| Official Name: | Hellesylt |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 11 |
| Mapframe-Marker: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | Møre og Romsdal#Norway |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Norway |
| Subdivision Name1: | Western Norway |
| Subdivision Name2: | Møre og Romsdal |
| Subdivision Name3: | Sunnmøre |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Stranda Municipality |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.43 |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Total: | 240 |
| Population Density Km2: | 558 |
| Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
| Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
| Postal Code: | 6218 Hellesylt |
| Coordinates: | 62.0855°N 6.8677°W |
| Elevation M: | 3 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Hellesylt[2] 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.
The 0.43km2 village has a population (2024) of 240 and a population density of .[3] 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.[4]
Hellesylt is under constant threat from the mountain Ă…kerneset, 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.
