Hareid Municipality
Hareid Municipality
Hareid kommune | |
|---|---|
Møre og Romsdal within Norway | |
Hareid within Møre og Romsdal | |
| Coordinates: 62°21′51″N 06°00′05″E / 62.36417°N 6.00139°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Sunnmøre |
| Established | 1 Jan 1917 |
| • Preceded by | Ulstein Municipality |
| Administrative centre | Hareid |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019) | Bernt Brandal (LL) |
| Area | |
• Total | 82.27 km2 (31.76 sq mi) |
| • Land | 76.82 km2 (29.66 sq mi) |
| • Water | 5.45 km2 (2.10 sq mi) 6.6% |
| • Rank | #337 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 682.79 m (2,240.12 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 5,322 |
| • Rank | #179 in Norway |
| • Density | 64.7/km2 (168/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +6% |
| Demonym | Hareidstøling |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1517 |
| Website | Official website |
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.
The 82-square-kilometre (32 sq mi) municipality is the 337th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Hareid Municipality is the 179th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 5,322. The municipality's population density is 64.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (168/sq mi) and its population has increased by 6% over the previous 10-year period.