Kristiansund

Kristiansund

Norway
      town and port, western Norway. The town is situated on three tiny coastal islets facing the Norwegian Sea; its harbour is protected by an inlet in the adjacent island of Frei and by the island of Averøy (west). In the area around the town, ruins of habitations have been found that may date back to the Fosna culture (about 8000 BC). Long an important fishing port, it was incorporated as a city in 1742. Many of its residents are descendants of Scotsmen who came to supervise a fishing enterprise of “split cod” (salted and dried cod) in the 18th century. During World War II, Kristiansund sustained heavy damage by a German bombardment in April 1940. Completely rebuilt, it is now the home port for a large Norwegian trawler fleet. The town's principal export is fish (mostly cod)—fresh, salted, and frozen; local industry centres on fish processing. Kristiansund is famous for its support of opera; the town has its own opera company and opera house, and it hosts an annual opera festival. The town is postally known as Kristiansund N. (for Nord, “North”), to distinguish it from the similarly spelled town of Kristiansand, in southern Norway, which is postally written Kristiansand S. (for Sør, “South”). Pop. (2007 est.) mun., 17,094.

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