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Austrheim Municipality

Austrheim is a municipality in the Nordhordland region of Vestland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årås. Other villages in the municipality include Austrheim and Kaland. The Mongstad industrial area lies along the border of Austrheim and neighboring Alver Municipality. The westernmost point of mainland Norway is Vardetangen which is located in the municipality.
The 57.54-square-kilometre (22.22 sq mi) municipality is the 348th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Austrheim Municipality is the 234th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,915. The municipality's population density is 50.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (131/sq mi) and its population has increased by 1.7% over the previous 10-year period.