is the
administrative centre
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of
Sunndal Municipality
is a municipality in the Nordmøre region located in the northeast part of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Sunndalsøra. Other villages include Gjøra, Grøa, Hoelsand, Jorda ...
in
Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is t ...
county,
Norway
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. The village of Sunndalsøra lies at the mouth of the river
Driva at the beginning of the
Sunndalsfjord. Sunndalsøra is surrounded by steep mountains, such as
Hårstadnebba, which reach elevations as high as . Some of these mountains around Sunndalsøra are used for
BASE jumping.
The village has a population (2018) of 4,054 and a
population density
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of .
Location
The village is located about west of the village of
Hoelsand, southeast of the village of
Øksendalsøra, and about west of the village of
Grøa.
Norwegian National Road 70
National Road 70 ( no, Riksvei 70) is a long national highway that runs from the town of Kristiansund in Kristiansund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county and the village of Oppdal in Oppdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway.
Th ...
runs through the village of Sunndalsøra on its way from the
town of Kristiansund to
Oppdal Municipality in the neighboring
Trøndelag
Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denma ...
county.
Economy
Sunndalsøra is the largest village in Sunndal Municipality and it is home to
Hov Church, the main church for the parish.
Norsk Hydro
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operates an
aluminium
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plant at Sunndalsøra. About 900 employees work at the plant, which has been operating since 1954. In 2004, the plant was modernized to become the biggest and among the most modern aluminium plants in Europe, greatly reducing pollution. In addition to aluminium related research,
aquaculture
Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture), also known as aquafarming, is the controlled cultivation ("farming") of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other organisms of value such as aquatic plants (e.g. lot ...
research also takes place in Sunndalsøra, and many also work in public service in Sunndal municipality.
Climate
Sunndalsøra has a temperate
oceanic climate
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(
Cfb). Atlantic lows can produce a strong
foehn
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It is a rain shadow wind that results from the subsequent adiabatic warming of air that has dropped most of ...
effect in winter. This occurs when there is a strong low located southwest of the coast bringing mild air from the Atlantic Ocean, and the air is further warmed when forced over the mountains, and a dry warm air comes down on the leeward side down to the fjord. Sunndalsøra has the national all-time high for all winter months: December with recorded in 1998, January with , recorded January 2, 2020. This is also the warmest winter temperature ever recorded in Scandinavia. And in February with recorded February 23, 1990.
The record high is from July 2014, and the record low is from February 2010.
Old climate normal
Media gallery
Rema 1000 in Sunndalsøra.jpg, Rema 1000 in Sunndalsøra
Sunndalsøra 2011 - panoramio.jpg,
Sunndalsøra.jpg,
Hov kirke 2018.jpg, Hov Church
Sunndalsøra - panoramio.jpg, Looking towards the village from the fjord
Driva bru Sunndalsøra 2.jpg, Bridge in Sunndalsøra
References
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Sunndal
Villages in Møre og Romsdal