Ålesund is a town in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of Ålesund Municipality. The centre of the town of Ålesund lies on the islands of Hessa, Aspøya, and Nørve with newer developments located on the islands of Uksenøya the outer parts of the "urban area" even stretch onto the island of Sula which is in the neighboring Sula Municipality.
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The town is the main headquarters for the Norwegian Coastal Administration as well as one location of the Møre og Romsdal District Court.
In Norwegian, Ålesund is considered to be a by which can be translated as a town or a city. Ålesund is the ninth largest town/city in Norway. The town has become more of an urban agglomeration during the late part of the 20th century and the urban area has spread out and into the neighboring Sula Municipality. The 28.93-square-kilometre (7,150-acre) town has a population (2024) of 55,684 and a population density of 1,925 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,990/sq mi). About 21.75 square kilometres (8.40 sq mi) of the town with a population of 46,554 lies in Ålesund Municipality and the remaining 7.19 square kilometres (2.78 sq mi) of the town with a population of 9,130 lies in Sula Municipality.
The town has an unusually consistent architecture, most of the buildings having been built between 1904 and 1907.
From the Wikipedia article Ålesund, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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