Orust

Just off the coast, Orust is 's fourth largest island. Only and are larger, as well as , which appears as a peninsula more than an island. Orust Municipality, Orusts kommun, also contains some minor islands.
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  • Type: island with 15,200 residents
  • Description: island in Sweden
  • Also known as: 1421”, “Orust Kommun”, and “Orusts Kommun

Places of Interest

Highlights include Röra Church.

Church

Orust

Latitude
58.1803° or 58° 10′ 49″ north
Longitude
11.6342° or 11° 38′ 3″ east
Population
15,200
Elevation
85 metres (279 feet)
Open location code
9FCH5JJM+4M
Geo­Names ID
2686246
Wiki­data ID
Q974760
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Swedish—“Orust” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Orust
  • Asturian: Orust
  • Belarusian: Уруст
  • Catalan: Orust
  • Cebuano: Orust
  • Chinese: 烏魯斯特島
  • Czech: Orust
  • Danish: Orust
  • Dutch: Orust
  • Egyptian Arabic: اوروست
  • Finnish: Orust
  • French: Orust
  • German: Orust
  • Greek: Όρουστ
  • Greek: Ούρουστ
  • Hebrew: אורוסט
  • Icelandic: Orust
  • Italian: Orust
  • Japanese: オルスト島
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Orust
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Orust
  • Norwegian: Orust
  • Ossetian: Уруст
  • Polish: Orust
  • Portuguese: Orust
  • Russian: Уруст
  • Spanish: Orust
  • Swedish: Orust

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