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Ålesund (ô`ləs n), 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.How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| We took a bus through the hills, past an
occasional sod-roofed dwelling and fields carpeted with dandelions, and
ended up at the art nouveau city of Alesund, built in the 1930s. Alesund is a busy little port with a strong nautical tradition on
the west coast of Norway above Bergen. The Norwegian researchers studied 2,161 children born in the cities
of Trondheim and Alesund from 1979 to 1981. |
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