Store Standal
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Store-Standal is a small village in the Hjørundfjord
area of the municipality of Ørsta
in Møre og Romsdal
county, Norway
. The village has a population of approximately 20 people. Store-Standal is located on the Hjørundfjorden
midway between the villages of Sæbø
and Festøy. The village is located among the Sunnmørsalpene
mountains, about 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) east of the mountain Kolåstinden
.
As with many villages rural areas, populations have been gradually decreasing as living off the land is no longer viable in modernized countries. In an effort to increase the influx of people again, Store-Standal is undertaking projects to modernize the local industries and create tourism
. Here there is a new power station, wireless internet service, and development of an Alpine Center for new residents and tourists.
Hjørundfjord
Hjørundfjord is a former municipality in the municipality of Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village of Sæbø, located on the shores of the Hjørundfjorden. The municipality encircled both sides of the Hjørundfjorden as well as the Bondalen valley...
area of the municipality of Ørsta
Ørsta
is a village and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region of Western Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørsta...
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 has a population of approximately 20 people. Store-Standal is located on the Hjørundfjorden
Hjørundfjorden
Hjørundfjorden is a fjord in the traditional district of Sunnmøre in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long fjord is an arm of the larger Storfjord that stretches south from Ålesund...
midway between the villages of Sæbø
Sæbø, Møre og Romsdal
Sæbø is a village in the municipality of Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the Hjørundfjorden in the Bondalen valley. It is about north of the mountain Skårasalen...
and Festøy. The village is located among the Sunnmørsalpene
Sunnmørsalpene
Sunnmørsalpene is a collective term for the mountains range in Sunnmøre, Norway. The mountain range encircles the Hjørundfjorden in the municipalities of Volda, Ørsta, Stranda, and Sykkylven. These mountains have peaks reaching straight up from the fjord....
mountains, about 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) east of the mountain Kolåstinden
Kolåstinden
Kolåstinden is a mountain in the municipality of Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located where the Romedalen and Standaldalen valleys converge, about west of the village of Store Standal and the Hjørundfjorden....
.
As with many villages rural areas, populations have been gradually decreasing as living off the land is no longer viable in modernized countries. In an effort to increase the influx of people again, Store-Standal is undertaking projects to modernize the local industries and create tourism
Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
. Here there is a new power station, wireless internet service, and development of an Alpine Center for new residents and tourists.