Ålvundeid is a former municipality in

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

county,

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. 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 northeastern part of the present-day

Sunndal Municipality is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Nordmøre Districts of Norway, region located in the northeast part of Møre og Romsdal counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village o ...

. The old municipality included the

Innerdalen Innerdalen is a valley in Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. In 1967, the valley was established as Norway's first nature reserve. The valley and nature reserve begins at the village of Ålvundeidet by the Norwegian Nationa ...

valley and the southern part of the

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. ...

valley area. The

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was the village of

Ålvundeidet Ålvundeidet is a village in Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located at the western end of the Innerdalen valley on an isthmus between two fjords: Ålvundfjorden and Sunndalsfjorden. The village area is l ...

, also where the

Ålvundeid Church Ålvundeid Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ålvundeidet. It is the church for the Ålvundeid parish which is part of the Indre Nordm� ...

is located. Prior to its dissolution in 1960, the municipality was the 406th largest by area out of the 743 municipalities in Norway. Ålvundeid Municipality was the 731st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 514. The municipality's

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was and its population had increased by 1.8% over the previous 5-year period.

General information

The municipality of ''Ulvundeidet'' was established on 1 January 1899 when it was split off from

Øksendal Municipality 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 northwestern part of the ...

. The new municipality had an initial population of 462, making it one of the smallest municipalities in the county. The name was later changed to Ålvundeid Municipality. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1960, Ålvundeid Municipality (population: 513) was merged with

(population: 497) and

(population: 5,851) to form a new, larger Sunndal Municipality.

Name

The municipality is named after the old ''Ålvund'' farm () and the

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on which it is located. The first element comes from the word which used to mean "gravel" or "gravelly ground". The last element is which means "

", since the old farm was located on a small isthmus between the

Sunndalsfjorden Sunndalsfjorden (sometimes ''Sunndalsfjord'' in English) is a fjord in Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long Sunndalsfjorden comprises the southern end of the main Tingvollfjorden. It begins at the Ballsneset peninsu ...

and the Ålvundfjorden. Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Ulvundeidet''. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Aalvundeid''. On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled ''Aalvundeid'' with the

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" Aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled ''Ålvundeid'', using the letter Å instead.

Churches

The

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had one parish () within Ålvundeid Municipality. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Øksendal

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and the

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(

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) in the

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Geography

The municipality was located in the

valley on the north side of the

. The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Trolla on the border with

. The

Innerdalstårnet Innerdalstårnet (or ''Dalatårnet'') is a tall mountain on the south side of the Innerdalen valley in Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located about southeast of the village of Ålvundeidet. The mountain is a ...

and

Vinnufjellet Vinnufjellet is an tall mountain in Sunndal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Vinnufjellet consists of the two peaks named Dronningkrona at and Kongskrona at . The names of the two peaks are translated as ''Queen's crown'' and ' ...

were also located in the southern part of the municipality. The municipality was surrounded by

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, Grimstad, and Torjulvågen. The munici ...

and

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to the north,

to the south, and

to the southwest.

Government

While it existed, Ålvundeid Municipality was 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 and utilities. The municipality was governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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was

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by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the

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Municipal council

The

of Ålvundeid was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political

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Mayors

The

() of Ålvundeid was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position (incomplete list): *1899-1902: Einar Børset *1903-1904: G. Rødset *1905-1911: Einar Børset *1920-1928: A.P. Neergaard *1929-1934: Steinar I. Mo *1934-1937: A.P. Neergaard *1937-1942: Ivar Antonsen Bakken ( V) *1942-1943: Martinus Røkkum ( NS) *1943-1945: Olaf O. Engen ( NS) *1945-1955: Ivar Antonsen Bakken ( V) *1955-1959: Erik L. Walseth ( LL)

References

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