Eiksund

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 kilometres (3.1 mi) southeast of the village of Haddal and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southeast of the town of Ulsteinvik.

Eiksund
Village
Eiksund
Location in Møre og Romsdal
Eiksund
Eiksund (Norway)
Coordinates: 62.2529°N 5.9032°E / 62.2529; 5.9032
CountryNorway
RegionWestern Norway
CountyMøre og Romsdal
DistrictSunnmøre
MunicipalityUlstein Municipality
Elevation25 m (82 ft)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
6068 Eiksund

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.[2]

Transportation

Until 2008, Eiksund was connected to Rjåneset in Ørsta Municipality on the mainland by a ferry since there were no road connections to the island of Hareidlandet where Eiksund is located. In 2005, the Eiksund Bridge connected Eiksund to the nearby Eika island. Then on 23 February 2008, the Eiksund Tunnel was opened by the Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications, Liv Signe Navarsete. The undersea tunnel connects the nearby island of Eika to the mainland Ørsta Municipality. The Eiksund Tunnel is the world's deepest road tunnel, with its lowest point at 287 metres (942 ft) below sea level.

gollark: Analog TV got shut down here ages ago.
gollark: So I guess if you consider license costs our terrestrial TV is *not* free and costs a bit more than Netflix and stuff. Oops.
gollark: - it funds the BBC, but you have to pay it if you watch *any* live TV, or watch BBC content online- it's per property, not per person, so if you have a license, and go somewhere without a license, and watch TV on some of your stuff, you are breaking the law (unless your thing is running entirely on battery power and not mains-connected?)- it costs about twice as much as online subscription service things- there are still black and white licenses which cost a third of the priceBut the enforcement of it is even weirder than that:- there are "TV detector vans". The BBC refuses to explain how they actually work in much detail. With modern TVs I don't think this is actually possible, and they probably can't detect iPlayer use, unless you're stupid enough to sign up with your postcode (they started requiring accounts some years ago).- enforcement is apparently done by some organization with almost no actual legal power (they can visit you and complain, but not *do* anything without a search warrant, which is hard to get)- so they make up for it by sending threatening and misleading letters to try and get people to pay money
gollark: Hold on, I wrote a summary ages ago.
gollark: TV licenses aren't EXACTLY that, they're weirder.

References
  1. "Eiksund, Ulstein (Møre og Romsdal)". yr.no. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  2. Jukvam, Dag (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistisk sentralbyrå.


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