Hellesylt

{{Short description|Village in Stranda Municipality, Norway}}

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Hellesylt

|other_name =

|native_name =

|nickname =

|settlement_type = Village

|image_skyline = Vista de Hellesylt, Noruega, 2019-09-07, DD 03-07 PAN.jpg

|image_caption = View of Hellesylt

|image_map = {{Infobox mapframe|zoom=11|marker=village}}

|pushpin_map = Møre og Romsdal#Norway

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|pushpin_label_position = right

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Norway

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = Western Norway

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Møre og Romsdal

|subdivision_type3 = District

|subdivision_name3 = Sunnmøre

|subdivision_type4 = Municipality

|subdivision_name4 = Stranda Municipality

|area_footnotes =

|area_total_km2 = 0.43

|population_as_of = 2024

|population_footnotes =

|population_total = 240

|population_density_km2 = 558

|timezone1 = CET

|utc_offset1 = +01:00

|timezone1_DST = CEST

|utc_offset1_DST = +02:00

|postal_code_type = Post Code

|postal_code = 6218 Hellesylt

|coordinates = {{coord|62.0855|6.8677|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_m = 3

|elevation_footnotes = {{Cite web |title=Hellesylt, Stranda (Møre og Romsdal) |url=https://www.yr.no/place/Norway/M%C3%B8re_og_Romsdal/Stranda/Hellesylt/ |access-date=2019-08-25 |publisher=yr.no}}}}

Hellesylt{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/10385 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}} is a small village in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village lies at the head of the Sunnylvsfjorden, which is a branch of the Storfjorden, and which the more famous Geirangerfjorden in turn branches off nearby.

File:Norvegia- cascata a Hellesylt, sul fiordo di Geiranger.jpg

The {{convert|0.43|km2|acre|adj=on}} village has a population (2024) of 240 and a population density of {{convert|558|PD/km2}}.{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |date=2024-10-01 |title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/folketall/statistikk/tettsteders-befolkning-og-areal}} There are several hundred other people living in the surrounding valley area as well.

In the summertime, thousands of tourists travel through or stay in Hellesylt each day. Most of them take the Geiranger - Hellesylt Ferry to the nearby village of Geiranger, which in high season runs every one and a half hours. There is also a cruise ship pier that can handle very large ships. The village is surrounded by mountains and valleys. The Sunnylven Church is located in the village. Hellesylt was the administrative center of the former Sunnylven Municipality.{{Cite SNL|Hellesylt|Hellesylt|2025-04-16|Thorsnæs|Geir|2024-11-25}}

Hellesylt is under constant threat from the mountain Åkerneset, which is about to erode into the Sunnylvsfjord. A collapse could cause a megatsunami in the fjord which would destroy most of the village Hellesylt.