Aure, Norway
Encyclopedia
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 include Stemshaug
, Todalen
, and Tjeldbergodden
. Aure has one of the largest wooden churches in Norway.
The municipality includes many islands as well as some parts of the mainland. Islands of Aure include Ertvågsøy
, Rottøya
, Ruøya
, Solskjel
, Stabblandet
, Tustna
, and Skardsøya
. The Vinjefjorden
, Arasvikfjord
, and Edøyfjorden surround the municipality. Several bridges connect the islands including the Mjosund Bridge
, Aursund Bridge
, and Dromnessund Bridge
.
). Two other municipalities was later separated from it: Valsøyfjord
(in 1894) and Stemshaug
(in 1914). Stemshaug, however, was merged back with Aure on 1 January 1965. The municipality of Tustna
was merged with Aure on 1 January 2006.
) is named after the old Aure farm (Old Norse
: Aurar), since the first church was built there. The name is the plural
form of aurr which means "gravel
".
is from modern times. They were granted in 2006 when the municipalities of Tustna and Aure were merged, and they are based on the old arms of Tustna
. The arms show a white klippfisk
(cod) on a blue background. The production of cod in Norway started in Tustna around 1690.
has three parishes within the municipality of Aure. It is part of the Diocese of Møre
and the Rural Deanery
(Prosti) of Ytre Nordmøre prosti.
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 shipyard
s 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.
Møre og Romsdal
is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...
county
Counties of Norway
Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties . The counties form the primary first-level subdivisions of Norway and are further divided into 430 municipalities...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is part of the region
Districts of Norway
The country Norway is historically divided into a number of districts. Many districts have deep historical roots, and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties and municipalities. The districts are defined by geographical features, often valleys, mountain ranges, fjords,...
of Nordmøre
Nordmøre
Nordmøre is a traditional district in the Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. The area comprises the northern third of the county including the municipalities of Kristiansund, Averøy, Tingvoll, Surnadal, Rindal, Aure, Halsa, Eide, Sunndal, Gjemnes, and Smøla...
. The administrative centre is the village of Aure. Other villages include Stemshaug
Stemshaug
Stemshaug is a village and former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the mainland along the southern shore of the Torsetsundet in the present-day municipality of Aure. The former municipality encompassed the northeastern part of Aure, including part of Skardsøya...
, Todalen
Todalen
Todalen is a village on the north shore of the Vinjefjorden in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located about south of the municipal center of Aure. Until the beginning of 19th century, it was a municipal center with a lensmann and council. Todal had a post...
, and Tjeldbergodden
Tjeldbergodden
Tjeldbergodden is an industrial facility mainly featuring petroleum facilities located in the northeastern part of the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was constructed during the 1990s and among other things features the Statoil natural gas processing plant for the Heidrun...
. Aure has one of the largest wooden churches in Norway.
The municipality includes many islands as well as some parts of the mainland. Islands of Aure include Ertvågsøy
Ertvågsøy
Ertvågsøy or Ertvågøya is an island in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island has an area of and the highest point is the tall Korsbekkfjellet. The small islands of Rottøya and Ruøya lie to the east of the island and the islands of Solskjel and Stabblandet lie to...
, Rottøya
Rottøya
Rottøya is an island in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island lies between the mainland and Ertvågsøya, and the island of Ruøya lies to the north. The Mjosund Bridge connects the island to Ertvågsøya and the Smalsund Bridge connects it to Ruøya to the north....
, Ruøya
Ruøya
Ruøya is an island in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is connected to the village of Aure on the mainland to the east by the Aursund Bridge and to the island of Rottøya to the south by the Smalsund Bridge. The large island of Ertvågsøya lies to the west....
, Solskjel
Solskjel
Solskjel or Solskjelsøya is an island in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island sits just north of Stabblandet, northeast of Tustna, and west of Ertvågsøy....
