Arasvika
Arasvik | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 The ferry dock in Arasvika | |
  Arasvika Location in
Møre og Romsdal  Arasvika Arasvika (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 63°10′3.1″N 8°26′19.9″E / 63.167528°N 8.438861°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Western Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Nordmøre |
| Municipality | Aure |
| Elevation | 64 m (210 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
| Post Code | 6694 Foldfjorden |
Arasvika or Arasvik [1] [2] is a village and ferry point in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
Name
The oldest recorded form of the village's name is Oraldsuik, which appeared in a document from 1342. [2] [3]
Geography
Arasvika lies on the south side of the island of Ertvågsøy along Arasvik Fjord. There are road connections to Arasvika via County Road 682 from the north and County Road 362 from the east. [4] The ferry connects the village to Hennset in the municipality of Halsa and European route E39. [5]
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Arasvika include:
- Holger Aresvik (1883–1938), fiddler and painter [6]
- Oddvar Aresvik (1915–1996), professor of agricultural economics at the Norwegian College of Agriculture at Ås [7]
References
- ^ a b "Arasvika, Aure (Møre og Romsdal)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ^ a b Rygh, Oluf. 1901. Gamle Personnavne i norske Stedsnavne. Kristiania : W.C. Fabritius & Sønner, p. 191.
- ^ Diplomatarium Norvegicum: Gunhild Sigurdsdatters Testamente.
- ^ "Vegliste 2016: Fylkes- og kommunale veger. Møre og Romsdal. 2016. Molde: Statens vegvesen Region nord, pp. 8, 11" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ^ Norgeskart: Hennset and Arasvika.
- ^ Elstad, Anne Karin, & Idar Hansen. 1989. Eg helsar deg, Nordmør. Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, p. 110.
- ^ Aresvik, Oddvar. 1976. The Agricultural Development of Jordan. New York: Praeger, p. 377.
External links
Arasvika
Arasvik | |
|---|---|
Village | |
|
The ferry dock in Arasvika | |
Arasvika Location in
Møre og Romsdal Arasvika Arasvika (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 63°10′3.1″N 8°26′19.9″E / 63.167528°N 8.438861°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Western Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Nordmøre |
| Municipality | Aure |
| Elevation | 64 m (210 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
| Post Code | 6694 Foldfjorden |
Arasvika or Arasvik [1] [2] is a village and ferry point in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
Name
The oldest recorded form of the village's name is Oraldsuik, which appeared in a document from 1342. [2] [3]
Geography
Arasvika lies on the south side of the island of Ertvågsøy along Arasvik Fjord. There are road connections to Arasvika via County Road 682 from the north and County Road 362 from the east. [4] The ferry connects the village to Hennset in the municipality of Halsa and European route E39. [5]
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Arasvika include:
- Holger Aresvik (1883–1938), fiddler and painter [6]
- Oddvar Aresvik (1915–1996), professor of agricultural economics at the Norwegian College of Agriculture at Ås [7]
References
- ^ a b "Arasvika, Aure (Møre og Romsdal)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ^ a b Rygh, Oluf. 1901. Gamle Personnavne i norske Stedsnavne. Kristiania : W.C. Fabritius & Sønner, p. 191.
- ^ Diplomatarium Norvegicum: Gunhild Sigurdsdatters Testamente.
- ^ "Vegliste 2016: Fylkes- og kommunale veger. Møre og Romsdal. 2016. Molde: Statens vegvesen Region nord, pp. 8, 11" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ^ Norgeskart: Hennset and Arasvika.
- ^ Elstad, Anne Karin, & Idar Hansen. 1989. Eg helsar deg, Nordmør. Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, p. 110.
- ^ Aresvik, Oddvar. 1976. The Agricultural Development of Jordan. New York: Praeger, p. 377.