Sunnylven Municipality
Sunnylven Municipality
Sunnylven herred | |
|---|---|
| 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 / 62.08528°N 6.86583°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 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (1963-1964) | Ivar N. Hole (V) |
| Area (upon dissolution) | |
• Total | 566.3 km2 (218.6 sq mi) |
| • Rank | #184 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,775.6 m (5,825 ft) |
| Population (1964) | |
• Total | 1,226 |
| • Rank | #472 in Norway |
| • Density | 2.2/km2 (5.7/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −5.6% |
| Demonym | Sunnylving |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1523 |
Sunnylven is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 566-square-kilometre (219 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.
Prior to its dissolution in 1965, the 566-square-kilometre (219 sq mi) municipality was the 184th largest by area out of the 525 municipalities in Norway. Sunnylven Municipality was the 472nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,226. The municipality's population density was 2.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.7/sq mi) and its population had decreased by 5.6% over the previous 10-year period.