Vanylven

Infobox_Kommune
name=Vanylven
idnumber=1511
county=Møre og Romsdal
landscape=Sunnmøre
capital=Fiskåbygd
governor=Jan Helgøy (KrF)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=242
area=385
arealand=365
areapercent=0.12
population_as_of=2007
populationrank=239
population=3,536
populationpercent=0.08
populationdensity=10
populationincrease=-10.1
language=Nynorsk
lat_deg=62| lat_min=3| lat_sec=38| lon_deg=5| lon_min=41| lon_sec=51
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6885331 |utm_easting=0327432| geo_cat=adm2nd




munwebpage=www.vanylven.kommune.no

Vanylven is a municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

Vanylven was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Syvde was separated from Vanylven July 1, 1918, but again merged with Vanylven January 1, 1964. Rovde was also merged with Vanylven in 1964.

Vanylven borders on Sande and Herøy in the north (across the Rovdefjord). Volda lies to the east, and Eid, Vågsøy and Selje towards the south.

The name

The municipality is named after Vanylvsfjorden (Old Norse "Vaniflir"). The meaning of the first element is unknown, the last element ("-iflir") is also found in the names Sunnylven and Sykkylven, and the meaning is probably 'fjord'.

Until 1889 the name was written "Vanelven", in the period 1889-1917 "Vannelven", from 1918 on "Vanylven".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1987). It is meant to show how Vanylvsfjorden meets the sea.

External links

* [http://www.vanylven.kommune.no/Modules/Default.aspx Sande kommune (Norwegian)]