Straumgjerde is a village in the municipality of Sykkylven

Sykkylven

Sykkylven is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Aure. Other villages include Ikornnes, Straumgjerde, and Tusvik.-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 where the lake Fitjavatnet empties into the Sykkylvsfjorden

Sykkylvsfjorden

Sykkylvsfjorden is a fjord in the municipality of Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The fjord is a branch off of the Storfjord. The villages of Sykkylven, Ikornnes, and Straumgjerde lie along the shores of the fjord. The Sykkylven Bridge crosses the fjord between Sykkylven and...

. It is about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of the municipal center of Aure

Aure, Sykkylven

Aure is a village which is the administrative center of the municipality of Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the Sykkylvsfjorden, just north of the Sykkylven Bridge. It is about north of Straumgjerde and east of Ikornnes.The village has a population of...

 and about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south of Ikornnes

Ikornnes

Ikornnes is a village in the municipality of Sykkylven in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the Sykkylvsfjorden, about east of Tusvik, north of Straumgjerde, and about west of the municipal center of Aure via the Sykkylven Bridge....

. The mountain Råna

Råna

Råna is a mountain on the border of the municipalities of Sykkylven and Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The mountain is part of Hjelledalstindane mountains in the Sunnmørsalpene range. The tall mountain is located about east of the village of Store Standal in Ørsta and about south of...

lies 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of the village.

The 0.57 square kilometres (140.8 acre) village has a population (2009) of 507. This gives it a population density of 889 PD/km2.