Vanylven Municipality
Vanylven Municipality
Vanylven kommune | |
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| Vannelven herred (historic name) | |
View of the Vanylvsfjorden from Eidså | |
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 | Fiskå |
| 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 | #240 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,142.95 m (3,749.84 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 3,026 |
| • Rank | #228 in Norway |
| • Density | 7.9/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −8.4% |
| Demonym | Vanylving |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1511 |
| 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 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.