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Country
  
Norway

County
  
Møre og Romsdal

Adm. Center
  
Hellesylt

Area
  
637 km²

Region
  
Western Norway

District
  
Sunnmøre

ISO 3166 code
  
NO-1523

Local time
  
Friday 5:26 PM

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Weather
  
6°C, Wind SE at 16 km/h, 55% Humidity

Sunnylven is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It existed from 1838 until 1965 and since then 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.

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Map of 6218 Sunnylven, Norway

History

The municipality of Sunnylven was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). According to the 1835 census, Sunnylven had a population of 1,476. On 1 January 1965, Sunnylven was incorporated into Stranda Municipality. Prior to the merger, Sunnylven had a population of 1,221.

References

Sunnylven Wikipedia