Aukra

Aukra is a municipality in the county of M?re og Romsdal, Norway.

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Aukra is the site of Norway's best-known shipwreck and rescue operation of the 1900s, of the cargo vessel Rokta April 4, 1938. The monument of Rokta is situated on Rindar?y, with a view of Galleskj?ra where Rokta sank.

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Nyhamna on the island Gossa in Aukra is the location where the pipeline from the enormous gas field Ormen Lange comes onstream in 2007. Local politicians expect a lot from the land-based production facility. Especially the taxes – which in their opinion far exceeds the externalities put on the inhabitants of Gossa.

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Municipality: A municipality or "general-purpose district" (compare with: "special-purpose district") is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government....

County: Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. Counts are called "earls" in post-Celtic Great Britain and Ireland - the term is from Old Norse jarl and was introduced by the Vikings - but there is no correlation between "county" and "earldom." Rather, t...

M?re og Romsdal: M?re og Romsdal is a county in the northernmost part of the Vestlandet region of Norway, and borders the counties of S?r-Tr?ndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde....