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.no

Sykkylven 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 names Sunnylven and Vanylven, 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 range Sunnmørsalpene. Most of the people in Sykkylven live by the fjord Sykkylvsfjorden, 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 and Cylindra.