Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a
county
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in the northernmost part of
Western Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of ...
. It borders the counties of
Trøndelag
Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denma ...
,
Innlandet
Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). ...
, and
Vestland
Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the cit ...
. The county administration is located in the
town of Molde, while
Ålesund is the largest town. The county is governed by the
Møre og Romsdal County Municipality
Møre og Romsdal County Municipality ( no, Møre og Romsdal fylkeskommune) is the democratically elected regional governing administration of Møre og Romsdal county in western Norway. The main responsibilities of the county municipality include ...
which includes an elected county council and a
county mayor
A county executive, county manager or county mayor is the head of the executive branch of government in a United States county.
The executive may be an elected or an appointed position. When elected, the executive typically functions either as ...
. The national government is represented by the
county governor.
Name
The name ''Møre og Romsdal'' was created in 1936. The first element refers to the districts of
Nordmøre and
Sunnmøre, and the last element refers to
Romsdal. Until 1919, the county was called "Romsdalens
amt
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to ...
", and from 1919 to 1935 "Møre
fylke".
For hundreds of years (1660-1919), the region was called ''Romsdalen
amt
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to ...
'', after the
Romsdalen valley in the present-day
Rauma Municipality. The
Old Norse
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form of the name was ''Raumsdalr''. The first element is the genitive case of the name ''Raumr'' derived from the name of the river
Rauma, i.e. "The Dale of Rauma". ''Raumr'' may refer to stream or current, or to booming or thundering waterfalls like Sletta waterfall. A purely legendary approach to the name refers to
Raum the Old, one of the sons of
Nór
Nór (Old Norse Nórr) is according to the Orkneyinga Saga the eponymous founder of Norway.
Icelandic accounts
Source material
Nór of Norway appear in “Fundinn Nóregr” (‘Norway Founded’), hereafter called F, which begins the '' Orkne ...
, the eponymous
Saga King of Norway. Since the majority of the residents of the county lived in the Sunnmøre region, there was some controversy over the name. In 1919, many of the old county names were changed and this county was renamed ''Møre
fylke''.
The name ''Møre'' was chosen to represent the region where the majority of the county residents lived. That name is
dative
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of
Old Norse
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: ''Mǿrr'' (''á Mǿri'') and it is probably derived from the word ''marr'' referring to something wet like
bog
A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, and muskeg; a ...
(common along the outer coast) or the sea itself. The name is interpreted as "coastland" or "bogland". Møre was originally the name of the coastal area from Stad and north including most of
Fosen. (There is also a coastal district in
Sweden
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that has the same name:
Möre
Möre is one of the original small lands of Småland, a historical province (''landskap'') in southern Sweden. It corresponds to the south-eastern part of modern Kalmar County. Möre was divided into two hundreds: Möre Northern Hundred and M ...
.) The change in name from Romsdalen to Møre was controversial and it did not sit well with the residents of the Romsdal region. Finally in 1936, the name was changed again to a compromise name: Møre og Romsdal ( en, Møre and Romsdal).
The ambiguous designation ''møring''— "person from Møre"— is used strictly about people from Nordmøre (and less frequently for people from Sunnmøre), excluding the people from Romsdal (while, consequently, ''romsdaling''— "person from Romsdal"— is used about the latter).
Coat of arms
The
coat of arms
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was granted on 15 March 1978. It shows three gold-colored
Viking ships on a blue background. Shipping and shipbuilding were historically very important to the region, so boats were chosen as the symbol of the arms. The masts on the Viking ships form crosses, which symbolize the strong Christian and religious beliefs as well as the strong religious organisations in the county. There are three boats to represent the three districts of the county:
Sunnmøre,
Romsdal and
Nordmøre.
