Orust

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title: "Orust" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["islands-of-västra-götaland-county", "islands-on-the-swedish-west-coast", "orust-municipality"] description: "Island of Sweden" topic_path: "geography/sweden" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orust" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Island of Sweden ::

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Field	Value
name	Orust
native_name
sobriquet
image_name	Orust NASA.jpg
coordinates
location
GridReference
area_km2
length_km
width_km
coastline_km
country	Sweden
country_admin_divisions_title	County
country_admin_divisions	Västra Götaland
country_admin_divisions_title_1	Municipality
country_admin_divisions_1	Orust
country_area_km2	345.60
country_1_area_km2
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International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Orust is twinned with:

• DEN Aalborg, Denmark

References

References

1. (1979). "Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter".
2. Gistedt, Karin. (15 December 2014). "Orust inte längre trea i landet". [[Bohusläningen]].
3. "Aalborg Twin Towns". Europeprize.net.

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