Haram, Norway

Haram Municipality
Haram kommune
Harham herred  (historic name)
View of Lepsøy
View of Lepsøy
Flag of Haram Municipality
Coat of arms of Haram Municipality
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Haram within Møre og Romsdal
Haram within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°34′03″N 06°22′20″E / 62.56750°N 6.37222°E / 62.56750; 6.37222
CountryNorway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictSunnmøre
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 2020
 • Succeeded byÅlesund Municipality
Re-established1 Jan 2024
 • Preceded byÅlesund Municipality
Administrative centreBrattvåg
Government
 • Mayor (2023)Vebjørn Krogsæter (Sp)
Area
 • Total261.14 km2 (100.83 sq mi)
 • Land254.30 km2 (98.19 sq mi)
 • Water6.84 km2 (2.64 sq mi)  2.6%
 • Rank#294 in Norway
Population
 (2018)
 • Total9,345
 • Rank#122 in Norway
 • Density36.7/km2 (95/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
Increase +8.4%
DemonymsHarams-mann
Harams-kvinne
Haramsøying[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNynorsk
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1534[3]
WebsiteOfficial website

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, Hildrestranda, Søvik, Tennfjord, and Vatne.

The 261-square-kilometre (101 sq mi) municipality is the 294th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Haram is the 122nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 9,345. The municipality's population density is 36.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (95/sq mi) and its population has increased by 8.4% over the last decade.[4][5]

Brattvåg IL is a sports club based in the municipality. Tennfjord Mannskor is a male choir from the village of Tennfjord. The Ulla Lighthouse and Hellevik Lighthouse are both located in the northwestern part of the municipality.

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  4. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (2018). "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  5. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 August 2019.