Sæbø, Møre og Romsdal
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Sæbø is a village in the municipality of Ørsta
Ørsta
is a village and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region of Western Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørsta...

 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 along the Hjørundfjorden
Hjørundfjorden
Hjørundfjorden is a fjord in the traditional district of Sunnmøre in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long fjord is an arm of the larger Storfjord that stretches south from Ålesund...

 in the Bondalen
Bondalen
Bondalen is a valley in the Hjørundfjord area of the municipality of Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The sparsely populated valley runs to the west from the Hjørundfjorden and the village of Sæbø towards the village of Volda....

 valley. It is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the mountain Skårasalen
Skårasalen
Skårasalen is a mountain in the municipality of Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The tall mountain has the seventh largest prominence of all mountains in Norway. The mountain is located about south of the village of Sæbø and the Bondalen valley in the Hjørundfjord area of Ørsta...

. The village of Store Standal
Store Standal
Store-Standal is a small village in the Hjørundfjord area of the municipality of Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village has a population of approximately 20 people. Store-Standal is located on the Hjørundfjorden midway between the villages of Sæbø and Festøy...

 lies about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the north and the village of Leira
Leira, Ørsta
Leira is a small village in the Hjørundfjord area of the municipality of Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It lies between Bjørke and Viddal, at the end of Hjørundfjorden...

 lies about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) to the south.

Sæbø was the administrative centre of the former municipality of Hjørundfjord
Hjørundfjord
Hjørundfjord is a former municipality in the municipality of Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village of Sæbø, located on the shores of the Hjørundfjorden. The municipality encircled both sides of the Hjørundfjorden as well as the Bondalen valley...

which was incorporated into Ørsta in 1964.
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