Ulstein

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Ulstein kommune
Locator map showing Ulstein within Møre og Romsdal
County Møre og Romsdal
District Sunnmøre
Municipality NO-1516
Administrative centre Ulsteinvik
Mayor (2003) Hannelore Måseide (Ap)
Official language form Nynorsk
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage		 Ranked 389
97 km²
95 km²
0.03 %
Population
 - Total (2006)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density		 Ranked 146
6 813
0.15 %
12.9 %
71/km²
Coordinates 62°21′N 5°51′E
www.ulstein.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway

Coordinates: 62°21′N 5°51′E

Ulstein is a municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

The community centre of Ulstein is Ulsteinvik, which has approximately 5,800 inhabitants.

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The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1986). The figure symbolizes the teeth of a wolf.

The Headquarters of The Ulstein Group, Rolls-Royce Marine and Kleven Verft are located in Ulstein. The maritime industry is renowned for its creativity in the ship industry, which currently employs more than 1,000 people in Ulstein kommune.

Ulstein is known as a central community in the maritime cluster on Sunnmøre, Norway; large shipyards and ship design companies are situated in Ulsteinvik. Innovation is highly visible in the little city. Currently, The Ulstein Group's new ship with an inverted bow called ULSTEIN X-Bow© lays outside the docks of Ulstein Verft.


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