Hellesylt

Hellesylt
Village
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Coordinates: 62°05′16″N 06°51′38″E / 62.08778°N 6.86056°E / 62.08778; 6.86056Coordinates: 62°05′16″N 06°51′38″E / 62.08778°N 6.86056°E / 62.08778; 6.86056
Country	Norway
Region	Western Norway
County	Møre og Romsdal
District	Sunnmøre
Municipality	Stranda Municipality
Area
• Total	0.41 km2 (0.16 sq mi)
Elevation	77 m (253 ft)
Population (2013)
• Total	253
• Density	617/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01:00)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code	6218 Hellesylt

Hellesylt is a small village in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village lies at the head of the Sunnylvsfjorden, which is a branch of the Storfjorden, and which the more famous Geirangerfjorden in turn branches off nearby. The 0.41-square-kilometre (100-acre) village has a population (2013) around 253, but if you count the valleys surrounding, the number is about 600.

In the summertime, thousands of tourists travel through or stay in Hellesylt each day. Most of them take the ferry to the nearby village of Geiranger, which in high season runs every one and a half hours. The village is surrounded by mountains and valleys. The Sunnylven Church is located in Hellesylt, which was the administrative center of the former municipality of Sunnylven.

Hellesylt is under constant threat from the mountain Åkerneset, which is about to erode into the Sunnylvsfjord. A collapse could cause a tsunami destroying most of downtown Hellesylt.