Title: FRNA MUNICIPALITY Presented by Kjell Lode, mayor Photo: Geir Tore Vestad og Eivind Kringstad
1FRÆNA MUNICIPALITYPresented by Kjell Lode,
mayorPhoto Geir Tore Vestad og Eivind Kringstad
2Fræna!
- A municipality with...
Cows...
Chalk...
Cheese...
Dumper trucks...
But also with mountains, fjord, ocean and much,
much more!
3Key numbers
- Area 367,5 km2
- Inhabitants 9.255 (01.07.08) , listing Fræna as
the fifth regarding to number of inhabitants in
Møre og Romsdal county. - 50.000 inhabitants within 45 minutes travel
distance. - The biggest agricultural municipality in MR and
on the west coast between Stavanger and
Trondheim.
4We have several centers and decentralised
serviceses
- Elnesvågen
- Administration centre
- Centre for commerce and service
- Education centre
- Industrial centre
- Bud
- Old fishing village and former administration
centre - Centre for tourism
- Starting point for National Tourist Road The
Atlantic coast road. - Harøysund
- Big natural harbour
- Fishing industry and service centre for the
fishing fleet. - Industrial development area
- Short distance to Nyhamna in Aukra where the gas
from the Ormen Lange gasfield is brought onshore. -
- Other minor willages
- Farstad, Hustad, Sylteosen, Malmefjorden,
Aureosen, Jendem
5Employees 4th quartil 2007, by place of work
(Fræna) and selected sections
6The industry in Fræna
- (World) leading companies in their respective
fields - Hustadmarmor, chalk slurry for paper industry
- Tine Midt Norge Elnesvågen
- Moxy Engineering, dumper trucks
- Fishing industry in Bud and Harøysund
- Over 500 enterprises
- About 150 stock companies
7Agricultural activities
- Fræna is the largest agricultural municipality
between the cities of Stavanger and Trondheim. - 220 farms in production (311 i 1997)
- 6000 ha mainly grassland and some barley
- 18 mill liter milk delivered to dairy
- 1,2 mill kg meat delivered
8Travel and tourism in Fræna
- About 15 mill invested the last five years
- Outdoor activities mountains, fjord and the open
ocean - The Atlantic road, a part of National tourist
road - Skaret tourist centre
- Outdoor activities winter and summer
- Sport activities
- Klokkargården, selling local handcraft
- Bud
- Second world war fortress, restaurants, camping
9 We love our scenery Maybe especially when
the sun sets in the west...
Thanks for your attention!
10Fisheries
- The biggest fishing municipality in Romsdal and
an important source of income in Fræna - Fisheries employed a total of 435 persons during
2003 of these less than 100 within receiving and
processing. - A fishing fleet of a little more than 100 boats.
The largest one is pictured here. Most boats are
much smaller.
11A growing industrial municipality
- Harøysund harbour
- Development of the fishery facilities
- Harbour terminal
- Expecting big effects in Fræna from the gas
related activities in neighbouring Aukra. - Water and electricity supplied via Fræna to Aukra
- Gaspipe from Aukra to Fræna
- Large areas suitable for development.
- Basis for new industrial growth.
12First a little about Norwegian administration and
management
- Norway has 4,4 mill. inhabitants
- The country is divided in 19 counties and
- 434 municipalities
- The average municipality has 9000 inhabitants,
but - 1/2 have less than 5000 inhabitants
- 1/3 less than 3000 inhabitants
- Government Democratically elected Storting
(parliament), county parliament and municipality
board.
13Fræna - Located in the centre of Møre og Romsdal
County
Fræna kommune
- In the centre of the county
- Good infrastructure and good communications
- Located between the cities of Ålesund,
Kristiansund og Molde
14Hustadmarmor AS
- Producing chalk slurry to the paper industry in
Europe - Up to 55 of the total weight of paper is chalk
from Hustadmarmor - The largest factory of its kind in the world
- 150 persons are employed at the main factory in
Elnesvågen. Including external activities like
transport, the factory initiates more than 1.000
full time jobs
15Moxy Engineering
- Break-joint steered dumpers
- The best dumper in the world!
- 95 export to more than 20 countries
- Main market USA, England and Central Europe.
- 150 persons work in the factory at Varhol
16Tine Midt - Norge Elnesvågen
- One of the the biggest dairys in Norway
- Receives 1,3 million litres of milk/week
(70 mill./year) - Employs approximately 75 persons in the factory
in Elnesvågen - The indirect employment is approx. 20 in
transport (and 1000 farmers). - Jarlsberg cheese 70-80 is exported USA,
Canada, Australia, Germany. On the domestic
marked Much goes to pizza production in Stranda
municipality in MR. - Brown wey cheese 100 Norway
17Great optimism and new activities
- Centre development
- Improvement of traffic situation in Elnesvågen.
- Moving of roads and change of road lamps.
- New elderly centre.
- New shopping mall and establishing of new
companies in the centre. - Vinmonopolet (State monopoly shop for vine and
spirit) and a different other new shops establish
themselves - Plans for building a new house for cultural
activities.
18Other important projects
- New 420 kW power supply.
- New, big power transforming station
- Hustad prison WELCOME!
- ATC Central at Farstad.
- Coastal environmental centre
- Establishment of Harøysund industrial activity
park an intermunicipal development company.
19Targets
- Pave the road for further industrial growth
- Energy centre
- A natural location for the establishment of
energy demanding and gas dependent industry - Strengthen commerce
- Modernise the shopping centre plan for
development, take care of the environment - Create a modern shopping centre based on local
traditions, where people will like to meet. - Stop the shopping leakage to Molde
- Concentrate on what we do good and do it even
better! - Secure our primary sources of income
- Develop Harøysund harbour into a centre for
fishery activies in the whole region - Develop healthy farms which can secure future
agricultural development in Fræna - Stimulate to further development in tourism
- Exploit the spin-off effects of National Tourist
Road
Fræna - a power centre in our region and a good
place to live and to work!