Ålesund (town)
Ålesund | ||
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Ladested 1824 | | |
Kjøpstad | 1848 | |
Area | ||
• Total | 28.22 km2 (10.90 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) | |
Population (2018)[1] | ||
• Total | 52,626 | |
• Density | 1,865/km2 (4,830/sq mi) | |
Demonyms | Ålesundar Ålesunder Ålesunding | |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) | |
Post Code | 6000 Ålesund |
Ålesund (Norwegian pronunciation:
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 an unusually consistent architecture, most of the buildings having been built between 1904 and 1907.
The term "Little London" was often applied to the community during the
History
Legend has it that Gangerolf (outside of Norway better known as
The old
On 1 January 1875, part of Borgund Municipality (population: 902) was transferred to the town of Ålesund.[6] By 1900, the population had increased to 11,777.[7]
In the night of 23 January 1904, the town was the scene of the
In 1922, another part of Borgund Municipality (population: 1,148) was transferred to the town of Ålesund. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the
Name
A part of the town was historically known as Kaupangen Borgund. The Old Norse word kaupang means "marketplace" or "town", thus the market town for Borgund. The Old Norse form of the current name was Álasund. The first element of that (probably) is the plural genitive case of áll which means "eel" and the last element is sund which means "strait" or "sound".[9] Before 1921, the name was written Aalesund.
Climate
Ålesund has a temperate and heavily moderated oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Winters are mild, damp and windy; the coldest month of the year, January, has a mean temperature of 2 °C (36 °F).[10] The lowest temperature ever recorded at Ålesund Airport, Vigra was −11 °C (12 °F).[citation needed] The climate is extremely mild for the latitude and inland areas at similar parallels especially in lowland Sweden see much hotter summers and colder winters. The warmest temperature ever recorded in Ålesund is 34.4 °C (93.9 °F).
The following climate data is from the local
Climate data for Ålesund Airport (1991–2020)
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) |
4.8 (40.6) |
5.9 (42.6) |
8.8 (47.8) |
11.7 (53.1) |
14.2 (57.6) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
14.7 (58.5) |
10.9 (51.6) |
7.8 (46.0) |
5.8 (42.4) |
10.3 (50.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) |
2.8 (37.0) |
3.6 (38.5) |
5.9 (42.6) |
8.7 (47.7) |
11.4 (52.5) |
13.7 (56.7) |
14.3 (57.7) |
12.2 (54.0) |
8.6 (47.5) |
5.9 (42.6) |
4.0 (39.2) |
7.9 (46.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) |
0.7 (33.3) |
1.3 (34.3) |
3.3 (37.9) |
6.1 (43.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
12.1 (53.8) |
9.8 (49.6) |
6.3 (43.3) |
3.7 (38.7) |
1.8 (35.2) |
5.6 (42.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 145.8 (5.74) |
125.2 (4.93) |
121.5 (4.78) |
76.1 (3.00) |
71.6 (2.82) |
80.1 (3.15) |
81.1 (3.19) |
125.3 (4.93) |
142.9 (5.63) |
161.7 (6.37) |
146.6 (5.77) |
165.5 (6.52) |
1,443.4 (56.83) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 18 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 190 |
Source: NOAA[11] |
Transportation
Ålesund is a port of call for passenger and freight vessels travelling between
The town's airport, Ålesund Airport, Vigra, has several daily flights to/from Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, and Copenhagen. In November 2012 KLM announced it would fly to Ålesund 5 days a week from Amsterdam starting in April 2013.[12]
There are 14 local bus lines (including one night bus line) and 5 express bus lines going through the town.[13]
Culture
The Norwegian Centre of Art Nouveau Architecture, Jugendstilsenteret, is situated in Ålesund. It is a museum and interpretive center with exhibitions telling the story of the town fire and Art Nouveu/Jugendstil in Norway and Europe.[3]
Sunnmøre museum, founded in 1931, is an outdoor folk museum devoted to the Norwegian coastal culture and way of life. Located on an area of 120 hectares (300 acres), it has more than 55 old and distinct houses from the past 300 years moved to the site, replicas of old Viking ships, and the Medieval Age Museum with artifacts from excavations of the old trading centre.[14]
The local newspaper is Sunnmørsposten, founded in 1882 and published six days a week.[3] Ålesund is the site of the annual Norwegian Food Festival.
Education
Ålesund is home to a sub-division of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), with approximately 1,800 students and 150 employees. The Ålesund School of Art (Norwegian: Ålesund Kunstskole) is a school for visual arts located in Ålesund.
Ålesund also features an International school for children aged 5–15.
See also
References
- ^ a b c Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2018). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
- ^ "Ålesund (Møre og Romsdal)". yr.no. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Tabeller over Folkemængden i Norge den 31te December 1845" (PDF). ssb.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ a b Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
- ^ "Folketællingen i Kongeriket Norge" (PDF). ssb.no (in Norwegian). 3 December 1900. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ "Historical journey in the Municipality of Aalesund". www.alesund.kommune.no. 2010. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
- ^ "Betydningen Ålesund" (in Norwegian). Ålesund kommune. 2007. Archived from the original on 17 February 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2007.
- ^ "Normaler for Ålesund" (in Norwegian). Meterologisk institutt. 2007. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2007.
- ^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Vigra". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "KLM to launch scheduled service to Ålesund". klm.com. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "IMG-0947 hosted at ImgBB". ImgBB. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Sunnmøre Museum, Aalesund". sunnmore.museum.no. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ Ivar Gunnar Braaten. "Ja til Latinskolen" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 12 January 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2007.
External links
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway (in Norwegian)
- Municipality website (in Norwegian)
- Jugendstil Centre/Art Nouveau Centre
- Ålesund Hospital Archived 2007-08-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- New International Encyclopedia. 1905. .