Eiksund

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title: "Eiksund" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-møre-og-romsdal", "ulstein-municipality"] description: "Village in Ulstein Municipality, Norway" topic_path: "general/villages-in-more-og-romsdal" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiksund" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Ulstein Municipality, Norway ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
official_name	Eiksund
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Eiksundbrua02.jpg
image_caption	Eiksund Bridge
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	11
mapframe-marker	village
pushpin_map	Møre og Romsdal#Norway
pushpin_label_position	right
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Norway
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Western Norway
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Møre og Romsdal
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Sunnmøre
subdivision_type4	Municipality
subdivision_name4	Ulstein Municipality
timezone1	CET
utc_offset1	+01:00
timezone1_DST	CEST
utc_offset1_DST	+02:00
postal_code_type	Post Code
postal_code	6068 Eiksund
coordinates
elevation_m	25
elevation_footnotes
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Eiksund is a village in Ulstein Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the southern tip of the island of Hareidlandet. The small island of Eika lies just off the shore from Eiksund. The village is located about 5 km southeast of the village of Haddal and about 15 km southeast of the town of Ulsteinvik.

History

Since 1838, Eiksund was administratively a part of Sande Municipality, despite being separated from the rest of Sande by the sea (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1889, the Eiksund area and the island of Eika (population: 119) were transferred to Herøy Municipality. Then on 1 January 1964, Eiksund and Eika (population: 222) were transferred to Ulstein Municipality.

Transportation

Until 2008, Eiksund was connected to Rjåneset in the neighbouring Ørsta Municipality on the mainland by a ferry, since there were no road connections to Eiksund on the island of Hareidlandet. In 2005, the Eiksund Bridge connected Eiksund to the nearby island of Eika. On 23 February 2008, the Eiksund Tunnel was opened by the Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications, Liv Signe Navarsete. The undersea tunnel connects Eika (and thus Eiksund) to the mainland in Ørsta. The Eiksund Tunnel is the world's deepest road tunnel, with its lowest point at 287 m below sea level.

References

References

1. "Eiksund, Ulstein (Møre og Romsdal)". [[yr.no]].
2. "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
3. Jukvam, Dag. (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen". [[Statistics Norway.
4. {{Cite SNL. Eiksundtunnelen. Eiksundtunnelen. 2025-05-04. Jarslett. Yngve. 2024-11-26

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