Runde is an island in the municipality of Her�y in M�re og Romsdal county, Norway. The island has a population of 102 people (as of November 2011), and it's connected by the Runde Bridge to the island of Rem�ya to the south.
Runde is famous for its enormous amount of birds. It is said that there are about 500,000 to 700,000 seabirds inhabiting the island, most of them are to be found in the cliffs. The Runde Environmental Centre (Norwegian: Runde Milj�senter) is a research station at the bird island.
Runde lies on the west coast of Norway, close to towns like Gjerdsvika, Fosnav�g, Ulsteinvik, Volda, �rsta, and �lesund. This region of Norway is famous for its long fjords and steep, snowclad mountains
