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Orust

Island in Sweden

PlaceislandQ974760

Country: Sweden
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Located in: Orust Municipality
Area: 346 km²
Elevation: 34 m
Population: 18,129(1880)
, 2,100(1528)

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Orust is an island in Bohuslän, western Sweden. In 2014 Statistics Sweden declared it to be the fourth largest island in Sweden, under a definition which adds artificial canals to the possible bodies of water surrounding an island. It has been noted that under this definition, all of Götaland would be the country's largest island, rendering Orust instead the fifth largest. It is Sweden's third largest naturally created island. The largest town on Orust is Henån, the municipal capital, where approximately 1,800 inhabitants live. Other communities, many of which are fishing villages, include Ellös, Edshultshall, Hälleviksstrand, Mollösund, Morlanda, Stocken, Svanesund, Svanvik and Varekil. Orust is home to approximately 15,160 inhabitants in the winter and many more in the summer. Its main industry is the shipyards, the two largest being Najadvarvet and Hallberg-Rassy.

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Width: 26 km
Length: 23 km
Located in or next to body of water: Skagerrak
Capital: Henån
Different from: Orust Municipality

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