Official Name: | Ytre-Standal |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Møre og Romsdal#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
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: | Ørsta |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 6174 Barstadvik |
Coordinates: | 62.2985°N 6.4098°W |
Elevation M: | 9 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Ytre-Standal is a small village in the Hjørundfjord area of the municipality of Ørsta, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. The village has a population of approximately 3 people and in the weekends above 20. Ytre-Standal is located on the Hjørundfjorden in between the villages of Store-Standal and Festøya. The village is located among the Sunnmørsalpene mountains.
As with many villages rural areas, populations have been gradually decreasing as living off the land is no longer viable in modernized countries.
At Ytre-Standal, Marine Harvest has one of their hatcheries (cold water) employing approximately 7 people.