Arasvika or VÃ¥gosenis a village and ferry port in
Aure Municipality
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in
Møre og Romsdal
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county,
Norway
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.
Geography
Arasvika lies on the south side of the island of
Ertvågsøya
Ertvågsøya is an island in Aure Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island has an area of and the highest point is the tall Korsbekkfjellet. The small islands of Rottøya and Ruøya lie to the east of the island and the isl ...
along
Arasvik Fjord. There are road connections to Arasvika via
County Road 682 from the north and
County Road 362 from the east. The
Arasvika–Hennset Ferry connects the village to
Hennset
Hennset is a village and ferry point in Heim Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It lies along Arasvik Fjord between the villages of Liabøen and Valsøyfjord next to European route E39. The ferry connects the village to Arasvika in Aure ...
in
Heim Municipality
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and
European route E39
European route E39 is the designation of a north–south road in Norway and Denmark from Klett, just south of Trondheim (city), Trondheim, to Aalborg via Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand. In total, there are nine ferries, more than any other ...
.
Name
The village is named after the old ''Arasvik'' farm (). The first element is which is a historic name of a man. The last element is which means "small bay" or "cove".The oldest recorded form of the village's name is ''Oraldsuik'', which appeared in a document from 1342.
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Arasvika include:
*
Holger Aresvik (1883–1938), a fiddler and painter
*
Oddvar Aresvik (1915–1996), a professor of agricultural economics at the
Norwegian College of Agriculture
The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (, NMBU) is a public university located in Ã…s, Norway. It is located in Akershus county and has around 7,700 students.
History
The institution was established in 1859 as the Higher Agricultural Coll ...
in
Ã…s Municipality
Ã…s is the Scandinavian language word for an esker, a ridge of sand and gravel.
Ã…s may also refer to:
People
*Ã…s (surname)
*Berit Ã…s (born 1928), a Norwegian politician and Professor Emerita of social psychology at the University of Oslo
*O ...
References
External links
Arasvika at NorgeskartArasvika-Hennset ferry schedule
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Aure, Norway
Villages in Møre og Romsdal