Larsnes is the
administrative centre of the municipality of
Sande in
Møre og Romsdal county,
Norway
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. It is located on the southwest side of the island of
Gurskøya, about east of the island of
Kvamsøya, southwest of the village of
Gursken, and about southwest of the town of
Ulsteinvik
is a town in the municipality of Ulstein, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. The town is the commercial and administrative centre of Ulstein and as such, Ulsteinvik contains 74% of the municipality's population. The town has a population (2018) of 5,78 ...
.
The village is home to manufacturing industry,
fish processing
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,
fish farming
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Fish farming or ...
, and
cement
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production.
Larsnes Chapel is located in this village.
The village has a population (2018) of 626 and a
population density
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of .
From 1905 to 1964, the village of Larsnes was part of the short-lived municipality of
Rovde
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.
Notable residents
*
Bjartmar Gjerde (1931–2009), a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
References
Sunnmøre
Villages in Møre og Romsdal
Sande, Møre og Romsdal
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