Larsnes is the administrative centre of the municipality of Sande

Sande, Møre og Romsdal

Sande is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Larsnes on the island of Gurskøya.-General information:...

 in Møre og Romsdal

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, 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 located on the southwest side of the island of Gurskøy

Gurskøy

Gurskøy is an island in the municipalities of Sande and Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island has an area of . The villages of Gursken, Larsnes, and Moldtustranda are located on the island...

, about 8 kilometres (5 mi) east of the island of Kvamsøya

Kvamsøya

Kvamsøya is an island in the municipality of Sande in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located east of Stad in Selje and about west of Larsnes on the island of Gurskøy. The island is mountainous and has very few trees on it....

, 8 kilometres (5 mi) southwest of the village of Gursken

Gursken

Gursken is a village in the municipality of Sande in Møre og Romsdal county in the northwestern part of Norway. The village is situated on Gurskøya island in the southwestern part of Møre og Romsdal. Gursken church is located here. Neighboring villages are Gjerdsvika and Larsnes...

, and about 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) southwest of Ulsteinvik

Ulsteinvik

is the commercial and administrative centre of the municipality of Ulstein in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The urban area of Ulsteinvik has a population of 5,251 people. As such, Ulsteinvik contains 74% of the population of the municipality of Ulstein...

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The 0.65 square kilometres (160.6 acre) village has a population (2009) of 521. The village is home to manufacturing industry, fish processing

Fish processing

The term fish processing refers to the processes associated with fish and fish products between the time fish are caught or harvested, and the time the final product is delivered to the customer...

, 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'...

, and cement

Cement

In the most general sense of the word, a cement is a binder, a substance that sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. The word "cement" traces to the Romans, who used the term opus caementicium to describe masonry resembling modern concrete that was made from crushed...

 production.

Historically, Larsnes was part of the short-lived municipality of Rovde

Rovde

Rovde is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Rovde included the area on both the north and south sides of the Rovdefjorden. The northern area on the island of Gurskøy is currently part of the municipality of Sande and the southern area is part of Vanylven...

from 1905-1964.