, Stabblandet
Stabblandet
Stabblandet is an island in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island lies to the west of the island of Ertvågsøya, south of Solskjel, east of Tustna, and north of the mainland of Halsa. Most of the population lives on the northern part of the island. The highest...
, Tustna
Tustna
Tustna is an island and a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative centre was Gullstein. The island is located in the present-day municipality of Aure. The island lies between the islands of Golma and Stabblandet and Solskjel .-History:Tustna was originally a...
, and Skardsøya
Skardsøya
Skardsøya is an island in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the northeastern part of Aure, just east of the island of Grisvågøya and north and west of the mainland. The island is connected to the mainland to the east by the Dromnessund Bridge and to the...
. The Vinjefjorden
Vinjefjorden
The Vinjefjorden is a fjord in Norway. It begins at Vinjeøra in the municipality of Hemne and flows west through the municipalities of Aure, Halsa, Tingvoll, and Kristiansund . At its end, it flows into the Talsjøen and Freifjorden. The Halsafjord, Skålvikfjorden, and Valsøyfjorden branch off...
, Arasvikfjord
Arasvikfjord
Arasvikfjord or Arasvikfjorden is fjord between the municipalities of Aure and Halsa in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The fjord is part of the Vinjefjorden, near where the Valsøyfjorden branches off to the south. The highway runs along the south shore, through the village of Valsøyfjord...
, and Edøyfjorden surround the municipality. Several bridges connect the islands including the Mjosund Bridge
Mjosund Bridge
Mjosund Bridge is a cantilever bridge that crosses the Mjosundet strait between the islands of Rottøya and Ertvågsøya in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Along with the Aursund Bridge, it is part of the road connection between the mainland and Ertvågsøya...
, Aursund Bridge
Aursund Bridge
Aursund Bridge is a cantilever bridge that crosses the Aursundet strait between the mainland and the island of Ruøya in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Along with the Mjosund Bridge, it is part of the road connection between the mainland and Ertvågsøya...
, and Dromnessund Bridge
Dromnessund Bridge
Dromnessund Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Dromnessundet strait between the mainland and the island of Skardsøya in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long Dromnessund Bridge opened in 1996.-See also:...
.
General information
The municipality was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistriktFormannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...
). Two other municipalities was later separated from it: Valsøyfjord
Valsøyfjord
Valsøyfjord is a village and a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the Arasvikfjorden, just west of the Valsøyfjorden and the Valsøy Bridge. The highway runs through the village. There are about 800 people living in the Valsøyfjord area, and most...
(in 1894) and Stemshaug
Stemshaug
Stemshaug is a village and former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the mainland along the southern shore of the Torsetsundet in the present-day municipality of Aure. The former municipality encompassed the northeastern part of Aure, including part of Skardsøya...
(in 1914). Stemshaug, however, was merged back with Aure on 1 January 1965. The municipality of Tustna
Tustna
Tustna is an island and a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative centre was Gullstein. The island is located in the present-day municipality of Aure. The island lies between the islands of Golma and Stabblandet and Solskjel .-History:Tustna was originally a...
was merged with Aure on 1 January 2006.
Name
The municipality (originally the parishParish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
) is named after the old Aure farm (Old Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
: Aurar), since the first church was built there. The name is the plural
Plural
In linguistics, plurality or [a] plural is a concept of quantity representing a value of more-than-one. Typically applied to nouns, a plural word or marker is used to distinguish a value other than the default quantity of a noun, which is typically one...
form of aurr which means "gravel
Gravel
Gravel is composed of unconsolidated rock fragments that have a general particle size range and include size classes from granule- to boulder-sized fragments. Gravel can be sub-categorized into granule and cobble...
".
Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-armsCoat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
is from modern times. They were granted in 2006 when the municipalities of Tustna and Aure were merged, and they are based on the old arms of Tustna
Tustna
Tustna is an island and a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative centre was Gullstein. The island is located in the present-day municipality of Aure. The island lies between the islands of Golma and Stabblandet and Solskjel .-History:Tustna was originally a...
