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ÅlesundColumbia Encyclopedia entry: Ålesund
Ålesundô'ləsoon, city (1995 pop. 36,720), Møre og Romsdal county, W Norway, on 3 islands in the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Storfjord. It is a major commercial and fishing port. Products include clothing, processed fish, and dairy goods. Of note is a nearby stone church (early 13th cent.). The name was formerly spelled Aalesund.
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is a city and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. It is a sea port, and is noted for its unique concentration of Jugendstil architecture.
Ålesund was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. Borgund was merged with Ålesund on 1 January 1968. Sula was separated from Ålesund on 1 January 1977. Ålesund received city rights in 1848. It is the administrative centre of the municipality as well as the principal shipping city of the Sunnmøre district. Ålesund municipality has a population of 42,317 as of 2009, while the Ålesund "urban settlement" has a population of 46,471.
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Ny-Ålesund [New Alesund], town, on Kongsfjorden, NW Spitsbergen island, Svalbard. It is a coal-mining settlement. Ny-Ålesund was (1926) the base of polar flights by Richard Byrd, in an airplan...
