Orust is an island and municipality in Bohuslän on Sweden's west coast, and forms part of a lively archipelago with islands such as Gullholmen, Käringön, Malö and Flatön.
Orust is Sweden's third-largest island with an area of 346 km², while the municipality as a whole has a total area of 388 km².
Henån in northern Orust is the largest community and functions as the chief town of the municipality.
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'''Orust''' is an island in western Sweden, and Sweden's third largest island.
The largest town on Orust is Henån, in which approximately 1800 inhabitants live.
The main income for Orust are the shipyards, the two largest being Najadvarvet and Hallberg-Rassy.
Orust Municipality is a municipality in western Sweden.
In the Nordisk familjebok the island of Orust is mentioned as a Geatish territory.
Ramshult (the modern Swedish form), a hillfort is mentioned in Beowulf as Hrefnesholt, the Geatish hillfort which became the prison of Onela, Ohthere and their mother until their rescue byOngenþeow.
The house is in Nösund, situated 80 km north of Gothenburg on the beautiful island Orust
With bicycle or car it´s fairly close to several nice old fisherman´s villages on the island Orust, such as Hälleviksrand, Mollösund and Gullholmen for instance.
Road 160 continues over a bridge to the island of Orust, the third largest in Sweden (336sq.km/130sq.mi), with many fishing villages and seaside resorts.
Off Orust is the little island of Gullholmen, with the oldest fishing village in Bohuslän (13th century).
The road returns to the mainland on the 603m/660yd long Nötesund Bridge; then either left for Fiskebäckskil or right for Uddevalla.
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With numerous bays, inlets and straits, the waters around Orust (the largest island of the west coast) offer the kayaker many possibilities.
You can always find some route on the lee side if it is windy or why not visit the archipelago of Stigfjorden in the south and check out the rich bird life.
It takes a trip of about 100 km to round the whole island of Orust.
demokrater på Orust skall vi göra allt för att svara på den.
Vår kontaktperson är i första hand Gunilla Josefsson, om inte hon kan svara på din fråga kommer hon att föra den vidare till den eller de som arbetar med den typ av fråga du har.
Orust Socialdemokratiska AK, Webbredaktör: Bror Simonsson Ödsmål 676, 47393 Henån
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