Geography
Traditionally, the county has been divided into three districts. From north to south, these are
Nordmøre,
Romsdal, and
Sunnmøre. Although the districts do not have separate governments and despite modern road, sea, and air connections throughout the county, the three districts still have their own identities in many ways. Historically speaking, connections have been stronger between Nordmøre and Sør-Trøndelag to the north, Romsdal and Oppland to the east, and Sunnmøre and Sogn og Fjordane to the south, than internally. Differences in dialects between the three districts bear clear evidence of this. Due to geographical features, the county has many populated islands and is intersected by several deep fjords. Due to its difficult terrain, Møre og Romsdal has been very dependent on boat traffic, and its main car ferry company,
MRF, has existed since 1921.
Settlements
Møre og Romsdal has six settlements with
town status City status is a symbolic and legal designation given by a national or subnational government. A municipality may receive city status because it already has the qualities of a city, or because it has some special purpose.
Historically, city status ...
. The largest three (
Ålesund,
Kristiansund, and
Molde) were towns long before 1993 when municipalities were given the legal authority to grant town status rather than just the King (and government). This change in law led to an increase in the number of towns (
Fosnavåg,
Åndalsnes, and
Ulsteinvik were all added after this time). The county contains many other
urban settlements (as defined by
Statistics Norway) without town status, every municipality except for
Halsa and
Smøla
Smøla is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hopen, other villages include Dyrnes, Råket, and Veiholmen.
The municipality ...
contains at least one. As of 1 January 2018, there were 192,331 people (about 72 percent of the population) living in densely populated areas in the county while only 73,946 people lived in sparsely populated areas.
The population density is highest near the coast, with all of the county's towns located on saltwater.
The largest town in the county is
Ålesund, with a population of 52,626 in the
agglomeration
Agglomeration may refer to:
* Urban agglomeration, in standard English
* Megalopolis, in Chinese English, as defined in China's ''Standard for basic terminology of urban planning'' (GB/T 50280—98). Also known as " city cluster".
* Economies of ag ...
which it forms together with parts of
Sula.
Municipalities
Møre og Romsdal has a total of 26 municipalities.
Infrastructure
Møre og Romsdal is served by nine airports, of which only the four airports located near the four largest centres have regular domestic flights. The largest airport in the county is
Ålesund Airport, Vigra, which offers the only scheduled international routes from any airport in Møre og Romsdal. Ålesund Airport had 732,614 passengers in 2006.
Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget, had 364,350 passengers in 2007, while
Molde Airport, Årø
Molde Airport ( no, Molde lufthavn; ) is an international airport serving the town of Molde, Norway. It is on the shore of the Moldefjord at Årø, east of town center. The airport's catchment area covers the district of Romsdal.
The airport fe ...
, had 401,292, down from 444,677 in 2006.
Ørsta–Volda Airport, Hovden, had 49,842 passengers in 2006. None of the airports in Møre og Romsdal offer regular flights to each other.
In 2007, Møre og Romsdal had of public roads, an increase of since the previous year, as well as of private roads, more than in 2006.
There is one railway, the
Rauma Line, which starts at
Åndalsnes and connects to the main railway network of Norway. Public buses are operated by the county, using the brand name Fram.
History
The county (with its current borders) was established in 1671 - but after just four years (in 1675) it was divided into two
amts (counties): Romsdal (which included Nordmøre) and Sunnmøre (which included
Nordfjord). In 1680 (only 5 years later), Sunnmøre (including Nordfjord) was merged into
Bergenhus amt. Then in 1689 (another 9 years later), the three regions of Romsdal, Sunnmøre, and Nordmøre were again merged into one amt/county: Romsdalen. Then in 1701 (another 11 years later) Romsdalen amt was split and divided between
Trondhjems amt (which got Romsdal and Nordmøre) and Bergenhus amt (which got Sunnmøre). In 1704 (a mere 4 years later), the three regions of Romsdal, Sunnmøre, and Nordmøre were again merged into one county. The borders of the county have not been changed much since 1704. The annex parish of
Vinje within the larger
Hemne
Hemne is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was incorporated into Heim Municipality. It was part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the ...
parish was transferred from Romsdalens amt to
Søndre Trondhjems amt in 1838 (according to the 1838
Formannskapsdistrikt
() is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838. This system of municipalities was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 Janu ...
law, a parish could no longer be divided between two counties, so Vinje had to be in the same county as the rest of the parish).
