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Averøy Municipality

municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Møre og Romsdal
District: Nordmøre
Established: 1 Jan 1964
Preceded by: Kvernes , Kornstad , and Bremsnes
Administrative centre: Bruhagen
Mayor 2015: Ingrid Ovidie Rangønes ( Ap )
Total: 175.7 km (67.8 sq mi)
Land: 172.9 km (66.8 sq mi)
Water: 2.8 km (1.1 sq mi) 1.6%
Rank: # 313 in Norway
Highest elevation: 751.03 m (2,464.0 ft)
Density: 33.9/km (88/sq mi)
Change 10 years: +4.7%
Demonym: Averøying
Norwegian form: Neutral
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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Averøy is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Nordmøre. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bruhagen. Other villages in the municipality include Bremsnes, Kornstad, Kvernes, Kårvåg, Langøyneset, Sveggen, and Vebenstad.

The 176-square-kilometre (68 sq mi) municipality is the 313th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Averøy Municipality is the 163rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,955. The municipality's population density is 33.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (88/sq mi) and its population has increased by 4.7% over the previous 10-year period.