Arasvika

Arasvika or Vågosen is a village and ferry port in Aure Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.

Geography

Arasvika lies on the south side of the island of Ertvågsøya along Arasvik Fjord. There are road connections to Arasvika via County Road 682 from the north and County Road 362 from the east. The Arasvika–Hennset Ferry connects the village to Hennset in Heim Municipality and European route E39.

Name

The village is named after the old Arasvik farm (). The first element is which is a historic name of a man. The last element is which means "small bay" or "cove". The oldest recorded form of the village's name is Oraldsuik, which appeared in a document from 1342.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Arasvika include:

• Holger Aresvik (1883–1938), a fiddler and painter
• Oddvar Aresvik (1915–1996), a professor of agricultural economics at the Norwegian College of Agriculture in Ås Municipality

References

External links

• Arasvika at Norgeskart
• Arasvika-Hennset ferry schedule