Ålesund
Ålesund is a town in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of Ålesund Municipality. The centre of the town of Ålesund lies on the islands of Hessa, Aspøya, and Nørve with newer developments located on the islands of Uksenøya the outer parts of the "urban area" even stretch onto the island of Sula which is in the neighboring Sula Municipality.
- Locality with 52,600 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 3 metres (10 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code AES
- Description: town in Norway
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jugendstilsenteret and Ålesund Lighthouse.
Jugendstilsenteret
Museum
Jugendstilsenteret is an Art Nouveau Center located in central Ålesund, in Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
Ålesund
- Category: city
- Location
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Latitude
62.4723° or 62° 28′ 20″ north
Longitude
6.1549° or 6° 9′ 18″ east
UN/LOCODE
NO AES
Open location code
9FJ8F5C3+WX
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Ålesund” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ålesund”
- Bishnupriya: “অলেসুন্ড”
- Bulgarian: “Олесун”
- Catalan: “Ålesund”
- Cebuano: “Ålesund”
- Chinese: “奥勒松”
- Danish: “Ålesund”
- Dutch: “Ålesund”
- Estonian: “Ålesund”
- Finnish: “Ålesund”
- French: “Ålesund”
- Galician: “Aalesund”
- German: “Ålesund”
- Icelandic: “Álasund”
- Italian: “Ålesund”
- Japanese: “オーレスン”
- Korean: “올레순”
- Latin: “Ålesund”
- Latin: “Estrecio Anguilla”
- Latvian: “Olesunna”
- Lithuanian: “Olesiundas”
- Low German: “Kommun Ålesund”
- Macedonian: “Олесунд”
- Northern Frisian: “Ålesund”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ålesund (by)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ålesund”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Byen Ålesund”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ålesund”
- Norwegian: “Ålesund”
- Ossetian: “Олесунн”
- Persian: “اولهسوند”
- Polish: “Ålesund”
- Portuguese: “Ålesund”
- Romanian: “Ålesund”
- Russian: “Олесунн”
- Serbian: “Олесунд”
- Spanish: “Ålesund”
- Swedish: “Ålesund”
- Ukrainian: “Алєсунд”
- Ukrainian: “Олесунд”
- Ukrainian: “Олесунн”
- Urdu: “ایلسنڈ (قصبہ)”
- Urdu: “ایلسنڈ”
- Western Frisian: “Ålesund”
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Notable Places Nearby
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