Eid is a former municipality in

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the ...

county,

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. The municipality existed from 1874 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located along the

Romsdalsfjorden Romsdalsfjord or Romsdal Fjord ( no, Romsdalsfjorden) is the ninth-longest fjord in Norway. It is long and located in the Romsdal district of Møre og Romsdal county. It flows through the municipalities of Molde, Ålesund, Vestnes, and Rauma. ...

in the north-central part of the present-day

Rauma Municipality Rauma is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre is the town of Åndalsnes. Other settlements in Rauma include the villages of Måndalen, Innfjorden, Vebl ...

. The

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and largest population centre was the village of

Eidsbygda Eidsbygda is a village in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located northwest of the town of Åndalsnes, on an isthmus of land between the Rødvenfjorden and Romsdal Fjord. This village was the administrative center ...

. The municipality then extended to the southeast to the coast of the Isfjorden.

History

The small municipality of Eid was established on 1 January 1874 when the old municipality of

Eid og Voll Eid og Voll (historically: ''Voll og Eid'') is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality encompassed most of the northwestern part of the present-day Rauma Municipality fr ...

was divided into Eid Municipality and Voll Municipality. Eid had an initial population of 1,048. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Eid (population: 381) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Voll (population: 1,163), Grytten (population: 3,683),

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(population: 1,663), and the southern part of

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municipality (population: 1,400) to form the new

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Eid, are responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient health services,

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services,

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and other

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, and municipal

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s. The municipality is governed by a

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representatives, which in turn elects a

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Municipal council

The

of Eid was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eid, More og Romsdal Rauma, Norway Former municipalities of Norway 1874 establishments in Norway 1964 disestablishments in Norway