Hareid (village)

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Hareid (Norway)
Coordinates: 62°22′13″N06°01′44″E / 62.37028°N 6.02889°E / 62.37028; 6.02889 Coordinates: 62°22′13″N06°01′44″E / 62.37028°N 6.02889°E / 62.37028; 6.02889
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Sunnmøre
Municipality Hareid Municipality
Area [1]
  Total 2.53 km2 (0.98 sq mi)
Elevation [2] 3 m (10 ft)
Population (2013) [1]
  Total 3,245
  Density 1,283/km2 (3,320/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code6060 Hareid

Hareid is the administrative centre of Hareid Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern coast of the island of Hareidlandet, along the Sulafjorden. The village has a shopping center, some industry, a hotel, and Hareid Church. The 2.53-square-kilometre (630-acre) village has a population (2013) of 3,245; giving the village a population density of 1,283 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,320/sq mi). [1] [3]

An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.

Møre og Romsdal County (fylke) of Norway

Møre og RomsdalUrban East Norwegian: [²møːrə ɔ ˈrʊmsdɑːl](listen) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Oppland, and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the largest town. The county is governed by the Møre og Romsdal County Municipality which includes an elected county council and a county mayor. The national government is represented by the county governor.

Norway constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northwestern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

The Norwegian County Road 61 runs from Hareid to the town of Ulsteinvik on the other side of the island. There is also a ferry that runs between Hareid and Sulesund across the Sulafjorden on the island of Sula. There is another road heading north from Hareid to the village of Brandal, and it heads south to the village of Hjørungavåg.

Ulsteinvik Town in Western Norway, Norway

Ulsteinvik  is the commercial and administrative centre of the municipality (kommune) of Ulstein in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 4.26-square-kilometre (1,050-acre) village has a population (2014) of 6,201; giving the village a population density of 1,456 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,770/sq mi). As such, Ulsteinvik contains 74% of the population of Ulstein Municipality. The town of Ulsteinvik is located on the west side of the island of Hareidlandet, about 23 kilometres (14 mi) southwest of the city of Ålesund. Ulstein Church is located in the town, serving the population of the whole municipality.

Ferry type of ship

A ferry is a merchant vessel used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi.

Sulafjorden

Sulafjorden is a fjord in Sula Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the border of Sula Municipality and Hareid Municipality. The great Storfjorden flows out into the Sulafjorden which then flows out into the Breidsundet sound, and on into the ocean. The 9-kilometre (5.6 mi) long fjord is about 4 to 5 kilometres wide and it reaches a maximum depth of 445 metres (1,460 ft) below sea level. The island of Sula sits on the northeast side of the fjord and the island of Hareidlandet is to the southwest. The main settlements along the fjord include the villages of Brandal, Hareid, and Hjørungavåg, all on Hareidlandet. The island of Sula has very few inhabitants along the Sulafjorden.

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Hareidlandet island in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway

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Sula (island) island in Sula, Norway

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Vartdalsfjorden

Vartdalsfjorden is a fjord in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It begins at the Storfjorden and Sulafjorden in the northeast and flows through Hareid Municipality and Ulstein Municipality on the northern shore of the fjord and through Ørsta Municipality and Volda Municipality on the southern shore. The 20-kilometre (12 mi) long fjord has one road crossing, the Eiksund Tunnel. The deepest part of the fjord reaches 365 metres (1,198 ft) below sea level. The village of Vartdal lies on the southern shore of the fjord in Ørsta Municipality. From 1895 until 1964, the southern banks of the fjord were part of Vartdal Municipality.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2013). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. "Hareid" (in Norwegian). yr.no . Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  3. Store norske leksikon. "Hareid – tettstedet" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-08-02.