Stemshaug 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 1914 until its dissolution in 1965. The municipality included the eastern part of the island of Skardsøya and the mainland to the east and south of there surrounding the Dromnessundet and Torsetsundet straits and the Årvågsfjorden. The

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area on the mainland was also part of Stemshaug. The village of

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 ...

was the

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of the municipality.

History

The municipality of Stemshaug was established on 1 July 1914 when

Aure Municipality Aure is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Nordmøre. The administrative centre is the village of Aure. Other villages in Aure include Gullstein, Stemshaug, Todalen, Tjeldbergodden, Arasvika, and ...

was divided. The eastern district (population: 851) became the new Stemshaug Municipality and the western district (population: 2,372) continued on as Aure Municipality. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1965, Stemshaug Municipality (population: 877) was merged with

(population: 2,203), and the parts of Valsøyfjord Municipality (population: 141) and Tustna Municipality (population: 85) located on the island of Ertvågøya. The new municipality was also named Aure.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Stemshaug, are responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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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 Stemshaug 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

{{Authority control Aure, Norway Former municipalities of Norway 1914 establishments in Norway 1965 disestablishments in Norway