On 1 January 2019, the municipality of
Rindal
Rindal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre is the village of Rindal. Other villages in the municipality include Tiset and Romundstad. The municipality centres on agricul ...
was transferred from Møre og Romsdal county to the neighboring
Trøndelag
Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denma ...
county. On 1 January 2020, the municipality of
Halsa became part of the new municipality of
Heim in Trøndelag county.
In 2019, archaeologists from the
Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research, using large-scale high-resolution radar technology, determined that a 17-meter-long Viking ship was buried on the island of
Edøya near
Edøy Church. They estimate the ship's age as over 1,000 years: from the Merovingian or Viking period; the group planned to conduct additional searches in the area. A similar burial was found previously by a NIKU team in 2018, in Gjellestad.
Parishes
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Aukra (Akerø)
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Aure
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Austefjord
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Bergmo
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Bjørke
* Bolsøy
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Borgund
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Brattvåg
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Brattvær
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Bremsnes
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Bud (Boe)
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Dalsfjord
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Edøy
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Old Edøy
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Eid
Eid as a name may refer to:
Islamic holidays
An Eid is a Muslim religious festival:
* ''Eid Milad un Nabi'', alternate name for Mawlid (, "Birth of the Prophet"), the date of observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
* Eid al-F ...
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Eide
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Eikesdal
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Ellingsøy
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Eresfjord
Eresfjord is a village in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Approximately 450 inhabitants reside in the village (2008). The village is located along the river Eira between the Eresfjorden and the lake Eikesdalsvatnet. The m ...
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Fiksdal
Fiksdal or Fiksdalen is a village in Vestnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the west side of the Tomrefjorden, about northwest of the village of Tomra. Fiksdal Church is located in this village. Fiks ...
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Fjørtoft
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Frei (Fredøe)
* Fræna
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Geiranger
Geiranger is a small tourist village in Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county in the western part of Norway. It is in the municipality of Stranda at the head of the Geirangerfjorden, which is a branch of the large Storfjorden. The neare ...
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Giske
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Gjemnes
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Gjøra
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Godøy
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Grip
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Grytten
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Gullstein
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Gursken
Gursken or Haugsbygda is a village in the municipality of Sande in Møre og Romsdal county in the western part of Norway. The village is situated on a narrow strip of relatively flat land along the Gursken fjord on the west side of the island ...
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Halsa
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Hamnsund
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Haram
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Hareid
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Harøy
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Hen
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Herøy
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Hildre
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Hjørundfjord
* Hof
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Holm
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Hopen
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Hov
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Hustad
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Ikornnes
Ikornnes is a village in Sykkylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the Sykkylvsfjorden, about east of the village of Tusvik, north of Straumgjerde, and about west of the municipal center of Aure via t ...
* Indre Fræna
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Indre Herøy
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Indre Sula
Indre Sula is a mountain in the municipality of Surnadal in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Trollheimen mountain range, and it lies just north of the village of Todalsøra and the Todalsfjorden.
Indre Sula, meaning "Inner Su ...
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Kilsfjord
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Kirkelandet
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Kleive
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Kornstad
Kornstad is a village in Averøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the west side of the island of Averøya, along the Kornstadfjorden. Kornstad Church is located in this village. The village of Visn ...
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* Alan Charles Kors (born 1943), American intellectual historian
* Michael Kors
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* Kristiansund
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Kvernes
Kvernes is a village in Averøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the east coast of the island of Averøya, along the Kvernesfjorden. County Road 247 runs through the village. There are two churches in Kvernes: ...
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Kvernes Stave
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Langevåg
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Larsnes
Larsnes is the administrative centre of the municipality of Sande in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the southwest side of the island of Gurskøya, about east of the island of Kvamsøya, southwest of the village of Gurske ...
