Aure, Norway
| Aure kommune | |||
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| Coordinates: 63°16′7″N 8°36′28″E / 63.26861°N 8.60778°ECoordinates: 63°16′7″N 8°36′28″E / 63.26861°N 8.60778°E | |||
| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Møre og Romsdal | ||
| District | Nordmøre | ||
| Administrative centre | Aure | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2007) | Ingunn Oldervik Golmen (Sp) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 643.94 km2 (248.63 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 624.25 km2 (241.02 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 19.69 km2 (7.60 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 3,502 | ||
| • Density | 5.6/km2 (15/sq mi) | ||
| • Change (10 years) | 26 % | ||
| Demonym | Aurgjelding[1] | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1576 | ||
| Official language form | Neutral | ||
| Website | www.aure.kommune.no | ||
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Aure is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Nordmøre. The administrative centre is the village of Aure. Other villages include Stemshaug, Todalen, and Tjeldbergodden. Aure has one of the largest wooden churches in Norway.
The municipality includes many islands as well as some parts of the mainland. Islands of Aure include Ertvågsøy, Rottøya, Ruøya, Solskjel, Stabblandet, Tustna, and Skardsøya. The Vinjefjorden, Arasvikfjord, and Edøyfjorden surround the municipality. Several bridges connect the islands including the Mjosund Bridge, Aursund Bridge, and Dromnessund Bridge.
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[edit] General information
The municipality was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Two other municipalities was later separated from it: Valsøyfjord (in 1894) and Stemshaug (in 1914). Stemshaug, however, was merged back with Aure on 1 January 1965. The municipality of Tustna was merged with Aure on 1 January 2006.
[edit] Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Aure farm (Old Norse: Aurar), since the first church was built there. The name is the plural form of aurr which means "gravel".[2]
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 2006 when the municipalities of Tustna and Aure were merged, and they are based on the old arms of Tustna. The arms show a white klippfisk (cod) on a blue background. The production of cod in Norway started in Tustna around 1690.[3]
[edit] Churches
The Church of Norway has three parishes within the municipality of Aure. It is part of the Diocese of Møre and the Rural Deanery (Prosti) of Ytre Nordmøre prosti.
| Parish (Sokn) |
Church Name | Year Built | Location of the Church |
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| Aure | Aure kirke | 1727 | Aure |
| Stemshaug | Stemshaug kirke | Stemshaug | |
| Tustna | Gullstein kirke | 1864 | Tustna |
| Sør-Tustna kapell | 1952 | Tømmervåg |
[edit] Economy
Agriculture and aquaculture employ 13.6% of the workforce, mostly within dairy farming, fishing, and fish farming. Manufacturing industry and construction employ 25.5%, where the most important industries are the shipyards in Mjosundet and the natural gas processing plant in Tjeldbergodden, as well as the Tjeldbergodden Reserve Power Station. A liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline from the Heidrun oil field terminates here. The remaining 60.5% work in the service industry.[4]
[edit] Notable residents
- Kristofer Leirdal, famous sculptor is originally from Aure
[edit] References
- ^ "Personnemningar til stadnamn i Noreg" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. http://www.sprakrad.no/nb-no/Sprakhjelp/Rettskrivning_Ordboeker/Innbyggjarnamn/.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1908) (in Norwegian). Norske gaardnavne: Romsdals amt (13 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. pp. 433. http://books.google.com/books?id=yGtBAAAAIAAJ.
- ^ "Kommunevåpen". Aure Kommune. http://www.aure.kommune.no/artikkel.aspx?MId1=4&AId=27&Back=1. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
- ^ "Tall om Aure kommune 2008". http://www.ssb.no/kommuner/region.cgi?nr=15. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
[edit] External links
Media related to Aure at Wikimedia Commons- Aure travel guide from Wikitravel
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
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