Aspøy
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Aspøya is an island in the municipality of Ålesund
in Møre og Romsdal
county, Norway
. It is located between the islands of Hessa
and Nørvøya
, and it is the location of the 1905 Ålesund Fire
.
Aspøya and Nørvøya
are the two islands that make up the city centre of Ålesund, and the highway ends on the island of Aspøya. The 0.5 square kilometres (123.6 acre) island has a population (2001) of 3,030.
Ålesund
is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre, and the center of the Ålesund Region. It is a sea port, and is noted for its unique concentration of Art Nouveau architecture....
in Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal
is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...
county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is located between the islands of Hessa
Hessa
Heissa or Hessa is an island in the municipality of Ålesund in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is the westernmost island in the municipality and it is located west and south of the island of Aspøya, south of Giske and Valderøy, east of Godøya, and north of Sula.The island contains mostly...
and Nørvøya
Nørvøya
Nørvøya is an island in the municipality of Ålesund, Norway. It is the larger of the two islands containing the city center of Ålesund, the other being Aspøya, located to the west...
, and it is the location of the 1905 Ålesund Fire
Ålesund Fire
The Ålesund Fire happened in the Norwegian city of Ålesund on 23 January 1904. It destroyed almost the whole city centre, built mostly of wood like the majority of Norwegian towns in that era.-Fire:...
.
Aspøya and Nørvøya
Nørvøya
Nørvøya is an island in the municipality of Ålesund, Norway. It is the larger of the two islands containing the city center of Ålesund, the other being Aspøya, located to the west...
are the two islands that make up the city centre of Ålesund, and the highway ends on the island of Aspøya. The 0.5 square kilometres (123.6 acre) island has a population (2001) of 3,030.