Aukra

Aukra kommune

Administrative centre

Falkhytten

Mayor (2005)

Aud Mork

Official language form

Nynorsk

Area
- Total
- Land
- Percentage

Ranked 418
59 km²
59 km²
0.02 %

Population
- Total (2004)
- Percentage
- Change (10 years)
- Density

Ranked 267
3,055
0.07 %
3.7 %
52/km²

Coordinates

62°49′ N 6°50′ E

www.aukra.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway

Aukra is a municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

Aukra is the site of Norway's best-known shipwreck and rescue operation of the 1900s, of the cargo vessel Rokta April 4, 1938. The monument of Rokta is situated on Rindarøy, with a view of Galleskjæra where Rokta sank.

Nyhamna on Aukra is the location where the pipeline from the enormous gas field Ormen Lange comes onstream in 2007. Local politicians expect a lot from the land based production facility. Especially the taxes – which in their opinion far exceeds the externalities put on the inhabitants of Gossen

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