Sykkylven
Municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. For the village in Sykkylven municipality, see Aure, Sykkylven.
Sykkylven is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Aure. Other villages in the municipality include Ikornnes, Straumgjerde, and Tusvik.
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Sykkylven Municipality
Sykkylven kommune | |
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Søkkelven herred (historic name) Søkelven herred (historic name) | |
Coordinates: 62°22′32″N 06°38′39″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Møre og Romsdal |
District | Sunnmøre |
Established | 1 Aug 1883 |
• Preceded by | Ørskog Municipality |
Administrative centre | Aure |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023) | Olav Harald Ulstein (FrP) |
Area | |
• Total | 337.79 km2 (130.42 sq mi) |
• Land | 328.55 km2 (126.85 sq mi) |
• Water | 9.25 km2 (3.57 sq mi) 2.7% |
• Rank | #252 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 7,630 |
• Rank | #135 in Norway |
• Density | 23.2/km2 (60/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −0.6% |
Demonym | Sykkylving[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-1528[3] |
Website | Official website |
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The 338-square-kilometre (131 sq mi) municipality is the 252nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Sykkylven is the 135th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 7,630. The municipality's population density is 23.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (60/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 0.6% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]