Official Name: | Åsskard |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Møre og Romsdal#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Møre og Romsdal |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Norway |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Møre og Romsdal |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Nordmøre |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Surnadal Municipality |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 6644 Bæverfjord |
Coordinates: | 63.0185°N 8.4949°W |
Elevation M: | 1 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Åsskard is a village in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located in the western part of the municipality, at the innermost part of the Åsskardfjorden which is a branch off the main Trongfjorden. The village is the site of Åsskard Church.
It is located about northwest of the village of Sylte. The only road connecting Halsa and Surnadal, County Road 65, runs through the village.
Historically, the village was the administrative centre of the old Åsskard Municipality from 1895 until the dissolution of the municipality in 1965.[2]