Official Name: | Brattvåg |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Møre og Romsdal#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Møre og Romsdal |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Møre og Romsdal |
Subdivision Name3: | Sunnmøre |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Ålesund Municipality |
Area Total Km2: | 1.74 |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Total: | 2870 |
Population Density Km2: | 1394 |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 6270 Brattvåg |
Coordinates: | 62.5999°N 6.4442°W |
Elevation M: | 26 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Brattvåg is a village in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the Norwegian mainland, along the west side of the Samfjorden. It is located about northwest of the villages of Vatne/Eidsvik.
The 1.74km2 village has a population (2018) of 2,426 and a population density of .[2]
Brattvåg has three schools: one primary school (Norwegian: barneskule), a lower secondary school (Norwegian: ungdomsskule), and an upper secondary school (Norwegian: vidaregåande). Brattvåg Church is the main church for this area of the municipality. Brattvåg houses factories for both Kongsberg and Vard. Kongsberg Deck Machinery Brattvåg is the world's largest manufacturer of winches. The sports club Brattvåg IL is located in the village.
The newspaper Nordre is published in Brattvåg.[3]
Prior to 2020, it was the administrative centre of the old Haram Municipality.