Aure, Norway
Municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the municipality in Norway. For other places in Norway named Aure, see Aure.
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, and Tømmervåg. Aure has one of the largest wooden churches in Norway, Aure Church.
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Aure Municipality
Aure kommune | |
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Coordinates: 63°16′07″N 08°36′28″E | |
Country | Norway |
County | Møre og Romsdal |
District | Nordmøre |
Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
• Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
Administrative centre | Aure |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019) | Hanne Berit Brekken (Ap) |
Area | |
• Total | 641.29 km2 (247.60 sq mi) |
• Land | 621.52 km2 (239.97 sq mi) |
• Water | 19.76 km2 (7.63 sq mi) 3.1% |
• Rank | #179 in Norway |
Population (2023) | |
• Total | 3,381 |
• Rank | #218 in Norway |
• Density | 5.4/km2 (14/sq mi) |
• Change (10 years) | −5.3% |
Demonym | Aurgjelding[1] |
Official language | |
• Norwegian form | Neutral |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | NO-1576[3] |
Website | Official website |
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The 641-square-kilometre (247 sq mi) municipality is the 179th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Aure is the 218th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,381. The municipality's population density is 5.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (14/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 5.3% over the previous 10-year period.[4][5]