Hjørundfjord Church

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Hjørundfjord Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the municipality of Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sæbø on the west coast of the Hjørundfjorden. It is the church for the Hjørundfjord parish which is part of the Søre Sunnmøre prosti in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1880 using plans drawn up by the architect Johannes Henrik Nissen. The church seats about 480 people. ()

Local name: Hjørundfjord kirke Completed: 1880 (144 years ago)Capacity: 480Coordinates: 62°12'34"N, 6°28'12"E

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Møre og RomsdalNorway

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Hjørundfjord Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jakta, Kolåstinden, Råna, Storfjorden.

5.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Jakta
137 min walk • Jakta is a 1,588-metre tall mountain in the Sunnmørsalpene mountain range. It is located in the municipality of Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
6.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Kolåstinden
158 min walk • Kolåstinden is a mountain in the municipality of Ørsta, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 1,432-metre tall mountain is located where the Romedalen and Standaldalen valleys converge, about 5.5 kilometres west of the village of Store Standal and the Hjørundfjorden and it is about 12 kilometres northeast of the village of Ørsta.
5.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Råna
144 min walk • Råna is a mountain in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The mountain sits on the municipal border between the municipalities of Ørsta and Sykkylven. It is part of Hjelledalstindane mountains in the Sunnmørsalpene range.
5.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Fjord
Storfjorden
132 min walk • Storfjorden or Storfjord is a 110-kilometre long fjord in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It stretches from the village of Hareid in the west to the villages of Tafjord and Geiranger in the east.
3.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Skårasalen
79 min walk • Skårasalen is a mountain in the municipality of Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 1,542-metre tall mountain has the seventh largest prominence of all mountains in Norway.
3.3 miE
Natural feature
Sunnmørsalpane, Hjørundfjord
85 min walk • Sunnmørsalpane is a collective term for the mountains range in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The mountain range encircles the Hjørundfjorden in the municipalities of Volda, Ørsta, Stranda, and Sykkylven.