Aure, Norway

Aure kommune
Municipality
View of Arasvika in Aure

Coat of arms

Møre og Romsdal within
Norway

Aure within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 63°16′07″N 08°36′28″E / 63.26861°N 8.60778°E / 63.26861; 8.60778Coordinates: 63°16′07″N 08°36′28″E / 63.26861°N 8.60778°E / 63.26861; 8.60778
Country Norway
County Møre og Romsdal
District Nordmøre
Administrative centre Aure
Government
  Mayor (2007) Ingunn Oldervik Golmen (Sp)
Area
  Total 641.38 km2 (247.64 sq mi)
  Land 621.73 km2 (240.05 sq mi)
  Water 19.65 km2 (7.59 sq mi)
Area rank #176 in Norway
Population (2017)
  Total 3,590
  Rank #244 in Norway
  Density 5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
  Change (10 years) 2.1%
Demonym(s) Aurgjelding[1]
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-1576
Official language form Neutral
Website www.aure.kommune.no

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, and Tømmervåg. Aure has one of the largest wooden churches in Norway, Aure Church.

The 641-square-kilometre (247 sq mi) municipality is the 176th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Aure is the 244th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 3,590. The municipality's population density is 5.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (15/sq mi) and its population has increased by 2.1% over the last decade.[2]

General information

View of the Foldfjord

The municipality was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1894, the southern district of Aure (population: 942) was separated to form the new municipality of Valsøyfjord. Then on 1 July 1914, the northeastern district of Aure (population: 851) was separated to form the new municipality of Stemshaug. On 1 January 1965, the municipality of Stemshaug (population: 877), the part of Valsøyfjord municipality on the island of Ertvågsøya (population: 141), and the part of Tustna municipality on Ertvågsøya (population: 85) were all merged into the municipality of Aure. On 1 January 1976, the district of Aure located south of the Vinjefjorden (population: 158) was merged into Halsa Municipality. On 1 January 2006, the municipality of Tustna was merged into Aure.[3]

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Aure farm (Old Norse: Aurar), since the first church (Aure Church) was built there. The name is the plural form of aurr which means "gravel".[4]

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms were granted in 2006 when the municipalities of Tustna and Aure were merged. They are based on the arms of the old municipality of Tustna, only the colors were changed. The arms show a white klippfisk (cod) on a blue background. The commercial production of cod in Norway started in Tustna around 1690.[5]

Churches

The Church of Norway has three parishes (sokn) within the municipality of Aure. It is part of the Ytre Nordmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre.

Churches in Aure
Parish (Sokn)Church NameLocation of the ChurchYear Built
AureAure ChurchAure1924
StemshaugStemshaug ChurchStemshaug1908
TustnaGullstein ChurchGullstein1864
Sør-Tustna ChapelTømmervåg1952

Geography

View of Tustna.

The municipality includes many islands as well as some parts of the mainland. Islands of Aure include Ertvågsøya, Grisvågøya, Rottøya, Ruøya, Skardsøya, Solskjelsøya, Stabblandet, and Tustna. The Vinjefjorden, Arasvikfjord, and Edøyfjorden surround the municipality. Several bridges connect the islands including the Mjosund Bridge, Aursund Bridge, and Dromnessund Bridge.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Aure, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Aure is made up of 21 representatives that are elected to four year terms. Currently, the party breakdown is as follows:[6]

Aure Kommunestyre 2015–2019
Party NameName in NorwegianNumber of
representatives
 Labour PartyArbeiderpartiet6
 Progress PartyFremskrittspartiet1
 Conservative PartyHøyre2
 Christian Democratic PartyKristelig Folkeparti1
 Centre PartySenterpartiet9
 Liberal PartyVenstre2
Total number of members:21

Economy

Agriculture and aquaculture employ 13.6% of the workforce, mostly within dairy farming, fishing, and fish farming. Manufacturing industry and construction employ 25.5%, where the most important industries are the shipyards in Mjosundet and the natural gas processing plant in Tjeldbergodden, as well as the Tjeldbergodden Reserve Power Station. A liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline from the Heidrun oil field terminates here. The remaining 60.5% work in the service industry.[7]

Notable residents

References

  1. "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  2. Statistisk sentralbyrå (2017). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  3. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.
  4. Rygh, Oluf (1908). Norske gaardnavne: Romsdals amt (in Norwegian) (13 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 433.
  5. "Kommunevåpen". Aure Kommune. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
  6. "Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M)" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. 2015.
  7. "Tall om Aure kommune 2008". Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
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