Ytre Standal

Ytre-Standal
Village

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Ytre-Standal
Ytre-Standal

Location in Møre og Romsdal

Coordinates: 62°17′54″N 06°24′35″E / 62.29833°N 6.40972°E / 62.29833; 6.40972Coordinates: 62°17′54″N 06°24′35″E / 62.29833°N 6.40972°E / 62.29833; 6.40972
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Sunnmøre
Municipality Ørsta Municipality
Elevation[1] 25 m (82 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code 6174 Barstadvik

Ytre-Standal is a small village in the Hjørundfjord area of Ørsta Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village has a population of approximately 3 people and in the weekends above 20. Ytre-Standal is located on the Hjørundfjorden in between the villages of Store-Standal and Festøya. The village is located among the Sunnmørsalpene mountains, about 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) close to Molladalen.

As with many villages rural areas, populations have been gradually decreasing as living off the land is no longer viable in modernized countries.

At Ytre-Standal Marine Harvest have one of their hatcheries (Cold water) employing approximately 7 people.

References

  1. "Ytre-Standal" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2012-05-26.


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