Sætre, Møre og Romsdal
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Sætre is a village along the shore of the Vartdalsfjorden in the municipality of Ørsta
in Møre og Romsdal
county, Norway
. It is located in the Årset valley along the highway about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) northeast of Flåskjer
in the Vartdal
district of Ørsta. The mountain Saudehornet
is located about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south of the village.
The 0.74 square kilometres (182.9 acre) village has a population (2009) of 382 people. This village was the administrative centre of the former municipality of Vartdal
from 1895–1964.
Ørsta
is a village and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region of Western Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørsta...
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 in the Årset valley along the highway about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) northeast of Flåskjer
Flåskjer
Flåskjer is a small village in the municipality of Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the highway about southwest of Sætre in the Vartdal district of Ørsta. It lies by the foot of Flåskjer valley, along the shore of the Vartdalsfjorden.Fishing in one of the activities...
in the Vartdal
Vartdal
Vartdal is a former municipality in the current municipality of Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village Sætre, which is also called Vartdal. The former municipality encompassed the northwestern part of present-day Ørsta, along the Vartdalsfjorden,...
district of Ørsta. The mountain Saudehornet
Saudehornet
Saudehornet is a mountain that is located north of the village of Ørsta in the municipality of Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The is a very popular, though steep, destination for skiing in the Sunnmørsalpene range. It is located just north of the highway, about north of the...
is located about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south of the village.
The 0.74 square kilometres (182.9 acre) village has a population (2009) of 382 people. This village was the administrative centre of the former municipality of Vartdal
Vartdal
Vartdal is a former municipality in the current municipality of Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village Sætre, which is also called Vartdal. The former municipality encompassed the northwestern part of present-day Ørsta, along the Vartdalsfjorden,...
from 1895–1964.