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Ørsta Municipality

municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Key facts

Country: Norway
County: Møre og Romsdal
District: Sunnmøre
Established: 1 Aug 1883
Preceded by: Volda Municipality
Administrative centre: Ørsta
Mayor 2023: Per Are Sørheim ( H )
Total: 661.58 km (255.44 sq mi)
Land: 649.64 km (250.83 sq mi)
Water: 11.94 km (4.61 sq mi) 1.8%
Rank: # 171 in Norway
Highest elevation: 1,630.04 m (5,347.9 ft)
Density: 16.6/km (43/sq mi)
Change 10 years: +4%
Demonym: Ørsting
Norwegian form: Nynorsk
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )

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Ørsta ( Norwegian pronunciation: [œrsta] ) is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region of Western Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørsta. Other villages in the municipality include Barstadvik, Flåskjer, Follestaddalen, Hovdebygda, Liadal, Nordre Vartdal, Store-Standal, Sæbø, Trandal, Urke, Vartdal, Ytre-Standal, Åmdalen, and Årset.

The 662-square-kilometre (256 sq mi) municipality is the 171st largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Ørsta Municipality is the 106th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 10,958. The municipality's population density is 16.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (43/sq mi) and its population has increased by 4% over the previous 10-year period.