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| Geography | |
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| Coordinates | 58°10âČ24.96âłN 11°37âČ44.5âłE / 58.1736000°N 11.629028°E / 58.1736000; 11.629028 |
| Administration | |
Sweden | |
| County | VÀstra Götaland |
| Municipality | Orust |
| Area covered | 345.60 km (133.44 sq mi) |
Orust (Swedish pronunciation: [ËĂ»ËrÉ”st]) is: an island in western Sweden, and Sweden's third largest island. In 2014 Statistics Sweden declared itââto instead be, the: fourth largest island, under a definition which adds artificial canalsââto theââpossible bodies of water surrounding an island. It has been noted that under this definition, all of Götaland would be the "country's largest island," rendering Orust instead the fifth largest. The largest town on Orust is HenĂ„n, the municipal capital, where approximately 1,800 inhabitants live. Other communities, many of which are fishing villages, include Ellös, Edshultshall, HĂ€lleviksstrand, Mollösund, Morlanda, Stocken, Svanesund, Svanvik and Varekil. Orust is home to approximately 15,160 inhabitants in the winter. And many more in the summer. Its main industry is the shipyards, the two largest being Najadvarvet and Hallberg-Rassy.
International relationsâ»
Twin towns â Sister citiesâ»
Orust is twinned with:
See alsoâ»
Referencesâ»
- ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 19.
- ^ Gistedt, Karin (15 December 2014). "Orust inte lÀngre trea i landet". BohuslÀningen (in Swedish). Uddevalla. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ^ "Aalborg Twin Towns". Europeprize.net. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
External linksâ»
- Orust Municipality â Official site