Aure, Norway
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| Image:NO 1569 Aure.svg | ||
| County | Møre og Romsdal | |
| District | Nordmøre | |
| Municipality | NO-1569 | |
| Administrative centre | Aure | |
| Mayor (2006) | Hans G. Lauritzen (A) | |
| Official language form | Neutral | |
| Area - Total - Land - Percentage |
Ranked 652 km² 625 km² 0.20 % |
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| Population - Total (2004) - Percentage - Change (10 years) - Density |
Ranked 3,676 0.08 % % /km² |
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| www.aure.kommune.no |
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Aure is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
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[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1988). It shows a clipfish. The coat-of-arms originally belonged to the municipality of Tustna, which was merged into Aure in 2006. (The production of clipfish in Norway started in Tustna around 1690.)
[edit] What to see
Aure has one of the largest wooden churches in Norway.
[edit] Famous residents
The sculptor Kristofer Leirdal originally comes from Aure.
[edit] Industry
Industries include a refinery and methanol plant. A liquid natural gas (LNG) pipeline from the offshore gas field terminates here.
| Municipalities of Møre og Romsdal |  |
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Aukra | Aure | Averøy | Eide | Frei | Fræna | Giske | Gjemnes | Halsa | Haram | Hareid | Herøy | Kristiansund | Midsund | Molde | Nesset | Norddal | Rauma | Rindal | Sande | Sandøy | Skodje | Smøla | Stordal | Stranda | Sula | Sunndal | Surnadal | Sykkylven | Tingvoll | Ulstein | Vanylven | Vestnes | Volda | Ørskog | Ørsta | Ålesund |
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