Eiksund is a village in the municipality of Ulstein

Ulstein

Ulstein is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The commercial and administrative centre of Ulstein is Ulsteinvik, population 5,251 . The municipality occupies the western half of the island of Hareidlandet, as well as about 30 or more smaller...

 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 southern tip of the island of Hareidlandet

Hareidlandet

Hareidlandet is an island in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the municipalities of Hareid and Ulstein. The island has a population of 11,687. The island is mentioned by Snorri in his reports about the Battle of Hjörungavágr in 986 where Haakon Jarl defeated Bue Digre and the...

. It is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southeast of the village of Haddal

Haddal

Haddal is a village in the municipality of Ulstein in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village has a population of 292. The village is located on the western side of Hareidlandet island about northwest of Eiksund, about southeast of the island of Dimnøya, and about south of Ulsteinvik....

 and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southeast of the town of Ulsteinvik

Ulsteinvik

is the commercial and administrative centre of the municipality of Ulstein in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The urban area of Ulsteinvik has a population of 5,251 people. As such, Ulsteinvik contains 74% of the population of the municipality of Ulstein...

.

History

Since 1838, Eiksund was administratively a part of the municipality of Sande

Sande, Møre og Romsdal

Sande is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Larsnes on the island of Gurskøya.-General information:...

, despite being separated from the rest of Sande by the sea (see formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January 1837...

). On 1 January 1889, the Eiksund area and the island of Eika

Eika, Møre og Romsdal

Eika is an island in the municipality of Ulstein in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is connected to the village of Eiksund on the island of Hareidlandet by the Eiksund Bridge. Eika is connected to the mainland of Norway by the Eiksund Tunnel....

 (population: 119) were transferred to Herøy

Herøy, Møre og Romsdal

Herøy is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the town of Fosnavåg on the island of Bergsøya. The industrial area of Eggesbønes is located south of Fosnavåg on the same island...

. Then on 1 January 1964, Eiksund and Eika (population: 222) were moved to Ulstein.

Transportation

Until 2008, Eiksund was connected to Rjåneset in Ørsta

Ørsta

is a village and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region of Western Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørsta...

 on the mainland by a ferry

Ferry

A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...

. In 2005, the Eiksund Bridge

Eiksund Bridge

Eiksund Bridge is a cantilever bridge in the municipality of Ulstein in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The bridge is connected to the Eiksund Tunnel as part of the Eiksund Sambandet which joins several islands in the municipalities of Ulstein, Herøy, Sande, and Hareid to...

 connected Eiksund to Eika island. Then on 23 February 2008, the Eiksund Tunnel

Eiksund Tunnel

The Eiksund tunnel is an undersea tunnel between the municipalities of Ørsta and Ulstein in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The Eiksund Bridge joins Hareidlandet island and the village of Eiksund with the nearby island Eika. The Eiksund Tunnel begins at the south end of the bridge and connects...

 was opened by the Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications, Liv Signe Navarsete

Liv Signe Navarsete

Liv Signe Hundere Navarsete is the Norwegian Minister of Local Government and Regional Development and leader of the Center Party. She took office in 2005 serving in the Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet....

. The undersea tunnel

Undersea tunnel

An undersea tunnel is a tunnel which is partly or wholly constructed under a body of water. They are often used where building a bridge or operating a ferry link is impossible, or to provide competition for existing bridges or ferry links...

 connects the nearby island of Eika

Eika, Møre og Romsdal

Eika is an island in the municipality of Ulstein in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is connected to the village of Eiksund on the island of Hareidlandet by the Eiksund Bridge. Eika is connected to the mainland of Norway by the Eiksund Tunnel....

to Ørsta. The Eiksund Tunnel is the world's deepest road tunnel, with its lowest point at 287 metres (941.6 ft) below sea level.