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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Steinshamn

Steinshamn is a village in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located at the northern end of the island of Harøya. There is a causeway that connects Steinshamn to the neighboring island of Finnøya to the northeast.

The 0.6-square-kilometre (150-acre) village has a population (2018) of 484 and a population density of 807 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,090/sq mi).

Harøy Church lies about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the south and the village of Myklebost lies 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the south.

The village was the administrative centre of the old Sandøy Municipality until 2020.

References

  1. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2018). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. ^ "Steinshamn, Sandøy (Møre og Romsdal)". yr.no. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  3. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Steinshamn" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-10-22.