Sykkylven Municipality
| Sykkylven kommune | |||
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 Sykkylven within Møre og Romsdal |
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| Coordinates: 62°22′32″N 06°38′39″E / 62.37556°N 6.64417°ECoordinates: 62°22′32″N 06°38′39″E / 62.37556°N 6.64417°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Møre og Romsdal | ||
| District | Sunnmøre | ||
| Administrative centre | Aure | ||
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| • 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 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1528 | ||
| Official language form | Nynorsk | ||
| Website | www |
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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