Longva
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Longva is a village in the municipality of Haram
Haram, Norway
Haram is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative center is Brattvåg, the industrial center of Sunnmøre. Other important villages in the municipality include Austnes, Eidsvik, Helle, Longva, Søvik, Tennfjord, and Vatne.Brattvåg IL is...

 in Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal
is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...

 county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The village is located on the island of Flemsøya
Flemsøya
Flemsøya is an island in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located between the islands of Haramsøya and Fjørtofta. It is connected to Haramsøya by the Ullasund Bridge. The population of the island was 568. The eastern and southern coastline is flat,...

. It is about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northeast of the village of Austnes
Austnes
Austnes is a village in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the southeast side of the island of Haramsøya, about southwest of the village of Longva via the Ullasund Bridge. The Ulla lighthouse is located about to the north.The village has a population...

 on Haramsøya
Haramsøya
Haramsøya is an island in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located between the islands of Lepsøya and Flemsøya, just northwest of the mainland of Haram. The village of Austnes is located on the southeast part of the island...

 via the Ullasund Bridge
Ullasund Bridge
Ullasund Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Ullasundet between the islands of Haramsøya and Flemsøya in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The original bridge was opened in 1969...

. The population (2003) was 637, but since 2004, Longva has not been considered an urban settlement by Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876.Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every year on its web site. All releases are published both in Norwegian and English...

, and its data is therefore not registered.
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