13 Facts About Alesund

Alesund sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway.

The town of Alesund is the administrative centre of Alesund Municipality, as well as the principal shipping town of the Sunnmøre district.

Alesund is a partner in the Art nouveau network, a European network of co-operation created in 1999 for the study, safeguards and development of the Art nouveau.

Municipality of Alesund occupies seven of the outer islands in the county of Møre og Romsdal: Hessa, Aspøya, Nørvøya, Oksenøya, Ellingsøya, Humla, and Tørla.

Alesund has a temperate oceanic climate, known as a marine west coast climate.

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All municipalities in Norway, including Alesund, are responsible for primary education, outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads.

Municipal council of Alesund is made up of 77 representatives that are elected to four year terms.

Today this has become a cornerstone industry in and around Alesund through leading offshore supply ship owning companies Farstad, Bourbon, Olympic, Havila, and Rem.

Alesund is one of the harbours at which the Hurtigruten arrives two times per day.

The Rauma Line starts at Andalsnes, 120 kilometres east of Alesund, going to Dombas, then southwards on the Dovre Line to Lillehammer and Oslo.

Alesund is a port of call for passenger and freight vessels travelling between Bergen, Kingston upon Hull, Newcastle, Hamburg, and Trondheim, including the Hurtigruta cruise ships, which arrive in Alesund twice a day.

The Alesund School of Art is a school for visual arts located in Alesund.

Alesund was shown briefly at about the 20:17 mark in the 1969 film, "It's Tough to Be a Bird, " by Disney.