Nesset 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 t ...

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on the

Romsdal Peninsula Romsdal is a traditional district in the Norwegian county Møre og Romsdal, located between Nordmøre and Sunnmøre. The district of Romsdal comprises Aukra, Fræna, Midsund, Molde, Nesset, Rauma, Sandøy, and Vestnes. It is named after the v ...

. The

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was the village of Eidsvåg. Other population centers included Rausand,

Boggestranda Boggestranda is a village in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the east shore of the Eresfjorden, about south of the village of Eidsvåg and north of the village of Eresfjord Eresfjord is a village i ...

, Myklebostad,

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 ...

, and

Eikesdalen Eikesdalen is a river valley and a small village in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The river Aura flows through the valley. The village is located at the south end of the lake Eikesdalsvatnet at the mouth of the river Aur ...

. Mardalsfossen, one of Norway's tallest waterfalls, a popular tourist attraction during the tourist season, is located in Nesset, along the shores of the lake Eikesdalsvatnet. At the time if its dissolution in 2020, the municipality is the 100th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Nesset is the 267th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,946. The municipality's

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is and its population has decreased by 3.8% over the last decade.

General information

The

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...

of Nesset was established as a municipality 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 Janu ...

law). On 1 January 1890, all of Nesset south of the Langfjorden was separated to form the new municipality of Eresfjord og Vistdal. This split left Nesset with 1,706 residents. On 1 January 1877, the Sotnakken farm on the

Romsdal peninsula Romsdal is a traditional district in the Norwegian county Møre og Romsdal, located between Nordmøre and Sunnmøre. The district of Romsdal comprises Aukra, Fræna, Midsund, Molde, Nesset, Rauma, Sandøy, and Vestnes. It is named after the v ...

(population: 19) was transferred from Nesset to the neighboring Bolsøy municipality. Also on that date, the Tiltereidet and Meisalstranda areas (population: 212) of Tingvoll Municipality, along the west coast of the Tingvollfjorden, were transferred to Nesset Municipality. On 1 January 1890, the Bersås, Nævergjeld, Rausandhaugen, and Rausand area (population: 101) was transferred from Tingvoll Municipality (along the Tingvollfjorden) to Nesset Municipality. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, Eresfjord og Vistdal Municipality was merged back into Nesset Municipality. Prior to the merger, Nesset had 2,360 residents. On 1 January 2020, the municipality of Nesset merged with the neighboring municipalities of

Molde Molde () is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord. The administrative centre of t ...

and

Midsund Midsund is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the Romsdal region. The administrative centre was the village of Midsund on Otrøya island. Other settlements on the island included Uglvik and Raknes in the ...

to form a much larger Molde Municipality.

Name

The municipality (originally the

) is named after the old ''Nesset'' farm and vicarage ( non, Nøytisætr, spelled ''"Nødesetter"'' in 1520) since this is where the old Nesset Church was located. The first element is probably ''nes'' which means "

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s" (since the farm is lying on a prominent headland between the Langfjorden and the Tingvollfjorden) and the last element is ''setr'' or ''sætr'' which means "

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". Before 1889, the name was written ''Næsset''.

Coat of arms

The

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was granted on 10 March 1986. The broken gray line symbolizes the two stage drop on one of

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's highest

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s, the Mardalsfossen, which is located in the municipality. The designer was Olav Sandø, from Eidsvåg.

Churches

The

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had four parishes () within the municipality of Nesset. It is part of the

Indre Romsdal prosti Indre (; oc, Endre) is a landlocked department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the ''Indriens'' (masculine; ) and ''Indriennes'' (feminine; ). Indre is part of the current administr ...

(

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) in the Diocese of Møre.

Government

The

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() of Nesset was made up of 21 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown for the final municipal council was as follows:

Geography

The municipality is made up mostly of the

valley which surrounds the lake Eikesdalsvatnet. The lake is fed from the lake Aursjøen on the border of

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county. The water then flows through the Aura River into the lake Eikesdalsvatnet. That water then flows into the river Eira and then on to the

Eresfjorden Eresfjorden is a fjord in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is a long branch off of the main Langfjorden, which is itself a branch off the great Romsdal Fjord. The fjord begins at the mouth of the Eira River near the ...

, a branch of the Langfjorden which itself is a branch off the great

Romsdal Fjord 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. T ...

. The mountains

Skjorta Skjorta is a mountain in the municipality of Molde in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The mountain is located southeast of the Eresfjorden, north of the lake Eikesdalsvatnet and the mountain Fløtatinden, east of the Eira River and the vil ...

, Fløtatinden, and Gjuratinden surround the main valley.

Birdlife

From the shores of the fjord, to the towering mountains at above sea level, the rural community of Nesset offers the visiting birder a range of habitats, and several interesting areas. One area worth checking is Eidsvågleirene. Though the selection of species will not be high, several of the commoner species can be found. The

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and

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are characteristic species in the area.

References

External links

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Municipal fact sheet
from

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