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Leikanger
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Liabygda
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Mo
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Molde
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Myrbostad
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Nesset
* Nord Aukra
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Nord-Heggdal
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Nordbyen
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Norddal
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Nordlandet
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Otrøy
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Otterøy
Otterøy is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1913 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in the what is now the municipality of Namsos in Trøndelag county. The former municip ...
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Ranes (Skei)
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Rindal
Rindal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre is the village of Rindal. Other villages in the municipality include Tiset and Romundstad. The municipality centres on agricul ...
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Roald
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Romfo
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Rovde
Rovde is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1905 until its dissolution in 1964. Rovde included the area on both the north and south sides of the Rovdefjorden. The northern area on the isla ...
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Røbekk
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Rød
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Rødven
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Rødven Stave
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Røvik
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Saint Jetmund
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Sande
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Sandøy
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Sekken
Sekken is an island in Molde Municipality, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located in Romsdal Fjord, at the mouth of the Langfjorden. The island lies about south of the island of Bolsøya and about west of the historic island o ...
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Sira Church (Nesset)
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Skarbøvik
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Skei
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Skodje
Skodje (''pronunciation'': kɔʏəor køʏə is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre was the village of Skodje. The other main village in the municipalit ...
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Smøla
Smøla is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hopen, other villages include Dyrnes, Råket, and Veiholmen.
The municipality ...
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Spjelkavik
Spjelkavik is a borough in the town of Ålesund in Ålesund Municipality, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is also called ''"Vika"'' by many locals. Spjelkavik is located on the western end of the island of Uksenøya, at the intersection of ...
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Stangvik
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Stemshaug
Stemshaug is a village in Aure Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland along the southern shore of the Torsetsundet strait and along the Norwegian County Road 364. The village of Stemshaug was the ...
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Old Stordal
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Stordal
Stordal is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It merged with Norddal municipality to establish the new Fjord municipality in 2020. It was part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality wa ...
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Stranda
Stranda is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stranda. Stranda consists of three smaller villages and one larger central vill ...
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Straumsnes
* Sunndal
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Sunnylven
* Surnadal (Surendal)
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Sykkylven
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Sylte
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Syvde
Syvde is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1918 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality included the areas surrounding the Syvdsfjorden in th ...
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Sør Aukra
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Sør-Tustna
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Tingvoll
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Todalen
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Tresfjord
Tresfjord is former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1899 until its dissolution in 1964. It encompassed about in the southern part of the present-day Vestnes Municipality. The municipality include ...
* Tustna
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Ulstein
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Valderøy
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Valsøyfjord
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Vanylven
Vanylven is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Fiskåbygd. Other villages in the municipality include Åheim, Åram, Rovdane, Eidså, Slagnes, ...
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Vartdal
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Vatne
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Vestnes
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Veøy
Veøy is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. It initially consisted of all of the present-day Vestnes Municipality, as well as the southern part of Molde Mun ...
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Old Veøy
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Vigra
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Vike
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Vistdal
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Volda
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Voll
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Volsdalen
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Vågstranda
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Vågøy
* Ytre Fræna
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Øksendal
Øksendal is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1854 until its dissolution in 1960. It had one of the smallest municipal populations in Norway. It was located in the northern part of the pre ...
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Øre
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Ørskog
Ørskog is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre was the village of Sjøholt. The other main village was Vaksvika, about south of Sjøholt. The European Ro ...
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Ørsta
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Øverdalen
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Øvre Rindal
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Øye
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Ålesund
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Ålvundeid
Ålvundeid is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1899 until its dissolution in 1960. It had one of the smallest municipal populations in Norway. It was located in the northern part of the ...
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Åram
Åram is a village in Vanylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland, about straight north of the municipal centre of Fiskåbygd
Fiskåbygd or Fiskå is a coastal village that is also the adm ...
