Ulstein Municipality

Ulstein is a municipality in Møre og Romsdalcounty, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøreregion. The commercial and administrative centre of Ulstein is the town of Ulsteinvik. The municipality occupies the western half of the island of Hareidlandet, as well as about 30 smaller islands, four of which are populated.

Ulstein is connected to the mainland of Norway by the Eiksund Bridge (to the island of Eika) and then the Eiksund Tunnel to Ørsta Municipality on the mainland. The Grasøyane Lighthouse is located on a small island in the northwestern part of Ulstein Municipality.

The 97.2-square-kilometre (37.5 sq mi) municipality is the 331st largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Ulstein Municipality is the 125th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 8,861. The municipality's population density is 91.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (236/sq mi) and its population has increased by 9.5% over the previous 10-year period.