Austrheim

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Austrheim kommune

County	Hordaland
District	Nordhordland
Municipality	NO-1264
Administrative centre	Austrheim
Mayor (2003)	Ole Lysø (Ap)
Official language form	Nynorsk
Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage	Ranked 420 57 km² 57 km² 0.02 %
Population  - Total (2004)  - Percentage  - Change (10 years)  - Density	Ranked 300 2,533 0.06 % -1.7 % 45/km²
Coordinates	60°46′N, 4°55′E
www.austrheim.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway

Coordinates: 60°46′N, 4°55′E

Austrheim is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. It has the western most mainland point of Norway at Vardetangen

Contents 1 The name 2 Coat-of-arms 3 Economy 4 Famous people from Austrheim

[edit] The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Austrheim (Norse Austrheimr), since the first church was built there. The first element is austr 'east', the last element is heimr m 'homestead, farm'.

[edit] Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1989). The three bows represent the many bridges in the municipality.

[edit] Economy

The Mongstad complex, the largest oil port and refinery in Norway, is responsible for about 70% of all wet bulk.

[edit] Famous people from Austrheim

• Karsten Solheim, golf equipment manufacturer (1911–2000) (emigrated to the United States as a child)
• Roger Helland Football player (1973- )

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