Bud is a fishing village in Hustadvika Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county in western Norway . The village is located on the Romsdal peninsula along the Atlanterhavsveien road, west of the village of Hustad , north of the village of Tornes , and east of the Bjørnsund islands. Bud Church is located in the village.
5-686: Bjørnsund is an island group located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of the village of Bud in Hustadvika Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway . Located north of the island of Gossa in the Hustadvika coastal area, the main islands are connected via bridges and viaducts . The Bjørnsund Lighthouse is located on the northern island of Moøya. Since 1971, the islands have no full-time residents, and are now used only as summer homes. The municipal council controversially decided in 1968 that
10-437: A population (2018) of 795 and a population density of 1,104 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,860/sq mi). The village was the administrative centre of the old Bud Municipality , which existed from 1838 until 1964 when it was merged into Fræna Municipality . The old municipality encompassed the northern part of the present-day Fræna Municipality. Due to a good natural harbor and rich fisheries, Bud grew to become
15-567: The Protestant Reformation . The council was the last of its kind in Norway for 270 years. In 1838, the whole parish of Bud was established as Bud Municipality . The municipality was reduced in size in 1918 when Hustad Municipality was created. During World War II , the Germans heavily fortified Bud and the nearby Hustadvika coastal area in anticipation of an Allied invasion, as a part of
20-407: The islands should be abandoned rather than upgrade the islands' infrastructure. Children had to leave the islands for their secondary schooling also. Just after World War II , the islands were home to 500-600 residents. This article about an island in Møre og Romsdal is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bud, Norway The 0.72-square-kilometre (180-acre) village has
25-545: The largest village between the towns of Trondheim and Bergen on the west coast of Norway during the Middle Ages . At the death of King Frederick I in 1533, it was the site of the last independent Norwegian Privy Council , organized by Olav Engelbrektsson , Archbishop of Nidaros . The meeting led to a failed attempt to break away from the Kalmar Union and King Christian III , and claim Norway's independence by rejecting
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