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Åsskard
* Kristiansund Branch (LDS, 1904–1923)
* Ålesund Branch (LDS, early-1923)
Villages
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Alnes
Alnes is a small village in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the (isolated) north side of the island of Godøya, about northwest of the village of Leitebakk
Leitebakk or Leitebakken is a small village o ...
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Angvik
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Aukrasanden
Aukrasanden is a village in Aukra Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the southeast side of the island of Gossa, just south of the village of Varhaugvika and the municipal centre of Falkhytta. Just south ...
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Aure, Aure
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Aure, Sykkylven
Aure (also called ''Sykkylven'') is the administrative center of Sykkylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the eastern shore of the Sykkylvsfjorden. It is about north of Straumgjerde and east of ...
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Austnes
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Batnfjordsøra
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Boggestranda
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Brandal
Brandal is a village in Hareid Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the eastern shores of the island of Hareidlandet, along the Sulafjorden. The village lies about north of the municipal centre of Hareid and about ...
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Brattvåg
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Bremsnes
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Bruhagen
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Bud
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Dravlaus
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Dyrkorn
Dyrkorn is a small village in Fjord Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located in a small valley on the eastern coast of the Storfjorden. The only road access to the village is by tunnel
A tunnel is an u ...
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Eggesbønes
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Eide
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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 o ...
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Eidsdal
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Eidsvik
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Eidsvåg
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Eikesdalen
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Eiksund
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Elnesvågen
Elnesvågen is the administrative centre of Hustadvika Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the Frænafjorden about north of the town of Molde, east of the village of Tornes, and northwest of the vill ...
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Eresfjord
Eresfjord is a village in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Approximately 450 inhabitants reside in the village (2008). The village is located along the river Eira between the Eresfjorden and the lake Eikesdalsvatnet. The m ...
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Fiksdal
Fiksdal or Fiksdalen is a village in Vestnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the west side of the Tomrefjorden, about northwest of the village of Tomra. Fiksdal Church is located in this village. Fiks ...
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Fiskåbygd
Fiskåbygd or Fiskå is a coastal village that is also the administrative centre of Vanylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located about southwest of the city of Ålesund, about east of the village of Mykleb ...
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Flemma
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Flåskjer
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Fyrde
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Geiranger
Geiranger is a small tourist village in Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county in the western part of Norway. It is in the municipality of Stranda at the head of the Geirangerfjorden, which is a branch of the large Storfjorden. The neare ...
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Gjemnes
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Gjøra
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Glærem
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Grip
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Grøa
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Gullstein
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Gursken
Gursken or Haugsbygda is a village in the municipality of Sande in Møre og Romsdal county in the western part of Norway. The village is situated on a narrow strip of relatively flat land along the Gursken fjord on the west side of the island ...
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Haddal
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Halsanaustan
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Hareid
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Hausbygda
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Heggem
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Helle
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Hellesylt
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Helsem
Helsem is a small village in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located just a couple kilometres south of the municipal centre of Stranda, along the Storfjorden, just north of where the Norddalsfjorden and Su ...
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Hjelset
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Hjørungavåg
Hjørungavåg is a village in Hareid Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the island of Hareidlandet, just southeast of the municipal centre of Hareid.
The village has a population (20 ...
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Hoelsand
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Hoffland
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Hollingen
Hollingen is a village in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is mostly in Aukra Municipality, but about 1/3rd of the village area lies to the north of the municipal border inside Hustadvika Municipality. It is located on the Romsdal pen ...
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Hopen
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Hovland
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Hustad
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Ikornnes
Ikornnes is a village in Sykkylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the Sykkylvsfjorden, about east of the village of Tusvik, north of Straumgjerde, and about west of the municipal center of Aure via t ...
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Innfjorden
Innfjorden is a village in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is situated about southwest of the town of Åndalsnes and southeast of the village of Måndalen along the European Route E136 highway. The road from Åndalsn ...
