Vanylven
| Vanylven kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 62°3′38″N 5°41′51″E / 62.06056°N 5.6975°ECoordinates: 62°3′38″N 5°41′51″E / 62.06056°N 5.6975°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Møre og Romsdal | ||
| District | Sunnmøre | ||
| Administrative centre | Fiskåbygd | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2003) | Jan Helgøy (KrF) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 385.23 km2 (148.7 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 365.41 km2 (141.1 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 19.82 km2 (7.7 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 242 in Norway | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| • Total | 3,471 | ||
| • Rank | 239 in Norway | ||
| • Density | 9.5/km2 (24.6/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | -3.2 % | ||
| Demonym | Vanylving[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1511 | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
| Website | www.vanylven.kommune.no | ||
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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 Fiskåbygd. Other villages include Syvde, Rovdane, and Myklebost.
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[edit] General information
Vanelven was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The spelling was later changed to Vanylven. On 1 July 1918, the area around the Syvdsfjorden was separated to become the new municipality of Syvde. This left Vanylven with 1,848 residents. Then on 1 January 1964, Syvde, along with the Rovdesanda area of Rovde, was merged back into Vanylven. This gave Vanylven a population of 3,897. On 1 January 2002, the mainland Åram area north of Fiskåbygd (population: 380) was transferred from Sande was transferred to Vanylven.[2][3]
[edit] Name
The municipality is named after Vanylvsfjorden (Old Norse: Vaniflir). The meaning of the first element is unknown, but the last element (-iflir) is also found in the names Sunnylven and Sykkylven and it probably means "fjord".[4]
Before 1889, the name was written "Vanelven", from 1889-1917 it was spelled "Vannelven", and since 1918 it has been spelled "Vanylven".
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1987. The arms are meant to show how Vanylvsfjorden meets the sea. The green represents that land and the silver represents the fjord, which is full of herring, an important industry to the municipality.[5]
[edit] Churches
The Church of Norway has four parishes within the municipality of Vanylven. It is part of the Diocese of Møre and the Rural Deanery (Prosti) of Søre Sunnmøre.
| Parish (Sokn) |
Church Name | Year Built | Location of the Church |
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| Vanylven | Vanylven Church | 1863 | Slagnes |
| Syvde | Syvde Church | 1837 | Syvde |
| Rovde | Rovde Church | 1872 | Rovdane |
| Åram | Åram Church | 1927 | Åram |
[edit] Geography
Vanylven borders on Sande and Herøy in the north (across the Rovdefjord). Volda lies to the east; and Eid, Vågsøy and Selje in Sogn og Fjordane county towards the south.
[edit] References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå. http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf.
- ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2001). "1511 Vanylven. Population 1 January and population changes during the year. 1951-" (in Norwegian). http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/02/folkendrhist_en/tables/tab/1511.html.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1908) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Romsdals amt (13 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 1. http://books.google.com/books?id=yGtBAAAAIAAJ.
- ^ "Om Vanylven" (in Norwegian). http://www.vanylven.no/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=32. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
[edit] External links
- http://www.vanylven.kommune.no (Norwegian)
Media related to Vanylven at Wikimedia Commons- Møre og Romsdal travel guide from Wikitravel
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
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