Sunnylven
Sunnylven is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 637-square-kilometre (246 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. Since that time, it has made up the southern part of the present-day Stranda Municipality. It encompassed the areas around the Sunnylvsfjorden and Geirangerfjorden. The village of Hellesylt was the administrative centre of the municipality and Geiranger was the other main population centre in Sunnylven. The main church for the municipality was Sunnylven Church in Hellesylt.
Sunnylven Municipality
Sunnylven herred | |
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| Sunnelven herred (historic name) | |
View of Hellesylt and Sunnylven Church (1880s) | |
Møre og Romsdal within Norway | |
Sunnylven within Møre og Romsdal | |
| Coordinates: 62°05′07″N 06°51′57″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Sunnmøre |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Disestablished | 1 Jan 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | Stranda Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Hellesylt |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
| • Total | 637 km2 (246 sq mi) |
| Population (1965) | |
| • Total | 1,221 |
| • Density | 1.9/km2 (5.0/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Sunnylving |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1523 |
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