Hareid is the

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of Hareid Municipality in

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, Norway. The village is located on the eastern coast of the island of Hareidlandet, along the

Sulafjorden Sulafjorden () is a fjord (more accurately, a sound) in Sula Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the border of Sula Municipality and Hareid Municipality. The great Storfjorden flows out into the Sulafjorden which ...

. The village has a shopping center, some industry, a hotel, and

Hareid Church Hareid Church ( no, Hareid kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the municipality of Hareid, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. It is located in the village of Hareid on the eastern side of the island of Hareidlandet. It is the church ...

. The village has a population (2018) of 3,428 and a population density of . The

Norwegian County Road 61 Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including th ...

runs from Hareid to the town of Ulsteinvik on the other side of the island. There is also a

ferry A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...

that runs between Hareid and Sulesund across the

on the island of

Sula Sula may refer to: Places Norway * Sula (island), an island in Sula municipality, Møre og Romsdal county * Sula, Møre og Romsdal, a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county * Sula, Solund, an island in Solund municipality, Vestland county * Y ...

. There is another road heading north from Hareid to the village of Brandal, and it heads south to the village of Hjørungavåg.

References

Villages in Møre og Romsdal Hareid {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub