Norway
Western Norway
Møre og Romsdal

Ålesund

Ålesund is the largest city in county, West Norway, with about 53,000 inhabitants, 66,000 in the surrounding area. Ålesund is the gateway to the iconic northwestern fjords and surrounding alpine mountains.
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  • Type: City with 55,700 residents
  • Description: municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway
  • Also known as: “1507”, “Alesund”, “Ålesund Municipality”, and “Ålesund, Norway”
  • Neighbors:
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Jugendstilsenteret and Ålesund Lighthouse.

Museum
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is an Art Nouveau Center located in central , in , . is part of the Foundation Cultural Quarter in Ålesund.

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Church
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is a of the Church of Norway in Ålesund Municipality in county, . It is located in the center of the town of Ålesund, on the island of Aspøya.

Ålesund

Latitude
62.4711° or 62° 28′ 16″ north
Longitude
6.1552° or 6° 9′ 19″ east
Population
55,700
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
9FJ8F5C4+F3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31264149
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
6453341
Wiki­data ID
Q62266
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Ålesund” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Alesund”
  • Afrikaans: “Ålesund”
  • Albanian: “Ålesund”
  • Arabic: “أوليسوند”
  • Armenian: “Օլեսուն”
  • Asturian: “Ålesund”
  • Basque: “Ålesund”
  • Belarusian: “Алесун”
  • Belarusian: “Олесун”
  • Bishnupriya: “অলেসুন্ড”
  • Bulgarian: “Олесун”
  • Burmese: “အော်လ်ဆန်းမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Aalesund”
  • Catalan: “Ålesund”
  • Cebuano: “Ålesund”
  • Chinese: “Ålesund”
  • Chinese: “奥勒松”
  • Chinese: “奧勒孫”
  • Chinese: “奧勒松”
  • Chuvash: “Олесунн”
  • Croatian: “Ålesund”
  • Czech: “Ålesund”
  • Danish: “Aalesund”
  • Danish: “Ålesund Kommune”
  • Danish: “Ålesund”
  • Dutch: “Alesund”
  • Dutch: “Ålesund”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوليسوند”
  • Esperanto: “Ålesund”
  • Estonian: “Aalesund”
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  • Faroese: “Ålesund”
  • Finnish: “Aalesund”
  • Finnish: “Ålesund”
  • French: “Aalesund”
  • French: “Alesund”
  • French: “Ålesund”
  • French: “Vigra”
  • Galician: “Aalesund”
  • Galician: “Ålesund”
  • German: “Aalesund”
  • German: “Ålesund”
  • German: “Älesund”
  • Greek: “Ώλεσουντ”
  • Hebrew: “אולסון”
  • Hebrew: “אולסונד”
  • Hebrew: “אולסן”
  • Hindi: “आलेसूंड”
  • Hungarian: “Ålesund”
  • Icelandic: “Álasund”
  • Icelandic: “Ålesund”
  • Ido: “Ålesund”
  • Indonesian: “Aalesund”
  • Indonesian: “Alesund”
  • Indonesian: “Ålesund”
  • Irish: “Ålesund”
  • Italian: “Aalesund”
  • Italian: “Alesund”
  • Italian: “Ålesund”
  • Italian: “Spjelkavik”
  • Japanese: “オーレスン”
  • Japanese: “オーレンス”
  • Javanese: “Ålesund”
  • Kalaallisut: “Ålesund”
  • Korean: “올레순”
  • Latin: “Ålesund”
  • Latin: “Estrecio Anguilla”
  • Latvian: “Ålesund kommune”
  • Latvian: “Olesunnas komūna”
  • Latvian: “Olesunnas pašvaldība”
  • Limburgan: “Ålesund”
  • Lithuanian: “Olesiundas”
  • Lithuanian: “Olesundas”
  • Low German: “Kommun Ålesund”
  • Luxembourgish: “Alesund”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ålesund”
  • Macedonian: “Олесунд”
  • Malay: “Ålesund”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ålesund”
  • Moksha: “Олэсунн”
  • Northern Sami: “Ålesund”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aalesund”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ålesund kommune”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ålesund”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ålesund kommune”
  • Norwegian: “Ålesund”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ålesund”
  • Ossetian: “Алесунд”
  • Ossetian: “Олесунн”
  • Persian: “السوند”
  • Piemontese: “Ålesund”
  • Polish: “Aalesund”
  • Polish: “Alesund”
  • Polish: “Ålesund”
  • Portuguese: “Aalesund”
  • Portuguese: “Alesund”
  • Portuguese: “Ålesund”
  • Romanian: “Alesund”
  • Romanian: “Ålesund”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Ålesund”
  • Russian: “Аальзунд”
  • Russian: “Алесунд”
  • Russian: “Олесунн”
  • Scots: “Ålesund”
  • Serbian: “Ålesund”
  • Serbian: “Олесунд”
  • Silesian: “Ålesund”
  • Slovak: “Ålesund”
  • Slovenian: “Ålesund”
  • Spanish: “Aalesund”
  • Spanish: “Alesund”
  • Spanish: “Ålesund”
  • Swahili: “Ålesund”
  • Swedish: “Ålesund kommun”
  • Swedish: “Ålesunds kommun”
  • Tatar: “Олесунн”
  • Tumbuka: “Ålesund”
  • Turkish: “Ålesund”
  • Ukrainian: “Олесунн (комуна)”
  • Ukrainian: “Олесунн”
  • Urdu: “ایلسنڈ”
  • Vietnamese: “Ålesund”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ålesund”
  • Welsh: “Ålesund”
  • Wu Chinese: “奥勒松”

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