Alnes
Alnes is a small village in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the north side of the island of Godøya, about 4 kilometres northwest of the village of Leitebakk.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Frode Inge Helland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Godøy Chapel and Giske Wildlife Sanctuary.
Godøy Chapel
Church
Photo: Henny stokseth, CC BY-SA 3.0 no.
Godøy Chapel is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Godøy. It is an annex chapel in the Giske parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti in the Diocese of Møre. Godøy Chapel is situated 3 km southeast of Alnes.
Giske Wildlife Sanctuary
Nature reserve
The Giske Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Makkevika inlet on the island of Giske in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The area received protection in 1988 "to preserve an important wetland area with its habitat, bird life and other wildlife," according to the conservation regulations. Giske Wildlife Sanctuary is situated 3½ km northeast of Alnes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ålesund and Brandal.
Ålesund
Photo: GangerRolf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ålesund is the largest city in Møre og Romsdal 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.
Brandal
Village
Photo: Frokor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brandal is a village in Hareid Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the eastern shores of the island of Hareidlandet, along the Sulafjorden. Brandal is situated 10 km south of Alnes.
Alnes
- Type: Village with 204 residents
- Description: settlement in Giske Municipality, Norway
- Categories: human settlement, urban area in Norway, and locality
- Location: Giske, Møre og Romsdal, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.48593° or 62° 29′ 9″ northLongitude
5.97533° or 5° 58′ 31″ eastPopulation
204Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
9FJ7FXPG+94OpenStreetMap ID
node 9950522013OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3224699Wikidata ID
Q2291980
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Alnes” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Алнес”
- Cebuano: “Alnes”
- Danish: “Alnes”
- Dutch: “Alnes”
- French: “Alnes”
- Italian: “Alnes”
- Javanese: “Alnes”
- Malay: “Alnes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alnes”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alnes”
- Norwegian: “Alnes”
- Persian: “النز”
- Romanian: “Alnes”
- Swedish: “Alnes”
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