. The arms show a white klippfisk
Dried and salted cod
Dried and salted cod, often called salt cod or clipfish , is cod which has been preserved by drying after salting. Cod which has been dried without the addition of salt is called stockfish....
(cod) on a blue background. The production of cod in Norway started in Tustna around 1690.
Churches
The Church of NorwayChurch of Norway
The Church of Norway is the state church of Norway, established after the Lutheran reformation in Denmark-Norway in 1536-1537 broke the ties to the Holy See. The church confesses the Lutheran Christian faith...
has three parishes within the municipality of Aure. It is part of the Diocese of Møre
Diocese of Møre
The Diocese of Møre is a diocese in the Church of Norway which geographically consists of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Its bishop and cathedral are located in the county administrative center of Molde...
and the Rural Deanery
Deanery
A Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a Dean.- Catholic usage :...
(Prosti) of Ytre Nordmøre prosti.
| Parish (Sokn) | Church Name | Year Built | Location of the Church |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aure | Aure kirke | 1727 | Aure |
| Stemshaug | Stemshaug kirke | Stemshaug Stemshaug Stemshaug is a village and former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the mainland along the southern shore of the Torsetsundet in the present-day municipality of Aure. The former municipality encompassed the northeastern part of Aure, including part of Skardsøya... |
|
| Tustna | Gullstein kirke | 1864 | Tustna Tustna Tustna is an island and a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative centre was Gullstein. The island is located in the present-day municipality of Aure. The island lies between the islands of Golma and Stabblandet and Solskjel .-History:Tustna was originally a... |
| Sør-Tustna kapell | 1952 | Tømmervåg |
Economy
AgricultureAgriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
and aquaculture
Aquaculture
Aquaculture, also known as aquafarming, is the farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic plants. Aquaculture involves cultivating freshwater and saltwater populations under controlled conditions, and can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is the...
employ 13.6% of the workforce, mostly within dairy farming
Dairy farming
Dairy farming is a class of agricultural, or an animal husbandry, enterprise, for long-term production of milk, usually from dairy cows but also from goats and sheep, which may be either processed on-site or transported to a dairy factory for processing and eventual retail sale.Most dairy farms...
, fishing
Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....
, and fish farming
Fish farming
Fish farming is the principal form of aquaculture, while other methods may fall under mariculture. Fish farming involves raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures, usually for food. A facility that releases young fish into the wild for recreational fishing or to supplement a species'...
. Manufacturing industry and construction employ 25.5%, where the most important industries are the shipyard
Shipyard
Shipyards and dockyards are places which repair and build ships. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance and basing activities than shipyards, which are sometimes associated more with initial...
s in Mjosundet and the natural gas
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
processing plant in Tjeldbergodden
Tjeldbergodden
Tjeldbergodden is an industrial facility mainly featuring petroleum facilities located in the northeastern part of the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was constructed during the 1990s and among other things features the Statoil natural gas processing plant for the Heidrun...
, as well as the Tjeldbergodden Reserve Power Station
Tjeldbergodden Reserve Power Station
Tjeldbergodden Reserve Power Station is a natural gas-fired thermal power plant located at the industrial site Tjeldbergodden in the northeastern part of the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is operated by Statnett. The station has installed one gas turbine with effect...
. A liquefied natural gas
Liquefied natural gas
Liquefied natural gas or LNG is natural gas that has been converted temporarily to liquid form for ease of storage or transport....
(LNG) pipeline from the Heidrun oil field
Heidrun oil field
The Heidrun oil field is an oil and gas field discovered in 1985 in the Norwegian sector of the Norwegian Sea, named after the goat Heiðrún from Norse mythology....
terminates here. The remaining 60.5% work in the service industry.
External links
- Municipal fact sheet from Statistics NorwayStatistics NorwayStatistics Norway is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876.Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every year on its web site. All releases are published both in Norwegian and English...