Vanylven Church is a parish church

Parish church

A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....

 in the municipality of Vanylven

Vanylven

Vanylven is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is Fiskåbygd. Other villages include Syvde, Rovdane, and Myklebost.-General information:...

 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 village of Slagnes. The church is part of the Vanylven

Vanylven

Vanylven is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is Fiskåbygd. Other villages include Syvde, Rovdane, and Myklebost.-General information:...

 parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

 in the Søre Sunnmøre deanery

Deanery

A Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a Dean.- Catholic usage :...

 in the Diocese of Møre

Diocese of Møre

The Diocese of Møre is a diocese in the Church of Norway which geographically consists of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Its bishop and cathedral are located in the county administrative center of Molde...

.

The church was built in 1863 to replace the old St. Jetmund Church in Åheim. The new location at Slagnes was chosen since it was between the two large villages of Åheim and Fiskåbygd

Fiskåbygd

Fiskåbygd is a coastal village that is also the administrative centre of the municipality of Vanylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located southwest of Ålesund, east of Myklebust, and southwest of Rovdane. The village lies along the shores of the Vanylvsfjorden, east of...

.

See also

• Syvde Church
• Rovde Church
• Åram Church
• List of churches in Møre og Romsdal