Orust
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| Coordinates | 58°10′24.96″N 11°37′44.5″E / 58.1736000°N 11.629028°E |
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| County | Västra Götaland |
| Municipality | Orust |
| Area covered | 345.60 km2 (133.44 sq mi) |
Orust (Swedish pronunciation: 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 relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Orust is
twinned
with:
See also
- Orust Municipality
- Orust Eastern Hundred
- Orust Western Hundred
- Haga dolmen
References
- ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 19.
- ^ Gistedt, Karin (15 December 2014). "Orust inte längre trea i landet". Bohusläningen (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 links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Orust.
- Orust Municipality – Official site
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