Aukra Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Møre og Romsdal
- District
- Romsdal
- Established
- 1 Jan 1838
- Created as
- Formannskapsdistrikt
- Administrative centre
- Falkhytta
- Mayor 2023
- Helge Kjøll ( KrF )
- Total
- 60.66 km (23.42 sq mi)
- Land
- 60.57 km (23.39 sq mi)
- Water
- 0.09 km (0.035 sq mi) 0.1%
- Rank
- # 346 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 492.73 m (1,616.6 ft)
- Density
- 60.6/km (157/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +8.9%
- Demonyms
- Gossing, Aukraværing
- Norwegian form
- Nynorsk
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
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Encyclopedic overview
Aukra is municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Romsdalen. The administrative centre is the village of Falkhytta, which is part of the Aukrasanden urban area.
The municipality is made up of the island of Gossa as well as many small surrounding islands (such as Rindarøya, plus a small area around the village of Hollingen across the Julsundet strait on the mainland Romsdal peninsula. Some of the main population centers include the villages of Hollingen, Aukrasanden, Varhaugvika, and Røssøyvågen. Nyhamna is a major industrial area in Aukra.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aukra Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.