Aure, Norway

Infobox_Kommune
name=Aure
idnumber=1576
county=Møre og Romsdal
landscape=Nordmøre
capital=Aure
governor=Hans G. Lauritzen (A)
governor_as_of=2006
arearank=
area=652
arealand=625
areapercent=0.20
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=
population=3,676
populationpercent=0.08
populationdensity=
populationincrease=
demonym=Aurgjelding
language=

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munwebpage=www.aure.kommune.no

Aure is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.

The municipality was established January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Two other municipalities was later separated from it: Valsøyfjord (1894) and Stemshaug (1914). (But Stemshaug was again merged with Aure January 1, 1965.) The municipality of Tustna was merged with Aure January 1, 2006.

The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Aure ´(Old Norse "Aurar"), since the first church was built there. The name is the plural form of "aurr" m 'gravel'.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1988). It shows a clipfish. The coat-of-arms is based on the coat-of-arms of the former municipality of Tustna, which was merged into Aure in 2006. (The production of clipfish in Norway started in Tustna around 1690.)

What to see

Aure has one of the largest wooden churches in Norway.

Famous residents

The sculptor Kristofer Leirdal originally comes from Aure.

Industry

Industries include a refinery and methanol plant. A liquid natural gas (LNG) pipeline from the offshore gas field terminates here.