Elnesvågen

Elnesvågen is a village in Fræna municipality in Norway, 15 minutes north of Molde. It is the center of a larger, predominantly agricultural area, with 2,133 inhabitants living in the Elnesvågen urban area. [cite paper | author=Statistics Norway | title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2007 | date=2007 | url=http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/01/10/beftett_en/tab-2007-06-07-01-en.html]

Amongst several factories in Elnesvågen are Moxy Engineering and Hustadmarmor marble factory, which manufactures calcium products for European paper producers. The Tine Meierier cheese factory is the largest producer of Jarlsberg cheese with exports to UK, the USA, Canada, Germany and Australia.

Myrbostad church was built in 1880 and a combined soccer-athletics stadium was completed around 1997.

The best views of Elnesvågen are from the mountains Heiane and Gjendemsfjellet. Heiane is most easily accessible from Hauglia, the major living area in Elnesvågen.

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