for the seafood company see austevoll seafood  austevoll is a municipality and an archipelago in the district of midthordland in the county of hordaland in western norway, norway. austevoll was separated from sund on 1 january 1886. the municipality consists of several islands, located south-west of bergen. the municipality is considered to be among the ports in the world with the largest ocean-going fish trawler fleet. since the 1980s the offshore oil industry and fish farming have grown to be important industries in austevoll. __toc__  ==general information== thumb|flag of austevoll. ===name=== the municipality is named after the austevoll farm (old norse austrvÇ«llr), since this was the old church site. the first element is austr which means "east" and the last element is vÇ«llr m which means "meadow". the municipality has changed the spelling of its name three times. before 1889 the name was written "Ãstevold" or "Ãstervold". from 1889-1917, it was spelled "austevold", and since 1918 it has been spelled "austevoll". ===coat-of-arms=== the coat-of-arms were granted on 30 november 1984. the arms show a shoal of herring, since herring fishing is of great local importance for the municipality.  ==geography== thumb|sildajento  austevoll consists of 667 islands off the west coast of west norway. the municipality has a total land area of 114,0&nbsp;kmÂ² and a costal line of 337&nbsp;km. the tallest poin
Austevoll Fishing_communities_in_Norway Municipalities_of_Hordaland