Trandal is a small village in the
Hjørundfjorden
Hjørundfjorden is a fjord in the traditional district of Sunnmøre in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located mostly within Ørsta Municipality, although part of the mouth of the fjord lies in Sykkylven Municipality and the innermost ...
area of
Ørsta Municipality
is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre Districts of Norway, region of Western Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Ørsta (v ...
in
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,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. The village has a population of approximately 17 people. Trandal is located along the
Hjørundfjorden
Hjørundfjorden is a fjord in the traditional district of Sunnmøre in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located mostly within Ørsta Municipality, although part of the mouth of the fjord lies in Sykkylven Municipality and the innermost ...
, midway between the villages of Leknes and Hundeidvik. The village is located among the
Sunnmørsalpene mountains.
The village has no road connections to the rest of Norway. There is a ferry service from this village to
Store-Standal
Store-Standal is a small village in the Hjørundfjorden area of Ørsta Municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. The village has a population of approximately 20 people. Store-Standal is located along the Hjørundfjorden midway between the villag ...
, Leknes, and
Sæbø.
Trandal has several local businesses:
*Trandal Fjordhytter that rents out cabins
*Christian Gaard Bygdetun AS a popular pub and restaurant which houses three festivals during the summer; Trandalrock, Trandalbluesand Trandal Country
*Trandal Bunkers AS which sells fuel for smaller commercial and recreational vessels.
*In addition, two local residents are involved with Njord Adventures AS,
a whale watching company based in Tromsø.
References
Ørsta
Villages in Møre og Romsdal
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