Fræna

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Fræna kommune
Locator map showing Fræna within Møre og Romsdal
County Møre og Romsdal
District Romsdal
Municipality NO-1548
Administrative centre Elnesvågen
Mayor (2005) Arve Hans Otterlei (Frp)
Official language form Nynorsk
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage
Ranked 251
369 km²
361 km²
0.11 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density
Ranked 116
9,004
0.20 %
-0.1 %
25/km²
Coordinates 62°54′N 7°6′E
www.frana.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway

Coordinates: 62°54′N 7°6′E

Fræna is a municipality in the county ("fylke") of Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

The main village and administrative centre in Fræna is Elnesvågen with 2,035 inhabitants as of January 1, 1999. The Moxy factory is located in Elnesvågen.

Other villages are Bud (712 inh.), Malme/Malmefjorden (404), Tornes (388) and Sylte (225).

The Fræna municipality today is the resulting 1960 fusion of the earlier municipalities Bud, Fræna and Hustad.

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