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Runde
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Runde is an island in Herøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island has a population of 113 people (as of 2015), and it is connected by the Runde Bridge to the island of Remøya to the south.

Key facts

Islands.name
Runde
Islands.image_name
RundeIslandFixedHorizon.jpg
Islands.location
Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Islands.mapframe zoom
9
Islands.area_km2
6.2
Islands.length_km
4
Islands.width_km
3.5
Islands.elevation_m
332
Islands.highest_mount
Varden
Islands.country
Norway
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
County
Islands.country_admin_divisions
Møre og Romsdal
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
Municipality
Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
Herøy Municipality
Islands.population
113
Islands.population_as_of
2015

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
island
Part of
Sørøyane
Country
Norway
Population
113
Area
6.4
Elevation
332
Body of water
Norwegian Sea
Image
Isle of Runde 20130705 190219.jpg
Width
3.8
Length
4
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Commons category
Runde
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Birdlife
  • History
  • Akerendam Shipwreck
  • Runde Environmental Centre
  • See also
  • References
  • Footnotes
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Runde is an island in Herøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island has a population of 113 people (as of 2015), and it is connected by the Runde Bridge to the island of Remøya to the south.

Runde is famous for its enormous number of birds. It is said that there are about 500,000 to 700,000 seabirds inhabiting the island, most of them are to be found in the cliffs. The Runde Environmental Centre () is a research station at the bird island.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Runde” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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