Brattvær 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 1915 until its dissolution in 1960. It was located on the northwestern part of the island of Smøla in the present-day

Smøla Municipality Smøla is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hopen, Mø ...

. It included the area surrounding the villages of

Råket Råket is a village in Smøla Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the northwestern part of the island of Smøla, just west of the village of Dyrnes. Brattvær Church is located just south of the village. The uninh ...

and

Dyrnes Dyrnes is a village in Smøla Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the northwestern part of the island of Smøla, just east of the village of Råket, and southwest of the village of Veiholmen. The Smøla Wind Far ...

as well Brattværet and the surrounding islets. The

Brattvær Church Brattvær Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Smøla Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located just south of the larger village of Råket on the western coast of the island of Smøla. It is the church ...

was the main church of the municipality. Prior to its dissolution in 1960, the municipality was the 582nd largest by area out of the 743 municipalities in Norway. Brattvær Municipality was the 582nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of about 1,371. The municipality's

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was and its population had decreased by 5.3% over the previous 5-year period.

General information

The municipality of Brattvær was established on 1 January 1915 when the large

Edøy Municipality Edøy is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1960. It was located in the southern and central parts of the present-day Smøla Municipality. The old municipality or ...

was split into three to form:

(population: 973) in the south,

Hopen Municipality Hopen is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1915 until its dissolution in 1960 when it became part of Smøla Municipality. It included the northeastern part of the island of Smøla, plus the ...

(population: 1,050) in the northeast, and Brattvær Municipality (population: 1,452) in the northwest. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1960, the 1915 partition was reversed, merging Brattvær Municipality (population: 1,361),

(population: 1,135), and

(population: 1,550), creating the new

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the old ''Brattvær'' farm () since the first

was built there. The first element comes from the word which means "steep". The last element is which means "fishing village". Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Bratvær''. On 22 April 1938, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Brattvær'' effective 1 July 1938.

Churches

The

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

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and the

Nordmøre prosti Nordmøre () is a traditional district in the Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. The area comprises the northern third of the county including the municipalities of Kristiansund, Averøy, Tingvoll, Surnadal, Aure, Hustadvika (eastern part) ...

(

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) in the

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Geography

The municipality was located on the northwestern part of the large island of Smøla, along with the surrounding smaller islets and skerries including Brattværet.

was located to the south and

was located to the east. The highest point in the municipality was the tall mountain Haukarhaugan.

Government

While it existed, Brattvær 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 Brattvær was made up of 17 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 Brattvær was the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. The following people have held this position: *1915-1919: Per M. Skartnes *1920-1922: L. Taknæs *1922-1931: A. Talleraas *1931-1941: Hermann Frost Meese *1945-1945: Hermann Frost Meese *1946-1946: Ivar Hestnes *1946-1951: John Grimsmo *1952-1959: Harald Dønheim ( Ap)

References

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