Stangvik is a village in

Surnadal Municipality is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Skei. Other villages in Surnadal include Bøverfjorden, Glærem, Moen, Stangvik, Surnadalsøra, Sylte, T ...

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...

county,

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. The village is located along the Stangvikfjorden, about southwest of the villages of

Surnadalsøra Surnadalsøra is a village in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Surnadalsfjorden, near the mouth of the river Surna (Norway), Surna. It is located just southwest of the villages of Sylte, Su ...

and Skei. The village lies in a small valley along the fjord, with the tall mountain Strengen lying just east of the village. The village is home to Stangvik Church. County Road 6144 runs through the village, along the coast of the

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History

The village was the

administrative centre An administrative centre 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 the administrative language, such as Belgi ...

of the old

Stangvik Municipality Stangvik is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality of Stangvik (historically spelled ''Stangvig'') enc ...

from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965.

References

{{Authority control Villages in Møre og Romsdal Surnadal