Hareid

Hareid Municipality
Hareid kommune
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Hareid within Møre og Romsdal
Hareid within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°21′51″N 06°00′05″E / 62.36417°N 6.00139°E / 62.36417; 6.00139
CountryNorway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictSunnmøre
Established1 Jan 1917
 • Preceded byUlstein Municipality
Administrative centreHareid
Government
 • Mayor (2019)Bernt Brandal (LL)
Area
 • Total82.28 km2 (31.77 sq mi)
 • Land76.82 km2 (29.66 sq mi)
 • Water5.45 km2 (2.10 sq mi)  6.6%
 • Rank#336 in Norway
Population
 (2023)
 • Total5,159
 • Rank#181 in Norway
 • Density67.2/km2 (174/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +2%
DemonymHareidstøling[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1517[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

Hareid is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Hareid. The other main population centers are Brandal and Hjørungavåg.

The municipality is situated off the mainland coast of Sunnmøre, on an island named Hareidlandet, which it shared with Ulstein Municipality, the commercial capital of the area. Hareid is regarded as the cultural capital with its annual Hareidsstemne and many choirs. It is also an important traffic hub in Sunnmøre and is connected by ferry to the neighboring island of Sula which in turn is connected to the city of Ålesund and the island of Valderøya. The municipality is connected to the mainland via the Eiksund Bridge and Eiksund Tunnel through Ulstein.

The 82-square-kilometre (32 sq mi) municipality is the 336th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Hareid is the 181st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,159. The municipality's population density is 67.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (174/sq mi) and its population has increased by 2% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).

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