Ulstein Municipality
Ulstein Municipality
Ulstein kommune | |
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| Ulvsten herred (historic name) Ulfsten herred (historic name) | |
View of Ulsteinvik | |
Møre og Romsdal within Norway | |
Ulstein within Møre og Romsdal | |
| Coordinates: 62°21′23″N 05°51′14″E / 62.35639°N 5.85389°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Møre og Romsdal |
| District | Sunnmøre |
| Established | 1 Jan 1838 |
| • Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt |
| Administrative centre | Ulsteinvik |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023) | Stian Skorgen Scheide (H) |
| Area | |
• Total | 97.20 km2 (37.53 sq mi) |
| • Land | 94.88 km2 (36.63 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2.32 km2 (0.90 sq mi) 2.4% |
| • Rank | #331 in Norway |
| Highest elevation | 697.54 m (2,288.52 ft) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 8,861 |
| • Rank | #125 in Norway |
| • Density | 91.2/km2 (236/sq mi) |
| • Change (10 years) | +9.5% |
| Demonym | Ulsteining |
| Official language | |
| • Norwegian form | Nynorsk |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | NO-1516 |
| Website | Official website |
Ulstein is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The commercial and administrative centre of Ulstein is the town of Ulsteinvik. The municipality occupies the western half of the island of Hareidlandet, as well as about 30 smaller islands, four of which are populated.
Ulstein is connected to the mainland of Norway by the Eiksund Bridge (to the island of Eika) and then the Eiksund Tunnel to Ørsta Municipality on the mainland. The Grasøyane Lighthouse is located on a small island in the northwestern part of Ulstein Municipality.
The 97.2-square-kilometre (37.5 sq mi) municipality is the 331st largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Ulstein Municipality is the 125th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 8,861. The municipality's population density is 91.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (236/sq mi) and its population has increased by 9.5% over the previous 10-year period.