Brattvåg is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Haram

Haram, Norway

Haram is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative center is Brattvåg, the industrial center of Sunnmøre. Other important villages in the municipality include Austnes, Eidsvik, Helle, Longva, Søvik, Tennfjord, and Vatne.Brattvåg IL is...

 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...

. The village is located on the Norwegian mainland, along the west side of the Samfjorden. It is 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) northwest of Vatne/Eidsvik

Eidsvik, Møre og Romsdal

Eidsvik is a village in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located between the villages of Tennfjord and Vatne at the end of the Grytafjorden, about north of Skodje. Since 2002, Eidsvik has been considered a part of the Vatne urban area, so its population...

. The 1.88 square kilometre (0.725872058153966 sq mi) village has a population (2009) of 2,181.

Brattvåg has three schools

Education in Norway

Education in Norway is mandatory for all children aged 6–16. The school year in Norway runs from mid August to late June the following year. The Christmas holiday from mid December to early January historically divides the Norwegian school year into two terms...

: one primary school (barneskule), a lower secondary school (ungdomsskule), and an upper secondary school (vidaregåande). It houses factories for both Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce plc

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 and STX Europe. Rolls-Royce Deck Machinery Brattvåg is the world's largest manufacturer of winch

Winch

A winch is a mechanical device that is used to pull in or let out or otherwise adjust the "tension" of a rope or wire rope . In its simplest form it consists of a spool and attached hand crank. In larger forms, winches stand at the heart of machines as diverse as tow trucks, steam shovels and...

es. The sports club Brattvåg IL

Brattvåg IL

Brattvåg Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from the village of Brattvåg in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway . It has sections for association football and Nordic skiing. It was established in 1940....

is located in the village.