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Isfjorden
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Jordalsgrenda
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Kleive
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Kornstad
Kornstad is a village in Averøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the west side of the island of Averøya, along the Kornstadfjorden. Kornstad Church is located in this village. The village of Visn ...
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Kvalsund
Kvalsund ( sme, Fálesnuorri and fkv, Valasnuora) is a former municipality in the old Finnmark county in Norway. The municipality is now part of Hammerfest Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county. The municipality existed from 1869 until its ...
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Kvernes
Kvernes is a village in Averøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the east coast of the island of Averøya, along the Kvernesfjorden. County Road 247 runs through the village. There are two churches in Kvernes: ...
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Kårvåg
Kårvåg is a village in Averøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the west side of the island of Averøya
Averøya is an island in the municipality of Averøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is locat ...
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Langevåg
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Larsnes
Larsnes is the administrative centre of the municipality of Sande in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the southwest side of the island of Gurskøya, about east of the island of Kvamsøya, southwest of the village of Gurske ...
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Langøy
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Leikong
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Leira
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Leitebakk
Leitebakk or Leitebakken is a small village on the island of Godøya in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located about southeast of the isolated village of Alnes, where Alnes Lighthouse is located. Leit ...
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Liabygda
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Liabøen
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Longva
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Løvika
Løvika is a village in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Løvika has approximately 200 inhabitants and is mostly known for its farming
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Ag ...
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Malme
Malme or Malmefjorden is a village at the end of the Malmefjorden (an arm of the Frænfjorden) in Hustadvika Municipality
Hustadvika is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional districts of Nordmøre ...
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Malme
Malme or Malmefjorden is a village at the end of the Malmefjorden (an arm of the Frænfjorden) in Hustadvika Municipality
Hustadvika is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional districts of Nordmøre ...
fjorden
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Mauseidvåg
Mauseidvåg or Mauseidvågen is a village in Sula Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Ålesund Region and is located about southeast of the municipal center of Langevåg and about south of the town of Ålesund. ...
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Midsund
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Mittet
Mittet is a small village in the northern part of Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the south shore of the Langfjorden. Mittet has a population of about 150. It has a grocery store, gas station, and a campi ...
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Mo
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Myklebost, Sandøy
Myklebost or Myklebust is a village on the southern end of the island of Harøya in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is about south of the municipal center of Steinshamn. There are ferry connections from Mykle ...
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Myklebost, Vanylven
Myklebost or Syvde is a village in Vanylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Syvdsfjorden about east of the municipal center of Fiskåbygd and south of the village of Rovdane. The vill ...
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Myklebostad
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Myklebost
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Måndalen
Måndalen or Voll is a village in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the Romsdalsfjorden about west of the town of Åndalsnes. The European route E136 highway goes through Voll, connecting it to ...
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Nedre Frei
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Nesjestranda
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Nord-Heggdal
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Norddal
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Nordstrand
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Ona
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Rausand
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Rensvik
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Roald
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Romfo
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Rovdane
Rovdane or Rovde is a village in Vanylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the Rovdefjorden, about north of the village of Myklebost, northeast of the municipal center of Fiskåbygd, and west of the villa ...
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Råket
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Røbekk
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Rødven
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Røssøyvågen
Røssøyvågen is a village in Aukra Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the west side of the island of Gossa. It is located about northwest of the village of Varhaugvika, about northwest of the village of Aukras ...
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Røvika
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Sande
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Sjøholt
Sjøholt is a village in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the northern shore of the Storfjorden, about east of the village of Skodje. The village of Stordal is located about to the south, ...
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Skei
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Skodje
Skodje (''pronunciation'': kɔʏəor køʏə is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre was the village of Skodje. The other main village in the municipalit ...
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Slagnes
Slagnes is a village in Vanylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the Vanylvsfjorden, about north of the village of Åheim. Slagnes is a small peninsula that sits about across the fjord from the m ...
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Spjelkavik
Spjelkavik is a borough in the town of Ålesund in Ålesund Municipality, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is also called ''"Vika"'' by many locals. Spjelkavik is located on the western end of the island of Uksenøya, at the intersection of ...
