Sylte, Norddal

Sylte or Valldal is a village in Fjord Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is situated at the southern end of the Valldalen valley along the shore of the Norddalsfjorden near the mouth of the Valldøla river, just west of the entrance to the Tafjorden. The 0.71-square-kilometre (180-acre) village has a population (2012) of 411. This gives the village a population density of 579 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,500/sq mi).[1]

Sylte Church
This article is about the village in Fjord, Norway. For the valley in Fjord, Norway, see Valldalen.
Sylte
Valldal
Village
Village seen across Norddalsfjorden
Sylte
Location in Møre og Romsdal
Sylte
Sylte (Norway)
Coordinates: 62.2980°N 7.2626°E / 62.2980; 7.2626
CountryNorway
RegionWestern Norway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictSunnmøre
MunicipalityFjord
Area
 • Total0.71 km2 (0.27 sq mi)
Elevation3 m (10 ft)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total411
 • Density579/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
6210 Valldal

The village is located about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of the village of Eidsdal (across the fjord), and it is about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of the village of Tafjord which is accessed via several long tunnels including the Heggur Tunnel. Norwegian County Road 63 runs north through Sylte on its way through the Valldalen valley up to the Trollstigen area.

The village is home to many industries, including production of cement and wood products, fish farming, and tourism. The newspaper Storfjordnytt is published in Sylte.[3] Sylte Church is located here.[4] The name originates from an older word in dialect meaning wet lowland.[5]

The village was the administrative center of the old Norddal Municipality until 2020.

References
  1. Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2012). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. "Valldal, Norddal (Møre og Romsdal)". yr.no. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
  3. Storfjordnytt: Abonnement.
  4. Store norske leksikon. "Sylte. – tettsted" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  5. "Sylte – Store norske leksikon". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  • Valldal travel guide from Wikivoyage


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