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Austnes is a village in the municipality of Haram
Haram, Norway
Haram is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative center is Brattvåg, the industrial center of Sunnmøre. Other important villages in the municipality include Austnes, Eidsvik, Helle, Longva, Søvik, Tennfjord, and Vatne.Brattvåg IL is...

 in Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal
is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...

 county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located on the southeast side of the island of Haramsøya
Haramsøya
Haramsøya is an island in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located between the islands of Lepsøya and Flemsøya, just northwest of the mainland of Haram. The village of Austnes is located on the southeast part of the island...

, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of the village of Longva
Longva
Longva is a village in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the island of Flemsøya. It is about northeast of the village of Austnes on Haramsøya via the Ullasund Bridge. The population was 637, but since 2004, Longva has not been considered an...

 via the Ullasund Bridge
Ullasund Bridge
Ullasund Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Ullasundet between the islands of Haramsøya and Flemsøya in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The original bridge was opened in 1969...

. The Ulla lighthouse
Ulla lighthouse
Ulla lighthouse is a lighthouse near Ulla, a fishing community on the north end of the island of Haramsøya in the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway....

 is located about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the north.

The 0.53 square kilometres (131 acre) village has a population of 391. The village area has a population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

of 738 PD/km2.

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