Stangvik 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 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality of Stangvik (historically spelled ''Stangvig'') encompassed much of the area surrounding the

Trongfjorden Trongfjorden is a fjord between Surnadal Municipality and Tingvoll Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The fjord is approximately long and is a continuation of the Halsafjorden on the north end near the village of Torjulvågen in Tin ...

and the smaller fjords that branch off of it such as the Ålvundfjorden, Stangvikfjorden, and Todalsfjorden. The municipality was mostly located in what is now Surnadal Municipality and also small portions of what is now

Sunndal Municipality is a municipality in the Nordmøre region located in the northeast part of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Sunndalsøra. Other villages include Gjøra, Grøa, Hoelsand, Jordalsgre ...

and

Tingvoll Municipality Tingvoll is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Tingvollvågen. Other villages include Meisingset, Kvisvik, and Torjulvågen. The municipality cove ...

. The

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of the municipality was the village of

Stangvik Stangvik is a village in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the Stangvikfjorden, about southwest of the villages of Surnadalsøra and Skei. The village is home to Stangvik Church. Count ...

where Stangvik Church is located.

History

The municipality of ''Stangvig'' was established on 1 January 1838 (see

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 January ...

law). According to the 1865 census, the municipality had a population of 2,619. On 1 January 1874, a part of Stangvik (population: 61) was moved to neighboring

. Then on 1 January 1877, another part of Stangvik (population: 50) was moved to Surnadal Municipality. In 1879, parts of Surnadal (population: 83) and

Halsa Municipality Halsa is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 2020 when it became part of Heim Municipality in Trondelag county. It was part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre of Hal ...

(population: 279) were moved to Stangvik. On 1 January 1886, the Møklegjerdet farm (population: 29), just west of

Glærem Glærem is a village in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located along the north shore of the Surnadalsfjorden, about northwest of Sylte and about northwest of Skei and Surnadalsøra. The village has ...

, was transferred from Stangvik to Surnadal. On 1 January 1897, the Sjøflot farm (population: 27), also just west of Glærem, was transferred from Stangvik to Surnadal. On 1 May 1895, the area around the Åsskardfjorden and the

Hamnesfjorden Hamnesfjord or Hamnesfjorden is a fjord in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long fjord begins at the mouth of the Bøvra River at the village of Bøverfjorden, just east of the village of Åsskard Åsskard is a ...

in the northern part of Stangvik was split off from Stangvik to constitute the new municipality of '' Aasgaard'', leaving Stangvik with 2,354 inhabitants. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

Schei Committee The Schei Committee ( no, Schei-komitéen) was a committee named by the Government of Norway to look into the organization of municipalities in Norway post-World War II. It convened in 1946, and its formal name was (The 1946 Committee on Municip ...

. On 1 January 1965, the municipality of Stangvik ceased to exist. The district around the village of

Ålvund Ålvund is a village in Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located at the beginning of the Ålvundfjorden (an extension of the Trongfjorden, about northwest of the village of Ålvundeidet and the Innerdalen valley. ...

and the Ålvundfjorden (population: 508) was moved to the neighboring

, the district around the villages of Åsprong and Sandnes (population: 26) was moved to the neighboring

, and the rest of Stangvik (population: 1,386), along with Åsskard Municipality, was merged into Surnadal Municipality.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Stangvik, 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 Stangvik was made up of 21 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

References

{{Authority control Surnadal Sunndal Former municipalities of Norway 1838 establishments in Norway 1965 disestablishments in Norway