Aspøy

Island in Norway
62°28′19″N 6°08′49″E / 62.472041°N 6.146851°E / 62.472041; 6.146851Area0.6 km2 (0.23 sq mi)Length1.8 km (1.12 mi)Width500 m (1600 ft)Highest elevation52 m (171 ft)Highest pointStorhaugenAdministration
Norway
CountyMøre og RomsdalMunicipalityÅlesund MunicipalityDemographicsPopulation3376 (2015)

Aspøya is an island in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 0.6-square-kilometre (0.23 sq mi) island is one of the islands on which the city of Ålesund is built. The other islands are Hessa (to the west) and Nørvøya (to the east). Aspøya is the location of the 1904 Ålesund Fire.

The small island has some residential development around Ålesund Church. Other than that, most of the island is made up of industrial and commercial developments.[1] The western terminus of the European route E136 highway is on the island of Aspøya. The 0.6-square-kilometre (150-acre) island has a population (2015) of 3,376.

See also

References

  1. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Aspøy – øy og bydel i Ålesund" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-07-20.

External links

  • Aspøya – øy og bydel i Ålesund, in Store norske leksikon
  • http://www.norgeskart.no/#12/43885/6958206
  • Aspøy elementary school


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