Austrheim is a municipality in the county of Hordaland

Hordaland

is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. Hordaland is the third largest county after Akershus and Oslo by population. The county administration is located in Bergen...

, 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...

. Austrheim was separated from Lindås

Lindås

Lindås is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway.-Background:The parish of Lindaas was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Masfjorden was separated from Lindås on 1 March 1879. Austrheim was separated from Lindås on 1 January 1910...

 on 1 January 1910. Fedje

Fedje

Fedje is an island municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Fedje was separated from Austrheim on 1 January 1947.The main island of Fedje is surrounded by about 125 smaller islands and rocks mostly north of the main island, and the name Fedje applies both to the main island, and to all the...

 was separated from Austrheim on 1 January 1947. The westernmost point of mainland Norway lies in the municipality (Vardetangen

Vardetangen

Vardetangen is a point in Austrheim, Norway. It is the western-most mainland point in Norway proper.-References:...

).

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Austrheim (Norse Austrheimr), since the first church was built there. The first element is austr which means "east" and the last element is heimr which means "homestead" or "farm". Until 1889, the name was written Østereim.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...

 is from 1989. The three bows represent the many bridges in the municipality.

Economy

The Mongstad

Mongstad

Mongstad is an industrial site located in the municipalities of Lindås and Austrheim in Hordaland, Norway. The site features an oil refinery for Statoil and other oil companies, including Shell. At Mongstad, Statoil has a crude oil terminal with a capacity of . The port at Mongstad is the largest...

 complex, the largest oil port and refinery in 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...

, is responsible for about 70% of all wet bulk.

Famous people

• Karsten Solheim
  Karsten Solheim
  Karsten Solheim was a Norwegian-born American golf club designer and businessman. He founded Karsten Manufacturing, a leading golf club maker better known by its brand name of PING, and the Solheim Cup, the premier international team competition in women's golf.-Early life:Solheim was born in...
  
  , golf equipment manufacturer (1911–2000) (emigrated to the United States
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   as a child)
• Roger Helland
  Roger Helland
  Roger Helland, born 26 September 1973, is a retired Norwegian football player from Austrheim, who spent the bulk of his career with SK Brann. He played two games for the Norwegian national football team in 1997.-Career:...
  
   Football player (1973- )
• Haakon Austrheim, geology professor

External links

• Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
  Statistics Norway
  Statistics Norway is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876.Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every year on its web site. All releases are published both in Norwegian and English...