- Sykkylven
Infobox_Kommune
name=Sykkylven
idnumber=1528
county=Møre og Romsdal
landscape=Sunnmøre
capital=Aure
governor=Jan Kåre Aurdal (KrF)
governor_as_of=2005
arearank=260
area=338
arealand=328
areapercent=0.10
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=132
population=7,444
populationpercent=0.16
populationdensity=23
populationincrease=6.3
language=Nynorsk
lat_deg=62| lat_min=22| lat_sec=32| lon_deg=6| lon_min=38| lon_sec=39
utm_zone=32V| utm_northing=6918246 |utm_easting=0378158| geo_cat=adm2nd
munwebpage=www.sykkylven.kommune.noSykkylven is a municipality in the county of
Møre og Romsdal ,Norway .Sykkylven was separated from
Ørskog August 1 ,1883 .The name
The municipality is named after
Sykkylvsfjorden (Old Norse "Síkiflir"). The first element is "sík" n 'small lake; inlet' (referring to the lake, originally probably an inlet, of Fetvatnet). The last element ("-iflir") is also found in the namesSunnylven andVanylven , and the meaning is probably 'fjord'.Until 1889 the name was written "Søkelven", in the period 1889-1917 "Søkkelven", from 1918 on "Sykkylven".
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1984). The figure represents the landscape of
Sykkylvsfjorden .Geography
Sykkylven is a part of the
Sunnmøre region and is surrounded by the beautiful alpine mountain rangeSunnmørsalpene . Most of the people in Sykkylven live by the fjordSykkylvsfjorden , which again is connected to the fjord "Storfjorden ".Economy
Sykkylven is well known for its furniture industry with companies such as
Ekornes ,Hjellegjerde ,Brunstad Møbler ,Hjelle andCylindra .
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