image
- Roald på Vigra.jpg
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- located in/on physical feature
- Vigra
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Roald is a village in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the northern part of the island Vigra. Roald is located about north of the city centre of Ålesund. It is connected to the mainland via two undersea tunnels which opened in 1987 (and was extensively upgraded in 2008). Ålesund Airport, Vigra is located south of the village of Roald. Vigra Church is also located a short distance south of Roald.
The village has a population (2024) of 1,071 and a population density of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roald” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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