Selje
Selje is a village in Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the southwestern base of the Stadlandet peninsula at the entrance to the Moldefjorden.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Selje Church and Selja Abbey.
Selje Church
Church
Photo: Per Olav Bøyum, CC BY 2.0.
Selje Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Selje. It is the church for the Selje parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
Selja Abbey
Ruins
Photo: Kremle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Selja Abbey was a Benedictine monastery located on the island of Selja in Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island of Selja, which has been formerly known as Sellø or Selø, is located 15 minutes by boat from the mainland village of Selje. Selja Abbey is situated 2½ km west of Selje.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stad.
Stad
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stad or Stadlandet is a peninsula in Stad Municipality in the northwestern part of the Nordfjord district in Vestland county in Norway. The peninsula is considered the dividing point between the Norwegian Sea to the north and the North Sea to the south. Stad is situated 7 km north of Selje.
Selje
- Type: Village with 721 residents
- Description: settlement in Stad Municipality, Norway
- Categories: human settlement, urban area in Norway, administrative center, and locality
- Location: Stad, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.04427° or 62° 2′ 39″ northLongitude
5.34745° or 5° 20′ 51″ eastPopulation
721IATA airport code
QFKUnited Nations Location Code
NO SJEOpen location code
9FJ728VW+PXOpenStreetMap ID
node 260213985OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Selje” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Selje (kapital sa munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Selje”
- Danish: “Selje”
- Dutch: “Selje”
- French: “Selje”
- Irish: “Selje”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Selje”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Selje i Nordfjord”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tettstaden Selje”
- Norwegian: “Selje”
- Romanian: “Selje”
- Russian: “Селье”
- Swedish: “Selje”
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