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{{Short description|Island of Sweden}} {{Infobox islands | name = Orust | native_name = <!-- or |local_name= --> | native_name_link = | native_name_lang = | sobriquet = <!-- or |nickname= --> | image_name = Orust NASA.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = | image_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|58|10|24.96|N|11|37|44.5|E|display=inline,title}} | etymology = | location = <!-- mandatory, body of water where located --> | GridReference = <!-- UK only --> | archipelago = | waterbody = | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = <!-- or |area_m2= or |area_ha= --> | area_footnotes = | rank = | length_km = <!-- or |length_m= --> | length_footnotes = | width_km = <!-- or |width_m= --> | width_footnotes = | coastline_km = <!-- or |coastline_m= --> | coastline_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_footnotes = | highest_mount = | country = Sweden | country_admin_divisions_title = County | country_admin_divisions = [[Västra Götaland County|Västra Götaland]] | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Municipality | country_admin_divisions_1 = [[Orust Municipality|Orust]] | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = | country_admin_divisions_2 = | country_capital_type = | country_capital = | country_largest_city_type = | country_largest_city = | country_capital_and_largest_city = | country_largest_city_population = | country_leader_title = | country_leader_name = | country_area_km2 = 345.60 | country_1 = | country_1_admin_divisions_title = | country_1_admin_divisions = | country_1_admin_divisions_title_1 = | country_1_admin_divisions_1 = | country_1_capital_type = | country_1_capital = | country_1_largest_city_type = | country_1_largest_city = | country_1_capital_and_largest_city = | country_1_largest_city_population = | country_1_leader_title = | country_1_leader_name = | country_1_area_km2 = <!-- or |country_1_area_m2= or |country_1_area_ha= --> | demonym = | population = | population_as_of = | population_footnotes = | population_rank = | population_rank_max = | density_km2 = | density_rank = | density_footnotes = | languages = | ethnic_groups = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | website = | additional_info = | footnotes = }} '''Orust''' ({{IPA|sv|ˈûːrɵst}})<ref>{{cite book|url=https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0023.html|author1=Jöran Sahlgren|author2=Gösta Bergman|title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter|language=sv|year=1979|page=19}}</ref> is an [[island]] in [[Bohuslän]], western [[Sweden]]. In 2014 [[Statistics Sweden]] declared it to ibe the fourth largest island in Sweden, under a definition which adds artificial canals to the possible bodies of water surrounding an island. It has been noted that under this definition, all of [[Götaland]] would be the country's largest island, rendering Orust instead the fifth largest. It is Sweden's third largest naturally created island.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gistedt |first=Karin |date=15 December 2014 |title=Orust inte längre trea i landet |url=http://bohuslaningen.se/nyheter/orust/1.3648257-orust-inte-langre-trea-i-landet |newspaper=[[Bohusläningen]] |language=sv |location=[[Uddevalla]] |access-date=15 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203172521/http://bohuslaningen.se/nyheter/orust/1.3648257-orust-inte-langre-trea-i-landet |archive-date=3 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The largest town on Orust is [[Henån]], the [[municipality|municipal]] capital, where approximately 1,800 inhabitants live. Other communities, many of which are fishing villages, include [[Ellös]], [[Edshultshall]], [[Hälleviksstrand]], [[Mollösund]], [[Morlanda]], [[Stocken, Sweden|Stocken]], [[Svanesund]], [[Svanvik]] and [[Varekil]]. Orust is home to approximately 15,160 inhabitants in the winter and many more in the summer. Its main industry is the [[shipyard]]s, the two largest being [[Najadvarvet]] and [[Hallberg-Rassy]].
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