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.
20-654: Ulstein is connected to the mainland of Norway by the Eiksund Bridge (to the island of Eika ) and then the Eiksund Tunnel to the neighboring municipality of Ørsta . The Grasøyane Lighthouse is located on a small island in the northwestern part of Ulstein Municipality. The 97-square-kilometre (37 sq mi) municipality is the 330th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Ulstein
40-515: A bridge in Norway is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Diocese of M%C3%B8re The Diocese of Møre ( Norwegian : Møre bispedømme ) is a diocese in the Church of Norway which geographically consists of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway . Its bishop is seated at the Molde Cathedral which is located in the county administrative center of Molde . As of 2008 ,
60-418: Is divided into seven deaneries ( Norwegian : Prosti ). Each one corresponds to several municipalities in the diocese. Each municipality is further divided into one or more parishes which each contain one or more congregations. See each municipality below for lists of churches and parishes within them. The following people have led the diocese as bishop since the founding of the diocese: The name of
80-533: Is governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor is indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Møre og Romsdal District Court and the Frostating Court of Appeal . The municipal council ( Kommunestyre ) of Ulstein is made up of 25 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show
100-426: Is located behind the farm. Before 1879, the name was written Ulfsten or Ulfsteen , then between 1879 and 1888 it was spelled Ulvsten , and since 1889 it has been spelled Ulstein . The coat of arms was granted on 30 May 1986. The official blazon is " Azure , a fess indented Or " ( Norwegian : På blå grunn ein gull bjelke laga med ulvetannsnitt ). This means the arms have a blue field (background) and
120-431: Is the 124th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 8,797. The municipality's population density is 92.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (240/sq mi) and its population has increased by 11% over the previous 10-year period. The municipality of Ulstein (originally spelled Ulfsteen ) was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). It originally included most of
140-605: Is the town of Ulsteinvik and others include the villages of Haddal , Flø, Eiksund , Ringstad, Sundgot , Hasund, Varleite. The island of Dimnøya is just outside Ulsteinvik, and there are many residents there. There are also several small populated islands surrounding the main island of Hareidlandet: Eika , Vattøya, and Hatløya. Ulstein Municipality is responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services , senior citizen services, welfare and other social services , zoning , economic development , and municipal roads and utilities. The municipality
160-480: The charge is a fess (horizontal bar) with indented edges. The fess has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The arms show a bar that is described as wolf - toothed , which makes the bar a canting since the municipality is named after the Ulva river (a name which sounds like the word for wolf ( Norwegian : ulv ). The blue colour represents
180-655: The drydocks of Ulstein Verft. Eiksund Bridge The Eiksund Bridge ( Norwegian : Eiksundbrua ) is a cantilever bridge in Ulstein Municipality in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway . The bridge is connected to the Eiksund Tunnel as part of the Eiksund Sambandet which joins several islands in the municipalities of Ulstein, Herøy , Sande , and Hareid to
200-464: The parish ) is named after the old Ulstein farm ( Old Norse : Ulfsteinn ) since the first Ulstein Church was built there. The first element is ulfr which means " wolf " (possibly an old name for the local river Ulva or referring to the male name Ulfr ). The last element is steinn which means " stone mountain ", probably referring to a small mountain (now called Ulsteinhetta ) which
220-570: The Bishop of Møre is Ingeborg Midttømme . The diocese was established on 18 September 1983, when the district of Sunnmøre was removed from the Diocese of Bjørgvin to the south, and the Romsdal and Nordmøre districts were removed from the Diocese of Nidaros to the north. The three districts (which correspond to Møre og Romsdal county) were used to form the new diocese. The Diocese of Møre
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#1732800768963240-530: The current and historical composition of the council by political party . The mayors ( Nynorsk : ordførar ) of Ulstein: The Headquarters of the Ulstein Group , Rolls-Royce Marine, and Kleven Verft are located in Ulstein. The maritime industry is renowned for its creativity in the ship industry, which currently employs more than 1,000 people in Ulstein. Ulstein is known as a central community in
260-458: The diocese ( Møre ) is the result of a compromise between county's three districts. Sunnmøre , with almost half of the population, would accept that the bishop be located in the geographical center of the diocese— Molde in Romsdal —if that region's name (Romsdal) be excluded from the name of the diocese. The name of the corresponding county was Møre fylke during the period from 1919–1935, and Romsdal amt from 1660–1919. However,
280-572: The island of Hareidlandet (except the Eiksund area) and the Vartdal area southeast of the Vartdalsfjorden on the mainland. On 1 January 1895, the area southeast of the Vartdalsfjorden was separated from Ulstein Municipality to become the new municipality of Vartdalsstranden . This left Ulstein with 2,996 residents. Then on 1 January 1917, the eastern half of the island of Hareidlandet
300-435: The mainland, without the use of ferries . The bridge runs from the village of Eiksund on Hareidlandet island to the western part of the island of Eika . The bridge is 405 metres (1,329 ft) long and 9.3 metres (31 ft) wide. It has 5 spans , of which the longest is 132 metres (433 ft). The sailing space underneath is 20 metres (66 ft) across, with a maximum height of 16 metres (52 ft). The bridge
320-544: The maritime cluster that has been created within the Sunnmøre region, Norway . Large shipyards and ship design companies are situated in Ulsteinvik. Technological innovation has played an import role in the recent history of the town. For example, the Ulstein Group has designed a new hull shape with an inverted bow called the Ulstein Group 's X-Bow , examples of which are regularly docked in Ulsteinvik, outside
340-535: The name is old ( Old Norse : Mœrr ), and it is probably derived from the word marr which means " ocean " or "sea". The meaning is then "coastal district". (A coastal district in Sweden has the same name: Möre .) The ambiguous designation møring —"person from Møre"—is used strictly about people from Nordmøre (and less frequently for people from Sunnmøre), excluding the people from Romsdal (while, consequently, romsdaling —"person from Romsdal"—
360-471: The sea and the gold represents wheat . The arms were designed by Jarle Skuseth after an idea by Asbjørn Waage. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms. The Church of Norway has one parish ( sokn ) within the municipality of Ulstein. It is part of the Søre Sunnmøre prosti ( deanery ) in the Diocese of Møre . There are several villages throughout the municipality. The largest
380-549: Was finished in 2005, but connections with the Eiksund Tunnel were not available until it officially opened in February 2008. Until then, only local traffic between Hareidlandet and Eika could use the bridge. In February 2006, the Mechanical Contractors Association stated that Eiksund Bridge had been built too small, and was dangerous to use, especially in the snow. This article about
400-486: Was separated from Ulstein to form the new Hareid Municipality . This left 2,336 residents in Ulstein. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee . On 1 January 1964, the island of Eika , the village of Eiksund , and the surrounding area (population: 222) were transferred from Herøy Municipality to Ulstein Municipality. The municipality (originally
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