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Vestnes
Vestnes may refer to: Places *Vestnes (village), a village within Vestnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway *Vestnes Municipality, a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway *Vestnes Church, a church in Vestnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway *Vestnes, Mandal, a borough within the town of Mandal, Norway, Mandal in Lindesnes Municipality, Agder county, Norway Other *Vestnes Varfjell IL, a sports club based in Vestnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway {{dab, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vestnes Municipality
Vestnes is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. Vestnes is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Vestnes (village), village of Vestnes. Other villages in the municipality include Vikebukt, Vik, Vestnes, Vik, Vågstranda, Øverås, Fiksdal, Tomrefjord, and Tresfjord (village), Tresfjord. The area is known for nature and outdoor pursuits, and has a long history in ship building and maritime crafts. The village of Vestnes (village), Vestnes (Helland) dates back to early medieval times, and has 24-hour ferry and water taxi service with the town of Molde (town), Molde to the northeast. The ferry takes about 35-minutes each way. The municipality is the 238th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Vestnes Municipality is the 144th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 7,147. The municipality's populat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vestnes Church
Vestnes Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vestnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vestnes. It is the church for the Vestnes parish which is part of the Indre Romsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1872 by Anders Johnsen Berg who used plans drawn up by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 480 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1589, when it was an annex to the Old Veøy Church. At that time, it was already an old stave church. The first church in Vestnes was a small wooden building that was possibly constructed in the 14th century on a site about northwest of the present-day site of the church. During the 1640s, there were two additions built onto the church, both in a timber-frame construction: a transept to the north and to the south, creating a cruciform floor p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vestnes (village)
Vestnes or Helland is the administrative centre of Vestnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the Tresfjorden, near where the fjord empties into the main Romsdalsfjord. The village lies along the European route E39 highway. The village has a population (2024) of 2,618 and a population density of . The villages of Vik and Tomrefjord lie about to the southwest, the village of Tresfjord lies about to the south, and the village of Vikebukt lies directly across the Tresfjorden from Vestnes. The Tresfjord Bridge was completed in 2015, connecting Vikebukt to the southern part of Vestnes by bridge rather than an estimated 30-minute drive all the way around the fjord. The Tresfjord Bridge is part of European route E136. The prime minister, Erna Solberg Erna Solberg (; born 24 February 1961) is a Norwegian politician and the current Leader of the Opposition. She served as the prime minister of Norway from 2013 to 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandal, Norway
Mandal is a town in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. Mandal is the fourth largest town in Agder as well as the administrative centre of Lindesnes municipality. It is located at the mouth of the river Mandalselva at the southern end of the Mandalen valley. The town has a population (2019) of 11,053 and a population density of . In Norway, Mandal is considered a which can be translated as either a "town" or "city" in English. The town lies along the European route E39 highway, about southwest of the town of Kristiansand and about southeast of the town of Flekkefjord. Mandal has a few suburban villages lying just outside its borders such as Ime immediately to the east and Sånum to the southwest. The village of Krossen lies about to the north, along the Mandalselva river. History The area in which today's town of Mandal is located was not developed during the Middle Ages. During the 1300s, a trading post called ''Vester-Risør'' grew up along the Skogsfjo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
