Sylte, Norddal Explained

Official Name:Sylte
Valldal
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Møre og Romsdal#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Label:Sylte
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:Fjord
Area Total Km2:0.71
Population As Of:2012
Population Total:411
Population Density Km2:579
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:6210 Valldal
Coordinates:62.298°N 7.2626°W
Elevation M:3
Elevation Footnotes:[1]

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 0.71km2 village has a population (2012) of 411. This gives the village a population density of .[2]

The village is located about northeast of the village of Eidsdal (across the fjord), and it is about 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Valldal, Norddal (Møre og Romsdal). yr.no. 2019-08-18.
  2. Web site: Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality.. 1 January 2012. Statistics Norway. Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  3. http://www.storfjordnytt.no/abo/ Storfjordnytt: Abonnement.
  4. Web site: Sylte. – tettsted. https://archive.today/20120917212211/http://www.snl.no/Sylte./tettsted. dead. 2012-09-17. Store norske leksikon. Store norske leksikon. Norwegian. 2010-10-15.
  5. News: Sylte – Store norske leksikon. Store norske leksikon. 2017-04-06. no.