Sykkylven Municipality
Sykkylven Municipality
Sykkylven kommune | |
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| Søkkelven herred (historic name) Søkelven herred (historic name) | |
View of the Sykkylven Bridge | |
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 | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Sunnmøre |
| Established | 1 Aug 1883 |
| • Preceded by | Ørskog Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Aure |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Olav Harald Ulstein (FrP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 337.80 km2 (130.43 sq mi) |
| • Land | 328.55 km2 (126.85 sq mi) |
| • Water | 9.25 km2 (3.57 sq mi) 2.7% |
| • Rank | #252 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 1,579 m (5,180 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 7,617 |
| • Rank | #136 in Norway |
| • Density | 22.5/km2 (58/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | −1.5% |
| Demonym | Sykkylving |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1528 |
| Website | Official website |
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 Tusvika.
The 338-square-kilometre (131 sq mi) municipality is the 252nd largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Sykkylven Municipality is the 136th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 7,617. The municipality's population density is 22.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (58/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 1.5% over the previous 10-year period.