Place:Stranda, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

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NameStranda
Alt namesLiabygdsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates62.3°N 6.933°E
Located inMøre og Romsdal, Norway
Contained Places
Former municipality
Sunnylven ( 1965 - present )
Inhabited place
Geiranger ( 1965 - present )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Stranda is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stranda. Stranda consists of three smaller villages and one larger central village. The smaller villages are Hellesylt, Geiranger, and Liabygda. The central village, Stranda (same name as the municipality), has about 2,600 inhabitants. Stranda Municipality is known for tourist attractions like the Geirangerfjorden Sunnylvsfjorden and its skiarea at Strandafjellet

The municipality is the 134th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Stranda is the 191st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,523. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 0.2% over the previous 10-year period.

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