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Stangvik
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Steinshamn
Steinshamn is a village in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located at the northern end of the island of Harøya. There is a causeway that connects Steinshamn to the neighboring island of Finnøya to the n ...
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Stemshaug
Stemshaug is a village in Aure Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland along the southern shore of the Torsetsundet strait and along the Norwegian County Road 364. The village of Stemshaug was the ...
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Stordal
Stordal is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It merged with Norddal municipality to establish the new Fjord municipality in 2020. It was part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality wa ...
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Store Standal
Store-Standal is a small village in the Hjørundfjord section of Ørsta municipality, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. The village has a population of approximately 20 people. Store-Standal is located along the Hjørundfjorden midway between the vi ...
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Stranda
Stranda is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stranda. Stranda consists of three smaller villages and one larger central vill ...
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Straumgjerde
Straumgjerde is a village in Sykkylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located where the lake Fitjavatnet empties into the Sykkylvsfjorden. It is about south of the municipal center of Aure and about south of I ...
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Straumshamn
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Sunndalsøra
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Surnadalsøra
Surnadalsøra is a village in Surnadal Municipality
Surnadal () is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Skei. Other villages in Surnadal include Gl� ...
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Sylte, Fræna
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Sylte, Norddal
Sylte or Valldal is a village in Fjord Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is situated at the southern end of the Valldalen valley along the shore of the Norddalsfjorden near the mouth of the Valldøla river, just west of ...
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Sylte, Surnadal
Sylte is a village in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The farming village is located at the end of the Surnadalsfjorden at the mouth of the river Surna (Norway), Surna. It is about southeast of the village of Glærem, ...
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Syvde
Syvde is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1918 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality included the areas surrounding the Syvdsfjorden in th ...
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Sølsnes
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Søvik
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Sæbø
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Sætre
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Tafjord
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Tennfjord
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Tingvollvågen
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Todalen
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Todalsøra
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Tomrefjord
Tomra or Tomrefjord is a village located in Vestnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located just south of the village of Vik at the end of the Tomrefjorden. The village of Fiksdal lies to the northwest.
The village h ...
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Tornes
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Torvikbukt
Torvikbukt is a village in Gjemnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located at the junction of the Batnfjorden and Tingvollfjorden and just northwest of the tall mountain Reinsfjellet. The village of Øre l ...
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Tresfjord
Tresfjord is former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1899 until its dissolution in 1964. It encompassed about in the southern part of the present-day Vestnes Municipality. The municipality include ...
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Tusvik
Tusvik or Tusvika is a small village in Sykkylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the Storfjorden about west of the village of Ikornnes and west of the municipal center, Aure (via the Sykkylven Bridge
T ...
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Tømmervåg
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Valle
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Valsøybotnen
Valsøybotnen is a village in Heim Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Valsøyfjorden, about south of the village of Hjellnes and about southeast of the village of Liabøen. The area was once p ...
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Valsøyfjord
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Varhaugvika
Varhaugvika is a village in Aukra Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the eastern side of the island of Gossa along the Julsundet strait, just north of the village of Aukrasanden. The municipal centre of Aukra is ...
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Vatne
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Veblungsnes
Veblungsnes is a village located in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village lies along Romsdal Fjord just across the mouth of the Rauma River from the town of Åndalsnes. The European route E136 highway runs through th ...
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Veiholmen
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Verma
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Vestnes
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Vevang
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Vik Vik (Old Norse: vík) means wick or bay in Norwegian and Swedish (''vig'' in Danish), and it may refer to the following:
Places Iceland
* Vík í Mýrdal, a village in southern Iceland
Iran
* Vik, Iran, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran
Norway
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Vikebukt
Vikebukt is a village in Vestnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Along the eastern side of the mouth of the Tresfjorden, it is located just south of where the fjord meets the Romsdalsfjorden. The village has a population (2013) ...
