Fiskåbygd
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Fiskåbygd is a coastal village that is also the administrative centre of the municipality of Vanylven
Vanylven
Vanylven is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is Fiskåbygd. Other villages include Syvde, Rovdane, and Myklebost.-General information:...

 in Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal
is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...

 county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The village is located 100 kilometres (62.1 mi) southwest of Ålesund
Ålesund
is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre, and the center of the Ålesund Region. It is a sea port, and is noted for its unique concentration of Art Nouveau architecture....

, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of Myklebust
Myklebost, Vanylven
Myklebost is a village in the Syvde area of the municipality of Vanylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Syvdsfjorden about east of the municipal center of Fiskåbygd and south of Rovdane. The village has a population of 428....

, and 30 kilometres (18.6 mi) southwest of Rovdane
Rovdane
Rovdane is a village in the municipality of Vanylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the Rovdefjorden, about north of Myklebost, northeast of the municipal center of Fiskåbygd, and west of the village of Volda...

. The village lies along the shores of the Vanylvsfjorden, east of Stad
Stad (peninsula)
Stad or Stadlandet is a peninsula in the municipality of Selje in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.The name is sometimes also written as Stadt, Statt or Stadlandet–not to be confused with the similar German word Stadt. The d in Stad is pronounced in Norwegian as a t. The Stad peninsula has a...

landet in Selje
Selje
Selje is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The village of Selje is the administrative center of Selje municipality...

. The 0.67 square kilometres (165.6 acre) village has a population (2009) of 377.
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