Area rank 242 in Norway Area 385.2 km² Local time Saturday 11:47 AM | Demonym(s) Vanylving Population 3,336 (2013) | |
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Weather 7°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 80% Humidity Points of interest Nystøylhornet, Åramstranda, Holmane, Tuestranda, Drengestranda | ||
Vanylven is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Fiskåbygd. Other villages in the municipality include Sandnes, Åheim, Åram, Rovdane, Eidså, Slagnes, and Myklebost.
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Map of Vanylven, Norway
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 Syvde municipality. This left Vanylven with 1,848 residents. Then on 1 January 1964, Syvde municipality and the Rovdestranda area of Rovde municipality were both merged into Vanylven Municipality. This gave Vanylven a new population of 3,897. On 1 January 2002, the mainland Åram area north of Fiskåbygd (population: 380) was transferred from Sande Municipality to Vanylven Municipality.
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".
Before 1889, the name was written "Vanelven", from 1889-1917 it was spelled "Vannelven", and since 1918 it has been spelled "Vanylven".
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1987. The arms are meant to show how the 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.
Churches
The Church of Norway has four parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Vanylven. It is part of the Søre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre.
Geography
Vanylven borders the municipalities of Sande and Herøy in the north (across the Rovdefjorden). Volda Municipality lies to the east; and the municipalities of Eid, Vågsøy and Selje (in Sogn og Fjordane county) are located to the south.
Vanylven is located on the mainland of Norway and it is surrounded by several fjords. The Vanylvsfjorden lies to the west and the Rovdefjorden to the north. The Syvdsfjorden cuts into the municipality from the north and it empties into the Rovdefjorden. The Syltefjorden branches off the main Vanylvsfjorden, just past the village of Fiskåbygd.