Vanylven
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Møre og Romsdal
- District
- Sunnmøre
- Established
- 1 Jan 1838
- Created as
- Formannskapsdistrikt
- Administrative centre
- Fiskå
- Mayor 2023
- Paul Sindre Vedeld ( Sp )
- Total
- 385.11 km (148.69 sq mi)
- Land
- 365.08 km (140.96 sq mi)
- Water
- 20.03 km (7.73 sq mi) 5.2%
- Rank
- # 240 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 1,142.95 m (3,749.8 ft)
- Density
- 7.9/km (20/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- −8.4%
- Demonym
- Vanylving
- Norwegian form
- Nynorsk
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- vanylving
- Population
- 3029
- Area
- 1.36
- Official website
- www.vanylven.kommune.no
- Image
- Vanylvsfjord from eidsaa.jpg
- Households
- 53
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- Vanylven
- inception
- 1837-00-00
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Vanylven is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Fiskå. Other villages in the municipality include Åheim, Åram, Rovdane, Eidså, Slagnes, and Syvde.
The 385-square-kilometre (149 sq mi) municipality is the 240th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Vanylven Municipality is the 228th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,026. The municipality's population density is 7.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (20/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 8.4% over the previous 10-year period.