Sira Church (Nesset)

Sira Church / Eresfjord Church
Sira kyrkje / Eresfjord kyrkje
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Sira Church / Eresfjord Church Location in Møre og Romsdal Sira Church / Eresfjord Church Location in Møre og Romsdal
62°39′59″N 8°06′49″E / 62.6663°N 8.1135°ECoordinates: 62°39′59″N 8°06′49″E / 62.6663°N 8.1135°E
Location	Nesset Municipality, Møre og Romsdal
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Style	Octagonal
Completed	1869
Specifications
Capacity	307
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Eresfjord
Deanery	Indre Romsdal prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Møre

Sira Church or Eresfjord Church (Norwegian: Sira kyrkje/Eresfjord kyrkje) is a parish church in Nesset Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Eresfjord. The church is part of the Eresfjord parish in the Indre Romsdal deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden, octagonal church was built in 1869. The church seats around 307 people.^[1][2]

History

There was a stave church in Eresfjord in the Middle Ages, but that church was torn down and replaced with a new cruciform church around 1710. That church stood until 1868 when it was then later replaced with the current octagonal church.^[3]

See also

• List of churches in Møre og Romsdal

References

1. "Sira kyrkje, Eresfjord". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
3. "Sira kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Kulturnett: Møre og Romsdal. Retrieved 2013-05-26.