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Aure Municipality

municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Møre og Romsdal
District: Nordmøre
Established: 1 Jan 1838
Created as: Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre: Aure
Mayor 2019: Hanne Berit Brekken ( Ap )
Total: 641.28 km (247.60 sq mi)
Land: 621.52 km (239.97 sq mi)
Water: 19.76 km (7.63 sq mi) 3.1%
Rank: # 179 in Norway
Highest elevation: 907.81 m (2,978.4 ft)
Density: 5.3/km (14/sq mi)
Change 10 years: −4.7%
Demonym: Aurgjelding
Norwegian form: Neutral
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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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 in Aure include Gullstein, Stemshaug, Todalen, Tjeldbergodden, Arasvika, Vågosen, and Tømmervåg. Aure has one of the largest wooden churches in Norway, Aure Church.

The 641-square-kilometre (247 sq mi) municipality is the 179th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Aure Municipality is the 218th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,408. The municipality's population density is 5.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (14/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 4.7% over the previous 10-year period.