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Visnes
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Vistdal
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Volda
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Voll
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Vågstranda
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Øksendalsøra
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Øre
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Ørsta
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Åfarnes
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Åheim
Åheim is a village in Vanylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the shore of the inner part of the Vanylvsfjorden
Vanylvsfjorden is a fjord in western Norway, on the border of Vestland and Mør ...
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Ålvund
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Ålvundeidet
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Åram
Åram is a village in Vanylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland, about straight north of the municipal centre of Fiskåbygd
Fiskåbygd or Fiskå is a coastal village that is also the adm ...
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Årset
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Åsskard
Former Municipalities
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Bolsøy
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Borgund
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Brattvær
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Bremsnes
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Bud
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Dalsfjord
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Edøy
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Eid
Eid as a name may refer to:
Islamic holidays
An Eid is a Muslim religious festival:
* ''Eid Milad un Nabi'', alternate name for Mawlid (, "Birth of the Prophet"), the date of observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
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Eid og Voll
Eid og Voll (historically: ''Voll og Eid'') is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality encompassed most of the northwestern part of the present-day Rauma Municipality from 1840 until its dissolution in 1874. ...
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Eide
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Eresfjord og Vistdal
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Frei
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Fræna
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Grip
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Grytten
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Halsa
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Haram
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Hen
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Hjørundfjord
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Hopen
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Hustad
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Kornstad
Kornstad is a village in Averøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the west side of the island of Averøya, along the Kornstadfjorden. Kornstad Church is located in this village. The village of Visn ...
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Kvernes
Kvernes is a village in Averøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the east coast of the island of Averøya, along the Kvernesfjorden. County Road 247 runs through the village. There are two churches in Kvernes: ...
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Midsund
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Nesset
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Norddal
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Rovde
Rovde is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1905 until its dissolution in 1964. Rovde included the area on both the north and south sides of the Rovdefjorden. The northern area on the isla ...
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Sandøy
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Skodje
Skodje (''pronunciation'': kɔʏəor køʏə is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre was the village of Skodje. The other main village in the municipalit ...
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Stangvik
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Stemshaug
Stemshaug is a village in Aure Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland along the southern shore of the Torsetsundet strait and along the Norwegian County Road 364. The village of Stemshaug was the ...
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Stordal
Stordal is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It merged with Norddal municipality to establish the new Fjord municipality in 2020. It was part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality wa ...
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Straumsnes
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Sunnylven
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Syvde
Syvde is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1918 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality included the areas surrounding the Syvdsfjorden in th ...
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Sør-Aukra
Sør-Aukra is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Sør Aukra Municipality existed from 1924 until 1965 when it was merged into Midsund Municipality (now part of Molde Municipality). The municipality consisted of the entir ...
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Tresfjord
Tresfjord is former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1899 until its dissolution in 1964. It encompassed about in the southern part of the present-day Vestnes Municipality. The municipality include ...
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Tustna
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Valsøyfjord
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Vartdal
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Vatne
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Veøy
Veøy is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. It initially consisted of all of the present-day Vestnes Municipality, as well as the southern part of Molde Mun ...
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Vigra
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Voll
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Øksendal
Øksendal is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1854 until its dissolution in 1960. It had one of the smallest municipal populations in Norway. It was located in the northern part of the pre ...
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Øre
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Ørskog
Ørskog is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre was the village of Sjøholt. The other main village was Vaksvika, about south of Sjøholt. The European Ro ...
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Ålvundeid
Ålvundeid is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1899 until its dissolution in 1960. It had one of the smallest municipal populations in Norway. It was located in the northern part of the ...
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Åsskard
See also
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Augustinius Neldal Lossius
Augustinius Neldal Lossius (1 January 1787 – 15 July 1864) was a Norwegian jurist and politician.
He was elected to the Storting, Norwegian Parliament in 1818. He represented the constituency of Møre og Romsdal, Romsdals Amt, where he worked as ...
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