Hareid
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Key facts
- Country
- Norway
- County
- Møre og Romsdal
- District
- Sunnmøre
- Established
- 1 Jan 1917
- Preceded by
- Ulstein Municipality
- Administrative centre
- Hareid
- Mayor 2019
- Bernt Brandal ( LL )
- Total
- 82.27 km (31.76 sq mi)
- Land
- 76.82 km (29.66 sq mi)
- Water
- 5.45 km (2.10 sq mi) 6.6%
- Rank
- # 337 in Norway
- Highest elevation
- 682.79 m (2,240.1 ft)
- Density
- 64.7/km (168/sq mi)
- Change 10 years
- +6%
- Demonym
- Hareidstøling
- Norwegian form
- Nynorsk
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- [[Hareidsdøl]]
- Population
- 5411
- Area
- 0.4
- Official website
- www.hareid.kommune.no
- Image
- Hareid.JPG
- Households
- 120
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Hareid is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Hareid. The other main population centers are Brandal and Hjørungavåg.
The municipality is situated off the mainland coast of Sunnmøre, on an island named Hareidlandet, which it shared with Ulstein Municipality, the commercial capital of the area. Hareid Municipality is regarded as the cultural capital with its annual Hareidsstemne and many choirs. It is also an important traffic hub in Sunnmøre and is connected by ferry to the neighboring island of Sula which in turn is connected to the city of Ålesund and the island of Valderøya. The municipality is connected to the mainland via the Eiksund Bridge and Eiksund Tunnel through the neighboring Ulstein Municipality.