Aure is the

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Aure Municipality Aure is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Nordmøre. The administrative centre is the village of Aure. Other villages in Aure include Gullstein, Stemshaug, Todalen, Tjeldbergodden, Arasvika, and ...

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the ...

county,

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. The village is located on the mainland, along the Aursundet strait. The village has a population (2018) of 653 and a

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of . The village looks across the strait at the small islands of

Ruøya Ruøya is an island in Aure Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is connected to the village of Aure on the mainland to the east by the Aursund Bridge and to the island of Rottøya to the south by the Smalsund Bridge. The lar ...

and

Rottøya Rottøya is an island in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island lies between the mainland and the large island of Ertvågsøya. The small island of Ruøya Ruøya is an island in Aure Municipality in Møre o ...

and the large island of Ertvågsøya beyond those two islands. The river Aurelva runs through the village and empties into the sea. The

Aursund Bridge The Aursund Bridge ( no, Aursundbrua) is a cantilever bridge that crosses the Aursundet strait in Aure Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The bridge goes between just north of the village of Aure on the mainland and the island of ...

and

Mjosund Bridge The Mjosund Bridge ( no, Mjosundbrua) is a cantilever bridge that crosses the Mjosundet strait between the islands of Rottøya and Ertvågsøya in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Along with the Aursund Bridge, it ...

form a road connection from the village of Aure to the island of Ertvågsøya. The village of Aure has been the site of

Aure Church Aure Church ( no, Aure kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Aure Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Aure. It is the church for the Aure parish which is part of the Ytre Nordmøre prost ...

since the

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. There have been several church buildings on this church site over the centuries. It is the main church for the municipality.

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Villages in Møre og Romsdal Aure, Norway {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub