Sykkylven

This article is about the municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. For the village in Sykkylven municipality, see Aure, Sykkylven.
Sykkylven kommune
Municipality

Coat of arms

Møre og Romsdal within
Norway

Sykkylven within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°22′32″N 06°38′39″E / 62.37556°N 6.64417°E / 62.37556; 6.64417Coordinates: 62°22′32″N 06°38′39″E / 62.37556°N 6.64417°E / 62.37556; 6.64417
Country Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Sunnmøre
Administrative centre Aure
Government
  Mayor (2011) Petter Lyshol (Høyre)
Area
  Total 337.75 km2 (130.41 sq mi)
  Land 328.49 km2 (126.83 sq mi)
  Water 9.26 km2 (3.58 sq mi)
Area rank 260 in Norway
Population (2010)
  Total 7,673
  Rank 132 in Norway
  Density 23.4/km2 (61/sq mi)
  Change (10 years) 3.4 %
Demonym(s) Sykkylving[1]
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code NO-1528
Official language form Nynorsk
Website www.sykkylven.kommune.no
Data from Statistics Norway

Sykkylven is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Aure. Other villages in the municipality include Ikornnes, Straumgjerde, and Tusvik.

General information

Map of Sykkylven

The municipality of Sykkylven was established on 1 August 1883 when it was separated from Ørskog Municipality. The initial population was 2,029. On 1 June 1955, an area of Ørskog Municipality (population: 348) on the southern side of the Storfjorden was transferred to Sykkylven Municipality.[2]

Name

The municipality is named after the Sykkylvsfjorden (Old Norse: Síkiflir). The first element is sík which means "small lake" or "inlet" (referring to the lake, originally probably an inlet of Fitjavatnet). The last element (Old Norse: -iflir) is also found in the names Sunnylven and Vanylven and the meaning is probably "fjord". The name was written Søkelven before 1889. From 1889 until 1917, it was spelled Søkkelven, and then since 1918 it has been written Sykkylven.[3]

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times, and was designed by Kårstein Blindheim. The arms were granted in 1984 by royal decree. The silver and blue figure represents the landscape of the Sykkylvsfjorden and is reminiscent of a large mountain silhouette from the municipality.[4]

Churches

The Church of Norway has two parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Sykkylven. It is part of the Austre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre.

Churches in Sykkylven
Parish (Sokn)Church NameLocation of the ChurchYear Built
SykkylvenSykkylven ChurchAure1990
IkornnesIkornnes ChurchIkornnes1978

Geography

View of Velledalen
View of the Sykkylvsfjorden and Trollkyrkjetindane mountains

Sykkylven is a part of the Sunnmøre region and is surrounded by the beautiful alpine mountain range Sunnmørsalpene, including the mountain Råna. Most of the people in Sykkylven live along the Sykkylvsfjorden, which is a branch of the Storfjorden. The Sykkylven Bridge crosses the fjord connecting Aure to Ikornnes.

Sykkylven Municipality shares land borders with Stordal Municipality to the east, Stranda Municipality to the southeast, and Ørsta Municipality to the southwest. The Hjørundfjorden forms part of the western municipal border, and the Storfjorden forms the northern border. Across the Storfjorden lie Ålesund Municipality, Skodje Municipality, and Ørskog Municipality.

Economy

Sykkylven is primarily an industrial community where furniture and furnishings manufacturing is the dominant industry (78% of manufacturing employment in 2004). Some of the largest factories in the industry are located here. Major companies in Sykkylven include Ekornes, Scandinor ANS, Hjellegjerde, Brunstad Møbler, Hjelle, and Cylindra. Agriculture is important along the fjord and in the valleys. The farms are small, with emphasis on livestock. There is also some fish farming at Hundeidvik and Søvik, along the Storfjorden.[5]

References

  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  3. Rygh, Oluf (1908). Norske gaardnavne: Romsdals amt (in Norwegian) (13 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 140.
  4. "Om Sykkylven" (in Norwegian). Sykkylven kommune. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  5. Store norske leksikon. "Sykkylven" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-07-03.

External links

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