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Alversund
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Alversund
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City facts
Overview
Alversund is a village in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland of the Lindås peninsula, along the shore of the Alverstraumen strait. The village sits between the villages of Alverstraumen and Alver, forming a large village area that is often referred to as Alversund.
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History
The village was the administrative centre of the old Alversund Municipality which existed from 1885 until 1964. Among other things one will find Den Gamle Bokstova, a book café where a small group of people meets 6-8 times a year to discuss literature. The building dates from the 16th century and is a former bank, library, and community house. The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Alver farm (Old Norse: Alviðra) since the first church was built there. The meaning of the name is "all weather" (meaning "weather from all directions" - describing a farm with an exposed and unsheltered site). The last element is sund which means "sound" or "strait", referring to Alverstraumen strait.
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Geography
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Nearby places in Vestland
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- Bouzedjar1749.8 mi away · pop. 4,387
- El Kouamlia1751.6 mi away
- El Amria1752.6 mi away
- Sassel1756.4 mi away
- Ouled Taoui1757.4 mi away
- Ouled Boudjemaa1757.5 mi away · pop. 6,228
- Hassi El Ghella1757.7 mi away
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- Ain El Beida1758.5 mi away
- Khedaïda1759.2 mi away
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Official Identifiers
SSB — Statistics Norway
- Kommunenr
- 1257
- Wikidata
- Q16868941
Kommunenummer via Wikidata P2504
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • SSB — Statistics Norway — Kommunenummer via Wikidata P2504